Project Manager Management

KAVITA BERI

*** ****** ****, *** ***, Mooresville, NC 28117

E-mail: **********@*****.***, Mobile # 201-***-****

SUMMARY:

Over 12 years of experience in HR Process and Systems Consulting. Have led

multiple HR Systems projects.

Key competencies include Project Planning, Strategic Planning, Systems

analysis and design, Quality Control, forecasting, scheduling and planning,

Budget and Financial Management, Staff Training and Development

Highly knowledgeable in creating, managing and re-base lining project

plans, resource planning, scheduling, reporting, scope management,

risk/issue management, stakeholder management

Good experience of managing multiple full lifecycle implementations,

upgrades and support of PeopleSoft HRMS (HR, Base Benefits and Payroll

Interface, RM) projects which included preparing CONOPS, requirements,

design, process mapping, Fit/Gap analysis, change management, user

acceptance management and training.

Strong communication, presentation, analytical and problem solving skills.

Good experience in HR consulting with focus on OD, Change Management,

Compensation and Benefits Management, Executive Search & Selection,

Diagnostics studies, HR Systems Design and Implementation, Performance

Management, HR Products and Payroll.

I have been on maternity break since September 2008.

EXPERIENCE:

Hexaware Technologies, India May 2006 till

August 2008

Role: Sr. Project Manager

Key Projects

Multi-geography HR Process and System consolidation project for a US auto

major from inception, solution selection, design, implementation to roll-

out

Design, Implementation and rollout of payroll processing for a large Indian

Bank

PeopleSoft HRMS implementation rollout for a large Indian e-Publishing

company

Creating tools, templates, processes and operating guidelines for program

management practice

Re-design of the Employee HR portal which had been live for 4 years, but

was not being used enough either by HR team or employees

Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Responsible for the complete PeopleSoft HR group (projects and resources)

in one of the company regions, creating business cases/ROI for products and

services and working closely with HR business leadership team at multiple

clients to deliver HRIT projects

Grew the team from 0-20 PeopleSoft HR resources

Led the group to win and deliver 8-10 simultaneous HR systems projects by

negotiating scope, project timelines, resources, and managing these

projects closely while maintaining good relations with the client.

Developed comprehensive training programs on HR process and PeopleSoft HR

system for new members of the team that led to overall improved team

capabilities

Performed all Project Management functions expertly to deliver best results

and create happy and satisfied clients

Navisite Inc. May 2005 till

May 2006

Role: Program Manager

Key Projects

The Project involved establishing India as the delivery center for

providing PeopleSoft implementation, upgrade and support services to over

35 clients using a Global Delivery Model. Key activities were as follows:

Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Created road map and detailed plan including KPI's, Operating model, SLA's,

Transition/KT plan, resource ramp-up plan, etc. for each client which

helped streamline the offshhore team functioning.

Defined and Implemented processes and policies for smooth functioning in a

GDD environment

Mentored and worked with team to identify improvement opportunities for

clients. Created business case and presented to clients to get approval for

new enhancements

Enhanced processes and operating model to help reduce year-on-year cost for

support projects

Mentored managers on the projects in processes, best practices, project

tracking and status reporting.

Responsible for managing SLA's, profitability, client satisfaction and

value quotient for clients

Managed design, implementation and roll-out of enhancements

American Red Cross, Washington D.C. April 2003 till May

2005

Role: Product/Project Manager

Key Project

Managing Human Capital Management System which was a part of a large

enterprise program initiated to integrate all disaster response systems to

improve the speed and effectiveness of response to disasters. The objective

of HCMS was to help achieve the overall strategic HR goal of having one

system for managing employees and volunteers across chapters and Blood

Services regions nationwide to ease the process of recruitment during a

disaster.

Key Responsibilities and Achievements

Successful Go Live for the Pilot chapter.

Successful implementation for 50 more chapters in project 2 cycles

Created a successful and streamlined plan for providing on-going post-

implementation support for bugs, fixes and enhancements.

Effectively reworking staffing plans, schedules and client expectations

when requirements changed at a late stage of the program with minimal

impact to on-time and within budget delivery.

Advising business groups on business process improvements and using subject

matter expertise to achieve reduced product customizations and increased

cost savings.

Over a period of time became a pillar for the entire IT team on ARC HR

business process and product

Managing stakeholder and HR communications, regular project updates with

senior HR Business Systems team and steering committee.

