SUMMARY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
PARTNER
Parkar Digital
PROGRAM & PRODUCT
MANAGEMENT
Nov '16 – Till Date
Chicago, IL
KEY SKILLS
Managed multiple multimillion-dollar projects on behalf of the 40+ clients across retail, healthcare and high-tech industries to deliver business- critical IT Solutions.
- Managing client relationships to help support end clients like Neustar, ScienceLogic, US. Cellular, BJC, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, NMC Healthcare, Mindbody, etc.
- Worked with the client executive teams to define the product Lifecycle and go to market strategy spanning across various aspects like product definition, market research, opportunity sizing and go-to-market strategy.
- Provide strategic and tactical project management of joint venture and development projects
Key Projects Delivered
- Healthcare Provider Client
o RxPharmacy PWA app for a Healthcare client - PWA app for the Pharmacy users from initiation to GA release (roll out across 50K users)
o Data Management Platform: This project involved creating a data management platform to serve as a single, enterprise source for analytics data.
o Application Migration Program: Lead the efforts from discovery to execution to migrate the various medical applications from MF to Java and migrate it on Azure.
- Telecom Client
o Personalization Recommendation Engine – Data Integration Hub to provide a centralized, de-coupled and unified data source for the SAS PRE platform.
- Hospitality Client
o Migration on legacy, monolithic application on to a new technology stack and hosting it on cloud.
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT LEADER Jan '10 - Nov '16
SEARS HOLDINGS CORPORATIONS Chicago, IL
Management, Policy and Governance
• Managing the project portfolio and business/technology relationships across business functions and divisions; overseeing the delivery of up to 30 complex, cross-functional business and technology efforts with $30+ MM in costs and $70+ MM in savings
• Lead global cross-functional teams of 50+ business and technology participants through the entire project lifecycle; projects include:
- Portfolio Management
- Automation & Process
Optimization
- Strategic Planning
- Client Relationship
Management
- Product/Application
Management
- Mentoring, Training &
Development
- Risk Management &
Quality Assurance
- Audits & Compliance
- Vendor/Stakeholder
Management
- Project Management &
Delivery
- International Business and
Management Consulting
- Migration
- IT Infrastructure
Management
Sachin Khare
+1-847-***-**** ******@******.**********
For 18+ Years, I have designed
deliberate objectives and framework
for solid portfolio management, raised
the bar higher, savings at high-risk
multimillion-dollar projects, and mining
for organization value. Through
problem foretelling distinction,
Ingenuity, and a bird’s eye view –
ensured consistency in adapting best
methodologies, elevating program
management for various organization.
A well-regarded global leader with
creative & visionary approach to create
effective go to market strategy.
Career Highlights:
• Prepared business case and
delivered a 3-year cost savings
program delivering $50M in
EBITDA.
• Created go-to-market strategy
delivering $10M in topline.
• Reduced the release cycle from 8
weeks to 2 weeks enabling faster
delivery and accelerating the go to
market for customer.
• Delivered the Application
Modernization/Migration program
saving $1M annually in OPEX
cost.
• Setting up captive capabilities for the organization thereby saving cost to the organization.
• Program to drive strategy and devise solutions to optimize IT and shared services spend across the organization.
• Vendor optimization project delivering an annualized EBITDA savings of
$8M.
• Setup business operations team for the e-commerce marketplace platform.
• Conduct internal and client project reviews and act as a point of escalation for the accounts.
• Manage the program budget/financials and reports the EBITDA savings PROJECT MANAGER Feb '09 - Aug '10
Hewlett Packard
- Lead the account management activities for UK client, analyzed account profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and utilization.
- Setup and managed the enterprise program office for an Insurance client in the UK.
- Lead the planning and implementation of process migrations – including coordination and transition of internal processes primarily UK location.
- Lead the risk management process and drove the risk review board for the client.
- Developed and delivered progress reports, proposals and documentation. PROJECT MANAGER May '08 - Feb '09
Philips APAC
- Created and executed project work plans and revised as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
- Identify resources needed and assign individual responsibilities.
- Prepared and applied quality assurance procedures.
- Ensured project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
- Determine appropriate revenue recognition, ensure timely and accurate invoicing, and monitor receivables for project.
- Analyzed project profitability, revenue, margins, bill rates and utilization. PROJECT LEAD April '07 - May '08
Honeywell
- Monitoring the project's status, including delivery status, quality status, and time and resource requirements.
- Mobilize appropriate technical resources (workforce and other) required to deliver.
- Design and analysis of projects, sub-contractor selection, material purchasing, scheduling, budgeting, negotiations and documentation EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering
PMI Certified PMP
Cisco Certified Network Associate