HIMANSHU JAIN

Email: abhxmb@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 919-***-****

SUMMARY

An innovative turn-around manager who has managed strategic businesses in

retail, automotive and consulting domain. Strategized, executed and led

green field projects for emerging markets. Proven leader and a change

agent who can drive smart solutions for small or large businesses.

. Program Management

. Strategic Analysis

. Leadership

. Business Process and Compliance

. Marketing Management

.EDUCATION North Carolina State University

Raleigh, USA

Master of Business Administration, May 2011

(Anticipated)

. Fellowship at Jenkins Graduate School of Management

. Assisted Bank of America on consulting project in

sustainability and market intelligence

. Consulted IBM University Relations for Students for Smarter

Planet Initiative

Chalmers University of Technology

Gothenburg, SWEDEN

Master of Science, Electrical Engineering,

Aug 2004

. STINT Scholarship from Swedish Government at Chalmers

Maharaja Sayajirao University

of Baroda

Baroda, INDIA

Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical

Engineering, Aug 2001

. First Class with Distinction, top 2% of the class

EXPERIENCE IBM ($160.8Billion Corp) (Fortune 500)

Bangalore, INDIA 2010-2010

IBM Extreme Blue MBA Summer Intern( Consulting)

. Prepared business plan for launch of voice based and kiosk

based cloud platform for employability and skilling and

managed a team of three technical interns

. Identified synergistic partnerships and formed

collaboration with corporate partners to launch a pilot.

Recommended business plan to scale voice/kiosk model and

commercialize it.

. Monitored pilot from a business perspective and proposed a

revenue model

2007-2009 ADITYA BIRLA GROUP ($29.2 Billion Corp) (Fortune

500) Mumbai, INDIA

Manager, Business Strategy (Retail)

. Led a team of 25 project management professionals and

software developers to implement Enterprise Store Roll

Solution for 250 new retail outlets across India. Set up

the Progam Management Office to monitor store roll out at

Aditya Birla Retail.

. Aligned "To Be" Business Processes with applications and

executed change management across functions - SCM / B & M

and Operations. Lead the evaluation and implementation of

WMS/CRM/RMS. Conducted workshops on implementation to

understand business process failure and to record business

continuity plan.

. Improved consumer satisfaction index by 15% through a

strategic execution of brand equity and pricing. Developed

promotional plans and launched three private labels. $1.2 M

improvement in yearly revenue.

. Conducted financial valuation of new stores based on the

retail roll out strategy and developed P&L quarterly

statements to senior management for review. Developed a CEO

score card for tracking KPI such as sales per square feet,

gross margin, days of inventory etc.

. Development of processes in all domains of Supply chain

function in retail setup viz. Warehouse, Repack center for

Staples Fruit and Vegetable Processing centre

HIMANSHU JAIN

Email: abhxmb@r.postjobfree.com

Cell: 919-***-****

. Established stock ownership by developing Shrinkage

Management Dashboard thus reducing shrinkage by 4% saving

$.8M for the firm. Implemented RFID pilot to monitor assets

resulting in 23% reduction of losses.

. Instrumental in developing sourcing and procurement

strategy for the organization with inputs from consultants

AT Kearney. Formulated contract sheets for vendor

negotiations and conducted training for buyers/category

managers on vendor negotiation/management.

. Planned and executed international sourcing strategy for

electronics and apparels. Developed supplier

evaluation/monitoring criteria. Reduced price of bulk goods

in sourced by 75%.

. Shortened time required to roll out every store by 10 days

and reduced operating expenses by 14% resulting in cost

saving of $1.2 M

. Created a strategic marketing model by category to identify

barriers to choice of those particular categories. Resulted

in improvement in sales by 15% and profitability by $.4M

2005-2006 RELIANCE INDUSTRIES ($ 35.9 Billion Corp)(Fortune

500) Mumbai, INDIA

Manager, Business Process &

Compliance(Retail)

. Implemented various work flows such as out of stock

scenarios and expiry monitoring through RFID solution.

Resulted in 5% improvement in supply chain efficiency and

saved $.6 Million for retail outlets; Stood 2nd in the

Technology Innovation Competition.

. Improved business processes for Plan, Buy, Move and Sell

operations. Integrated improved work flows with SAP IS

Retail resulting in savings of $.9M for store operations

. Conceptualized, designed and implemented end to end RFID

solution for the 25 outlets in the western region.

Developed compliance risk mitigation program for different

formats.

. Developed cost benefit analysis model and strategic road

map for implementing solar energy modules for 100 retail

outlets. Analyzed entire case using Balanced Score Card.

2005-2006 AUTO WIZ

Mumbai, INDIA

Co-Founder, Auto Electronics Manufacturing

(Startup)(Automotive)

. Created business plan for a $.7 million startup and

garnered venture capital.

. Identification of real estate, setting management

structure and selecting resources

. Collaborating with suppliers to create order management

system and logistic plan

2004-2005 FROST AND SULLIVAN

San Antonio, USA & Chennai, INDIA Energy Research Analyst

(Consulting)

. Prepared market research reports based on primary and

secondary research which generated revenues of $100,000 for

firm

. Guided firms on the product roll out strategy using

competitive benchmarking and analysis

. Defined market segmentation for various energy clients

. Guided clients in emerging technology trends in the energy

sector. Resulted in improvement of innovation budget of the

clients by 2%.

2003-2004 VOLVO CARS CORPORATION

Gothenburg, SWEDEN

Research Associate (Automotive)

. Developed curve shaping module to reduce RF emissions in

fuel pumps. Reduced RF emissions by 12%. Applied for patent

in European Patent Office

. Analyzed What if Scenarios Maps and Choice Matrices for

sourcing fuel pumps from vendors

2001-2002 JAY PROJECTS

Baroda, INDIA

Sales and Marketing Engineer (Manufacturing)

. Developed marketing plans for the sales of SMPS and

Switching circuits used in electric motors. Achieved annual

revenue of $48,000 and growth of 15.2%

IT Skills Matlab, C/C++, MS Office, SAP, EPM, ARIS, SPSS, Micro

Strategy, SQL, VHDL, Oracle

Certifications Green Belt-Six Sigma Certification, PMP

Mumbai, INDIA

EXPERTISE

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