Project Manager

DAVID G JONATHAN

*** ********** ******** ****, *** #1206, Irmo, SC 29063

Phone: 803-***-**** Skype: David.G.Jonathan

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Over 9 years of experience in project management, program management and product development with proven ability to

articulate business values.

Efficient project management skills and with resource, scope and schedule management skills.

Expertize in APQP, NPD, DFMEA, PFMEA, Design and Testing process in automotive engineering.

Experienced analyst with revenue management optimization, pricing analytics and forecasting.

Proficient in quantitative and qualitative analysis, generated computer aided statistical business analysis and managed team

to meet customer requirements.

Expertize in analyzing / interpreting data using analytical tools and strong theoretical knowledge of working with Big Data.

Competent in creating Business Requirement Documents, User Requirement Specifications and Functional Requirement

Specifications.

Knowledgeable in conducting Gap analysis, Cost-Benefit analysis and ROI analysis.

Proficient in creating business plan, financial plan and cash flow analysis and conversant with GAAP.

Team player and self-starter with excellent communication, coordination, documentation, project planning and

interpersonal skills.

IT SKILLS: Office Applications : MS Word, MS Excel (Advanced), MS PowerPoint, MS Project, Visio

Languages/Databases : C, Visual Basic (VB), MS Access, SAP, SPSS, StatPro, SQL, R, Minitab

Software/Design : Tableau, Catia V5, ProE, Matlab, Kuli, Teamcenter PLM

EXPERIENCE:

SHEEX, INC.– start-up manufacturer of performance fabric bed sheets Irmo, SC USA

October 2011 – August 2013

Business & Financial Analyst

Developed operating budgets and maintained cash flow runway model on a real-time basis to ensure that forecasting

changes are reflected in all the documents.

Standardized sales forecasting processes by considering seasonality and marketing expenditure with an accuracy of 90%.

Optimized inventory models to set reorder points and quantities for suppliers from US and China with 3 months lead time

that decreased inventory levels by 46% without the risk of a stock out .

Worked on Requirement gathering/understanding and created different mockups to completely capture the client’s

requirement.

Constructed a central repository for historical and weekly sales data, improving access to decision -making inputs.

Developed project management template designed to manage multiple project and track the current status of each project in

MS Excel using arrays, pivot table and vlookup functions.

Created analytical model using macros in MS Excel to calculate the royalties receivable and commissions from the

monthly sales report reducing the average report generation time by 800%.

Conducted web analytics to determine efficiency of marketing campaign and integrated marketing spend with sales reports .

Analyzed ecommerce sales report using CRM techniques to differentiate the customer mix and determine the most

profitable segment of customers to offer the new pro ducts launched.

CHRYSLER INDIA AUTOMOTIVE PVT. LTD.– subsidiary of Chrysler USA Chennai, Tamilnadu, INDIA

August 2008 – May 2010

Assistant Project Manager

Managed a team of 15 members for product development of HVAC systems and coordinated with the Chrysler USA team.

Developed both the high-level and detailed system requirement to meet the business and customer requirements.

Experience in facilitating Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions with Business User Groups, conducting Joint

Application Development (JAD) sessions with Other/IT Groups and Conflict Management with Project team members.

Part of the Design for Sig Sigma team for improving the system performance and responsible for data validation.

Reduced development costs by $300,000 by implementing value engineering and continuous improvement initiatives.

MODINE INDIA THERMAL SYSTEMS – subsidiary of Modine USA Chennai, Tamilnadu, INDIA

August 2007 – August 2008

Project Team Lead

Reduced product cost by 5% from standardization of design processes and continuous improvement.

Executed project management, resource planning activities and managed project team of 10 members to provide end-to-

end system development.

Led the APQP process and support DFMEA, PFMEA activities to identify the potential failure modes.

Determined profitability of each project based on development cost, resource utilization, manufacturing cost, quantity of

sales and the success of the product in the market.

Prepared Bill of Materials for HVAC systems using SAP and assist the finance team in determining the cost of the product.

SUBROS AUTO AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS – leading Indian automotive A/C supplier Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA

July 2004 – March 2007

Project Team Lead

Designed and developed A/C system for the Mahindra Xylo and Mahindra tractor adhering to a stringent project plan.

Developed kinematics model in-house that directly leads to savings over $250,000 per project and documented the

methodology for future projects.

Analyzed FEA and CFD reports and correlate the data with prototype testi ng for system performance.

Automated design calculations using Excel and Visual Basic that enabled a 200% reduction in customer response times,

while improving accuracy.

Analyzed and documented various levels of complex requirements including technical, bu siness and user requirements into

a product requirement document.

Developed project document templates using NPD methodology for all new projects to meet the APQP process.

OTHER EXPERIENCE:

SNYDER’S LANCE, INC. Columbia, SC USA

August 2011 – December 2011

Business Analyst

Gathered, analyzed and documented business and technical requirements from both formal and informal sessions and

validate the needs of the business stakeholders.

Developed plan to effectively target consumers with a new promotion dist ribution strategy, increasing brand awareness by

10% and doubling annual consumption frequency.

Developed attractiveness model using multiple demand criteria’s based on relative weightage and ranking for different

cities to determine the target cities for expansion using MS Excel and StatPro.

Created Requirement Specification, Technical Specification, Risk Assessment, Data Profiling, Gap Analysis and

Traceability Matrix Documents.

Developed the cost-benefit analysis for different promotional strategies and identified the key strategies which will yield

the maximum Return on Investment.

Created marketing plan in collaboration with Snyder’s Lance brand managers to increase market share by $5 Million for

the Stella D’oro brand by identifying customer segments that represent growth opportunities.

HUMANE SOCIETY Columbia, SC USA

June 2011 – August 2011

Business Analyst

Performed data mining using SPSS and CRM techniques to segregate data and determine profitability by category based on

gender, location, seasonality, discount codes and number of pets owned.

Leverage strong analytical and product management skills to determine client needs and convey them to development team

in the form of BRD (business requirement document).

Developed regression model to determine the influence of promotion, marketing expenditure on each category of

customers and the impact on profitability.

Performed Gap Analysis by identifying existing technologies, documenting the enhancements to meet the end -state

requirements for in-used system.

Implemented new marketing plan that resulted in a 20% increase in the number of spay -neuter surgeries.

Developed the product, pricing and positioning strategies designed to increase revenue and awareness by 50% .

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, SC USA

January 2011 – April 2011

Business Analyst

Performed data mapping using Global Trade Atlas to determine revenue across different category automotive suppliers for

the last 10 years in Mexico and US.

Delivered analysis on Mexico’s impact on the American automotive industry by analyzing the revenue information and

looking at the year over year growth rate.

Developed analytical model in Excel to forecast the American and Mexican automotive suppliers revenue and projected the

employment opportunities lost in US.

Compiled report on automotive cluster development and industry factors of competition for the Southeastern U.S.

EDUCATION:

MOORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, University of South Carolina Columbia, SC USA

June 2010 – May 2012

International Master of Business Administration (IMBA). 3.93 GPA.

Recipient of Dr. Allen B. Dickerman Award for Outstanding Achievement

Darla Moore Fellow, Excellence Outreach Program Fellowship (TEO)

ANNA UNIVERSITY Chennai, Tamilnadu, INDIA

July 2002 – June 2004

Master of Science (MS). Major in Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning. 7.80/10.00 GPA.

MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY Dindigul, Tamilnadu, INDIA

September 1997 – May 2001

Bachelor of Science (BS). Major in Mechanical Engineering. 3.50 GPA.

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