Manager Engineering

JENIS JAMES 973-***-**** ********@***.*** www.linkedin.com/in/jenisjames/

EDUCATION

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Baltimore, MD

Master of Business Administration May 2020

Nagpur University Nagpur, India

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering Sep 2012 EXPERIENCE

Johns Hopkins Carey Business School (JHU) Baltimore, MD Project Manager - Career Development Office (GA position) Oct 2018 – May 2020

• Developed and implemented strategies to increase utilization and adoption of Handshake, an internal IT platform, among students

o Adoption rate increased from less than 70% to over 95% within three months

• Developed marketing strategies to drive student engagement with Career Development Office (CDO) by serving as the point of contact between the marketing team and the CDO

• Identified bottlenecks in operational processes and proposed new project management (PM) techniques to improve efficiency.

• Spearheaded transition of legacy PM tool to Zoho.com, planned process flow and established key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure better tracking

• Assessed and analyzed opportunities for operational improvements within the department and consequently recommended changes to optimize processes

Fairbanks Morse (FM) Washington D.C.

MBA Summer Intern - Strategy & Planning Jun 2019 – Aug 2019

• Partnered with the CEO and VP-Strategy to:

o design and implement an annual strategic planning session with FM executive leadership team o build five-year strategic growth roadmap to accelerate growth of division. o prepare five pre-read documents which enabled team to engage in in-depth discussions on prospective businesses/projects

• Completed three market research reports analyzing disruptive technologies, their potential to impact business, and recommended potential strategic options for company

• Generated insights, identified trends, market adjacencies through market research and data analysis. Further, focused on potential growth opportunities and partnerships for existing and developing line of products

• Conducted a financial benchmarking study of five leading competitors and eight industry-wide KPIs to identify key improvement areas

Egon Zehnder (EZ) Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Global Knowledge Manager - Public & Social Sector (PSS) Jun 2016 – Jun 2018

• Executed over 35 C-level assignments & over 50 pitches globally o approx. 60%-win rate

o clients included WEF, IMF, The Global Fund & Roll Back Malaria Partnership o constantly rated among top 5% in team

• Spearheaded transition of legacy knowledge management system to SharePoint, formulated plans, outlined process

& established KPIs for new platform

o launched four months ahead of schedule

• Developed and implemented various internal quality improvement plans.

• Upgraded internal financial tracking system for PSS o improved tracking efficiency by 67%

• Played pivotal role in the creation of Global Request for Proposal (RFP) database by working as project lead, establishing protocols, mapping, and answering key questions o reduced RFP creation time by 40%

• Conceptualized & developed orientation & training package for PSS making it EZ’s first-ever sector-specific in-depth training package

• Analyzed and synthesized data to generate insights which were used for business development Heidrick & Struggles (H&S) Gurgaon, Haryana, India Research Analyst - Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS) Jun 2014 – Jun 2016

• Assisted consultants with examining HCLS market trends by: o Providing recommendations for business development purposes o Creating dashboards and company/market insight reports for global HCLS leaderships

• Completed market analysis of top 10 MedTech & Pharma companies across APAC & Europe for a global life sciences conglomerate by conducting benchmarking studies, evaluating leadership transition trajectories and succession practices

• Directed three competitor analysis projects and established protocols around competitor analysis

• Used Kaizen principles to reorganize distribution workflow to improve efficiency and effectively utilize resources

• Revamped new researcher training module by making changes to existing models and mentored three new recruits within HCLS team

AVIV Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, India

Manager - Operations & Business Development Nov 2012 – Feb 2014

• Managed full-scale operations of 5+ client projects by: o developing and sustaining relationships with vendors and clients o conducting quality checks on equipment’s and ensuring proper documentation

• Worked with external vendors to ensure acquisition of high-quality materials

• Supervised assessment and installation process of solar equipment and oversaw feasibility studies ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

• LEADERSHIP– Vice President - Industry Relations, Johns Hopkins Healthcare Business Association

• IT PROFICIENCIES – OneSource (Avention), Capital IQ, Factiva, LexisNexis, BoardEx, Word, Excel, PPT, SPSS, Tableau

• LANGUAGES KNOWN- Proficient in English, Hindi & Malayalam

• AWARDS –Dean’s Scholar (2018), Gem of Research (2017), Research Appreciation Award (2017), Special Projects Award (2015) and Rising Star of Research (2015)

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