Working directly with Sr. Directors and VP's to negotiate scope and manage

expectations of users and business sponsors spread across US.

Managing team of analysts responsible for requirements gathering,

functional design documentation, all pre and post release documentation

like Release Notes, SOP's, training manuals, etc.

Performing feasibility studies and designing prototypes for critical

projects.

Working closely with IT team to ensure adherence to IT standards, security

and with the program office for planning, re-base lining and reporting of

the project.

Expert in MS Project using it extensively to manage the detailed project

plan with resourcing and dependencies.

Identifying, evaluating and managing software and service vendors for the

project.

Birlasoft Ltd., India

August 2002 - February 2003

Role : Functional Project Lead

As Functional Project Lead reported to the Project Manager, and coordinated

with a 8-member team responsible for full life cycle implementation of

PeopleSoft HRMS 8.3 at BirlaSoft US, UK and India. The first phase involved

implementing PeopleSoft HRMS and Benefits in the US.

Responsibilities:

Responsible for scope definition and effort estimation for implementation

of PeopleSoft 8.3.

Gathered system requirements and conducted Fit-Gap study for analyzing

customization efforts

Prepared Functional design and conducted review meetings

Oversee development and execution of test scripts and ensure defect fix

Monitor team activities, conducted review meetings, developed design

documents and test plans.

Satyam Computer Services Ltd., India May 2002 -

August 2002

Client : SAIC, USA

Role: Functional Project Lead

Responsibilities:

Wrote Project Scope, defined milestones, deliverables and derived effort

estimate for the project.

Coordinated between functional and technical teams on achievement of

milestones

Presented weekly management status reports on various issues connected to

implementation.

Gathered system requirements from end-users and conducted fit gap analysis

Prepared Functional design and conducted review meetings

Modules: HR & Base Benefits (Stock Option and ESPP)

Heidrick & Struggles, USA

October 2000 - June 2001

Role: Sr. Consultant, Financial Service Practice - Technology & Operations

Responsibilities:

Responsible for head hunting VP and C-level technology and operations

professionals for clients in financial services industry.

Worked closely with the Practice Partner in managing client relations and

search status reporting.

Involved in designing search and recruiting strategies for retained

clients.

Responsible for the complete process of candidate development for search

projects.

Baruch College, CUNY, NY March 2000 -

October 2000

Role: Assistant Director

I was the Assistant Director for the MSILR (Masters of Science in

Industrial Labor Relations) program. Was responsible for communication with

students around admission decisions, enrollments, credits and grading, etc.

I also helped my Director in creating course calendar and schedule.

PriceWaterhouseCoopers, India June 1995

till August 1999

1 Role: Consultant, Human Capital Services

Involved in various HR business consulting projects with focus on OD,

Change Management, Compensation and Benefits Management, Executive Search &

Selection, Diagnostics studies, HR Systems Design and Implementation, HRIS,

Performance Management, HR Products and Payroll.

On projects I was responsible client servicing and management, project

planning, scheduling, budgeting and financial planning, deliverable

quality, value measurement and CSAT. Some key projects were:

Performed OD Interventions like training clients on conducting job

evaluation exercise and effectively managing change thereafter.

Led diagnostic study to re-design the organization structure of a large

global corporate aligned with changing business needs.

Designed and implemented search and selection strategy for recruitment and

relocation of over 200 IT professionals for a new development center in

Israel for a large telecom product company.

Designed and conducted ad-hoc and scheduled compensation surveys and

structuring for clients in IT & Telecom sector, EMC sector, Financial

Services Sector

Development and launch of Proprietary HR Products like Retention Manager, a

research based diagnostic tool to study various factors of retention in an

organization and CobAC, Competency based Assessment Center, to assess

employee competency for promotions and succession planning.

Performed As-Is and Gap analysis to define the To-Be state of the HR

systems for the Indian operations of a large American bank. Prioritized and

created a roadmap to roll-out multiple HRIS systems in three phases over 15

months.

Set up mock data center for a large data management company planning to set-

up operations in India. This involved a complete outsourcing of the HR

function. Our team was involved in workforce planning, designing staffing

and recruiting strategies, recruiting, induction and ongoing HR functions.

EDUCATION:

MBA Human Resources (2002) : Zicklin Business School, CUNY, New York

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