Project Management

Padma Sastry

+1-647-***-**** ****, Bayview Avenue

************@*****.*** Richmond Hill, ON

Professional Summary

Over 10+ years Canadian and global experience coordinating, providing administrative supports to projects and senior management in operational and business development area.

Sectors worked - IT, Telecom, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Engineering Consultants and Non-profit sector.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Conducting market/data analysis, creating reports, summaries and charts.

Excellent interpersonal relations and ability to work effectively in teams.

Technical Skills Proficient in Microsoft Office tools including Excel, Power Point and Project

Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Share Point

ERP - SAP R/3 ECC 6.0 & SAP Business One, MS Great Plains

Education Diploma in Administrative Practice

Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce

Post-Graduation in Marketing

SAP ECC 6.0 Certified Associate - SAP0046242

PMP (Project Management Professional) - 1768289

Project Experience

Solutions 2 Go Mar15 – April 15

Project Coordinator

Assist project leader with task management tracking & deliverables follow up.

Schedule & coordinate meetings, minute taking, action list preparation, and tracking.

Conduct workflow analysis and structures process mapping

Coordination, preparation and distribution of daily/weekly project reports.

Coordinate with IT Consultant on ERP configuration, integrated with warehouse management,

3PL and other interfaces for localization on accounting and e-invoicing.

Responsible for gathering data, forms & templates for configuration.

Maintained the project schedule and ensured all tasks are updated at the agreed upon time.

Write project-related correspondence, project presentations.

Golder Associates Nov 14 – Feb15

Program Administrator

Project scheduling, including action item tracking

Preparation of communications, progress reporting, project organization and communication charts

Meeting agendas, minutes, following up on actions/dependencies across all projects

Project and program invoicing and financial updates and tracking

Coordination of department activities and other administrative tasks, as required

Working with complex data using CRM and Accounting software – conducting data analysis,

generating reports, summaries and charts.

Work on quantitative and qualitative analysis of proposals/Projects win rate along with project and marketing team.

Conducting industry research and analysis specific to ongoing projects.

Octapharma Canada Inc., Jan 14 – May 14

Project Coordinator

Provide administrative support to projects including project documentation, tracking, reporting and follow-up.

Managing the project calendar, arranging meetings, and correspondence pertaining to the project.

Create and complete project support documentation - reports, change requests, meeting minutes, presentations, correspondence/communication, tables, charts, files, etc.

Provide administrative support for the Canadian Operations Head

Responsible for supporting the Finance manager with cheque requisitions and expense reporting.

Managed ERP Support, basic IT support & administration, responsible for working with the global IT team.

Digital Telecom Inc., Feb 13 – Nov 13

Project Coordinator

Research, collate and analyzing data to support decision making process.

Organize meetings, develop agendas, meeting materials, minutes & follow up on action points and ensure the project deliverables.

Liaise with Telecom carriers and other 3rd Party vendors.

Participate in idea generation and update on corporate website and social media sites (Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn)

Prepare variety of documents and correspondence – reports, memos, update forms, statistical summaries, and review department procedures/policies.

Assist in the organization and coordination of marketing/sales activities.

Monocle Solutions Inc. Mar 12 - Jan 13

Sales Coordinator

Worked closely with the VP-Strategy & Business Development to develop pricing & sales strategies.

Co-ordinate on various application development projects for software development between CTO and VP Strategy and software testing teams.

Conduct market research; analyze data and preparing competitive analysis, reports, charts, and graphs.

Work with Media consultant to develop marketing materials (print/digital) for product launch & marketing events.

Liaison with major IT Suppliers, Distributor and IT Retailers in Canada.

Oversee order management and appointing Value Added Resellers in Canada.

Provide administrative assistance, including schedule/coordination of meetings, travel arrangements.

Right Solutions 2009 – 2011

Project Coordinator –IT Data Security consulting solutions

Coordinate and organize activities surrounding the project cycle, including customer service, scheduling, documentation management and communication.

Partner with all functions, to organize and support critical aspects to meet customer delivery.

Support the Client and Project Management function through Design & Development, Sales, Order Entry, Vendor Management and overall Delivery.

Investigates, escalates and ensures that all project issues are effectively resolved.

Overall administration and management support for decisions making with reports and data.

Supervise Marketing, sales team and co-ordinate with technical team.

Part of management team for sales planning and major client management.

WIPRO Technologies - Romania 2006 - 2007

Operations Manager

Managed BPO center with 50 resources, handled supply chain management, procurement process for GM.

Responsible for ensuring that all processes run smoothly and meet client GM standards.

Responsible for SLA compliance on deliverables and communicating with customers/other internal operations departments

Internal escalations, day-to-day monitoring of SLA compliance, quality assurance/quality control compliance.

Previous Project Experience

Have worked on On-site Consulting projects and turnkey projects for global research & analytical company, Corporate Foundation and major retail conglomerate in Romania, Cambodia and India.

CRISIL Risk and Infrastructure Solutions Apr – Jun 2010

(A Standard & Poor’s Company)

Praxis – A Project of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Jul – Sep 2010

Team Lead & Senior Documentation Expert

Landmark Group Oct 10 – Dec 2011

Program Head

Consultant with AED, Washington DC, USA 2003 - 2006

Project funded by US Dept of Labor onsite at Romania

Country Representative UNDP funded project with WRF, New York 2000 - 2003

Language Skill: English (Fluent), Hindi, Kannada. Basic - Telugu, Tamil, Romanian

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