Project Manager
Resume:
OVERSEAS VISA Selvakumar Palanisamy
France Mannarai, Tirupur, TamilNadu, India. : 954-***-****, Email:********@*****.***
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Extremely talented, self-motivated and enthusiastic management professional of strong academic background with around 4 years of diverse international experience in strategic planning, team building and project management of large projects with multi-disciplinary teams of varying sizes and complex programs of work.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
Master’s in International Project Management, ESC Clermont, Group of FBS, Clermont-Ferrand, France June 2015
Dissertation: Start-up of automobile component manufacturing company and related ecommerce
Master’s in Aeronautical Engineering University of Glamorgan, Cardiff, U.K. Jan 2012
Dissertation: Design and simulation of Airbus A350 XWB with Rolls Royce Trent 1000 on Merlin Flight Simulator
Bachelor’s in Aeronautical Engineering Hindustan University (Anna University), Chennai, India. Mar 2009
Dissertation: Measurement of residual stresses and strains in carbon fibre composites
CAREER HISTORY
Silvertex, Tirupur, TamilNadu, India July 2015 – Present
PROJECT MANAGER (BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT)
Managing and leading team members, allocating resources among team members and guiding team members during the project, till final delivery, and delivered the project as per scheduled deadlines
Ensuring effective quality control processes are in place to monitor deliverables produced
Meeting Clients in person, negotiating work packages and signing the agreement
Conducting brainstorming sessions with business users to prepare/update Business Process
Ensuring that projects conform to PRINCE methodology and required standards
Supporting management with weekly performance review presentations
Documentation of shipments to ensure that they are in compliance with customs rules and regulations.
Bay Zoltán Ltd., Hungary (Leading research institute in Hungary). Nov 2014 – June 2015
PROJECT MANAGER (Information and Communication Technology, Aerospace)
Responsible to monitor the European Union proposals and find matches between the ideas and open calls
Negotiated with partners to agree on work packages. Produced project definitions to include validated functional requirements, scope, roles, responsibilities, budgets, timescales and resources.
Management of projects from start to end which included creating &managing PID, project planning, project execution, project monitoring & control and project closure, compiling to PRINCE methodology.
Single point of contact for all communications between the client, European commission and Company
Assisted the technical team in their design and development tasks
Achievements
Led a consortium of four partners on the project Interreg Central Europe project (€ 2 M) and completed the project well before the deadline
Successful project of H2020 call on “Small business innovation research for Transport” (€480,000)
Honda Motors, Tamilnadu, India. Jan 2013 - Sep2013
SERVICE MANAGER
Led the team of size 12 and provided assistance to service users & recommending service improvement
Liaised with new and existing clients over the phone meeting them face to face and developing strong working relationships with them.
Created user stories for the current sprint through client discussion sessions
Conducted brainstorming sessions with business users to prepare/update Business Process Requirements related to the assigned user story. Documented the lessons learnt in the closing phase
Reviewed, updated, and maintained purchase orders until they are closed
Key achievement: “WOW” award for best manager of the year
Ladbrokes, Cardiff, U.K Nov 2011 - Dec 2012
CUSTOMER SERVICE MANAGER
Ensure onsite customer service queries and issues are resolved to an exceptional standard both promptly and efficiently. Dealt with customer enquiries by telephone and face to face.
Involved in promotion and marketing, and experience in sales of new and existing products to customers
Ensured the team members worked efficiently compiling the company procedure and achieving the monthly target. Experience of cash handling and banking, and till reconciliation
Trained new employees on the company policy, procedure and Health & Safety training
Key achievement: Played a vital role in opening two new branches
Sri Venkateswara Transports, Palani, India June 2009 – July 2010
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUTIVE
Managed strong performing team of 9 members
Consistently maintained a high-standard performance record via exceptional service, follow-through, and specific attention to detail which resulted in higher sales
Directed marketing efforts to promote visibility and introduce new schemes
Developed personnel, motivated staff to exceed goals, and improved production and sales
Hindustan University, Chennai, India Sep 2008 - Mar 2009
UNDER GRADUATE RESEARCH INTERN
Use of NDT methods for the inspection of composite materials
Travelled to national conferences and research visits in other institutions
Produced regular reports for Professor and specialists in different areas
PART TIME WORK EXPERIENCE _
Ladbrokes, Cardiff, U.K Dec 2010 - Oct 2011
CUSTOMER SERVICE ADVISOR (worked 20 hours/week & 40 hours on holidays)
KEY SKILLS_& COMPETENCIES
MS Project, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Access, Prince 2, Scrum, Agile, Axure (Prototype & wireframing), Project Management, Software testing, Excalibur (Simulation), CFD, Design, ecommerce,FEA, CATIA V5, Project Management, Marketing, Aeronautics, Business Development, Risk Management
HONORS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Member, Aeronautical Society of India
Member, National Service Scheme
University of South Wales Scholarship: £2000 Scholarship based on academic achievement
Treasurer of student debate team during a symposium organized by Aeronautical Society of India
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
Badminton, table tennis, investment, squash, travelling, drawing, reading, Entrepreneurship, ecommerce, 3D printing, innovation and creativity
LANGUAGES
English (Fluent), French (Intermediate)
REFERENCES
Available on request
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