Senior Project Manager - NPD, Digital Transformation, & Manufacturing

DIVYANAND SP, PMP®

Senior Program Management MBA (Finance) Mechanical Engineering

Email: *********.******@*****.*** Mobile: +91-966******* Location: Bengaluru, India-560064

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/divyanands

EXECUTIVE PROFILE

PMP® Certified Senior Project Manager with 18+ years of experience leading New Product Development (NPD), Digital Transformation, and Manufacturing Operations for Global 500 clients (Schneider Electric, Google, Meta, Nvidia). Unique dual-competency in Mechanical Engineering and Financial Management (MBA), enabling strict control over project budgets (Capex/Opex), ROI analysis, and resource forecasting. Expert in bridging the gap between technical engineering teams and business stakeholders to deliver complex electro mechanical projects on time and within cost. Delivered 5+ high-complexity electro-mechanical projects totaling USD 50M+ for hyper scale tech clients by aligning engineering constraints with manufacturing timelines and cost targets.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Strategic Planning: Project Lifecycle Management (PLM), Scope Management, Roadmap Creation.

Financial Control: Project Budgeting, Cost Benefit Analysis, Vendor Negotiation, VA/VE (Value Engineering), Earned Value Management (EVM).

Operational Excellence: Risk Management, Agile Scrum, SOP Development, Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing.

Technical Domain: NPD, Digital Twin, CAD/CAM, Sheet Metal & Plastic injection molding, Supply Chain Management (SCM).

Tools: MS Project, JIRA, SAP, Power BI, Tableau, PTC Creo, Wind chill, Catia, Ansys.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

PMP® (Project Management Professional) PMI Project Management Institute 2025 – 2028

Master of Business Administration (MBA) - Financial Management IGNOU, Delhi 2011 – 2013

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Mechanical BMSIT, Bangalore 2002 – 2006

Professional Development:

Product Design & Development Certification IIT (NPTEL) 2019

Masters in Mechanical Engineering Software CADD Centre 2008

Experience

Molex India Project Management Engineer Jul 2024 – Now

Schneider Electric Apr 2013 – Jul 2024

Schneider Electric Design engineering Manager May 2024 – Jul 2024

Praxien Pvt Project Manager Sep 2020 – May 2024

Tech Mahindra Associate Team Lead Apr 2013 – Sep 2020

Rittal India Ltd Senior Engineer Jun 2006 – Apr 2013

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MOLEX INDIA Bengaluru, India Project Management Engineer (Lead)

Leading critical New Product Development (NPD) initiatives for hyper scale technology clients.

Client Management: Managing end-to-end project delivery for key clients NVidia, Google and Meta, focusing on PCB connector product lines.

Project Execution: Establishing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and managing the critical path using MS Project and Team center to ensure alignment with PDP processes.

Cross-Functional Leadership: Leading global Cross-Functional Teams (CFT) to secure approvals for PAR, FOT, and FAI, while overseeing DFM/DFMEA/PFMEA/SPC/PFC compliance.

Data-Driven Decision Making: Developed executive dashboards using Power BI to monitor project health, data governance, and quality metrics – ROI, CAPEX

Risk Management: Identified and quantified risks using RPN methodology, implementing proactive mitigation strategies that prevented schedule slippages on USD 50M+ concurrent projects.

Key Achievement: Concurrently managed high- and low-power PCB connector programs totaling USD 50M revenue, leading cross-functional teams across NVidia, Google, and Meta to achieve design approval gates (PAR, FOT, FAI) on schedule while maintaining DFM/DFMEA compliance.

SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC Bengaluru, India Design engineering-Manager

(On role as Permanent Employee)

Managing the design projects for key customers – Ericsson, Reliance, NCR ATM

Transitioned from consultant to permanent role to oversee high-priority R&D projects.

Handling design team, resource balancing, and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for projects.

Key Achievement: reduction in design lead time 5%, quick time to market by implementing design optimization process.

PRAXIEN PVT LTD (Client: Schneider Electric) Bengaluru, India Project Manager / Consultant

Project Strategy: Directed the Digital Twin- ePlan creation for legacy product lines, enabling web-based publishing of technical artifacts while strictly adhering to Intellectual Property (IP) rights.

Agile Implementation: Conducted daily Scrum meetings and sprint planning using JIRA, fostering an Agile mindset in a traditional engineering environment.

Cost & Resource Management: Responsible for project costing, forecasting, and continuous monitoring via MIS status reports. Achieve First time right FTR

Key Achievement: Accelerated product delivery by implementing process automation, thereby increasing the sprint velocity by 4% and streamlining the backlog refinement process.

TECH MAHINDRA (Client: Schneider Electric / APC) Bengaluru, India Associate Team Lead

Lifecycle Management: Managed Continuous Engineering and Engineering Change Requests (ECR) for global manufacturing lines.

New product development (NPD): Executed NPD projects by applying DFMEA, Poka-yoke for concept design. Validation using 3D proto printing, product performance testing IP IK, for securing global compliance certification UL CSA REACH Rohs. Responsible for drawing creation as per ANSI standard with GD&T and BOM release.

Value Engineering (VA/VE): Spearheaded cost-reduction initiatives for APC (American Power Conversion) UPS battery cabinets. Conducted reverse engineering, product teardowns and competitor analysis to optimize costs without compromising quality.

Key Achievement: received best associate award for design & process optimization in RN2C project

RITTAL INDIA PVT LTD Bengaluru, India Senior Engineer (Internal Sales & Operations)

Operations Management: Gained foundational experience across the entire manufacturing value chain, from Internal Sales (Quotation/SAP) to Production Planning and Supply Chain.

People Management: responsible for managing the MOD-CNC production unit, for delivering the products that are customized as per the customer needs.

Process Improvement: Championed the implementation of Kanban and JIT (Just-in-Time) systems. Experienced in CNC, Anodizing, SMT, FATP technology. Conducting EVT, DVT, PVT milestones stage gate review, Doing RCA & CAP, Monitoring First Pass Yield FPY.

Key Achievement: Contributed to a 7% increase in revenue by converting dead stock items into usable inventory.

HR DETAILS

Current Location: Bangalore, Yelahanka new town -560064

Gender: Male

Nationality: Indian

Date of Birth: 14/March/1985

Linked in: https://in.linkedin.com/in/divyanands

Contact: 096********, *********.******@*****.***

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Project Management: MS Project, Primavera, JIRA, Confluence, Agile Scrum/Kanban.

Engineering Software: Creo (Pro/E), SolidWorks, Catia, AutoCAD, Six Sigma, Windchill (PLM), ePlan

Data & Analytics: Power BI, Tableau, SAP (ERP), MS Excel (Advanced).

Standards & Compliance: GD&T (ASME 14.5), ISO 9001, RoHS, REACH, CE, UL, IEC60898

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