PMP Certified Electromechanical Project Manager

DIVYANAND S P, PMP®

PMP MBA (Finance) BE (Mechanical Engineering)

Email: *********.******@*****.*** Mobile: +91-966******* Location: Bengaluru, India-560064 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divyanands/

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

PMP®- Certified Project Manager with a track record of leading New Product Development (NPD/NPI) and manufacturing operations for high-complexity electromechanical hardware programs serving Global 500 clients, including Schneider Electric, Google, Meta, and NVIDIA. Brings a dual competency in Mechanical Engineering and Financial Management (MBA), enabling disciplined control over project scope, cost, and schedule. Skilled at bridging technical engineering teams and business stakeholders to deliver complex electromechanical projects, having led programs totaling over USD 50M for hyperscale technology clients by aligning engineering constraints with manufacturing timelines.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Education

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

• Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical BMSIT, Bengaluru 2002 – 2006 Certifications

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

• Product Design & Development Certification IIT (NPTEL) 2019

• Masters in Mechanical Engineering Software CADD Centre 2008 EXPERIENCE

• Molex India — Project Management Engineer Jul 2024 – Present

• Schneider Electric (payroll Schneider Electric) — Design Engineering Manager May 2024 – Jul 2024

• Schneider Electric (payroll Praxien Pvt. Ltd) — Project Manager Sep 2020 – May 2024

• Schneider Electric (payroll Tech Mahindra) — Associate Team Lead Apr 2013 – Sep 2020

• Rittal India Pvt. Ltd. — Senior Engineer Jun 2006 – Apr 2013 CORE COMPETENCIES

• Strategic Planning: Risk identification and mitigation planning, project plan creation, WBS development, conducting cross-functional (CFT) stage-gate reviews (PAR, FOT, FAI, EVT/DVT/PVT), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), scope-time-cost management, roadmap ownership

• Technical Domain: NPD, concept ideation, functional performance requirements, 3D CAD modeling, rapid prototyping (3D printing), simulation, testing and validation, BOM and manufacturing-drawing release per GD&T (ASME Y14.5), value engineering (VA/VE), continuous engineering (CE)

• Operational Excellence: Hands-on factory shop-floor experience, Supply Chain Management (SCM), vendor negotiation, SOP development, Six Sigma, JIT, Kanban, and Lean Manufacturing

• Hardware Program Delivery: Cross-functional team leadership, risk management (RPN), DFM/DFMEA/PFMEA/SPC/PFC, and UL/CSA compliance

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Project Management Engineer Molex India — Bengaluru, India Jul 2024 – Present

• KPI Ownership: Responsible for leading the projects for delivering critical NPD products for the key clients NVIDIA, Google, and Meta within the specified timeline.

• Project Execution: Define scope, quality, cost, and time constraints; create project plans and establish baselines; manage the critical path using MS Project to ensure alignment with PDP processes; conduct EVT, DVT, and PVT milestone stage-gate reviews.

• Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead global cross-functional teams (CFT) to secure PAR, FOT, and FAI approvals while overseeing DFM/DFMEA/PFMEA/SPC/PFC/UL CSA certification compliance.

• Data-Driven Decision Making: Developed executive dashboards using Power BI to monitor project health and data governance, and compiled vendor quotes, ROI, CAPEX, NPV, and OPEX data to support leadership funding decisions.

• Risk Management: Identified and quantified risks using RPN methodology, implementing proactive mitigation strategies that prevented schedule slippage on the concurrent projects.

• Key Achievement: Concurrently managed high and low-power PCB connector programs totaling USD 50M in revenue, leading cross-functional teams across NVIDIA, Google, and Meta to achieve design-approval gates

(PAR, FOT, FAI) on schedule while maintaining ISO/UL/CSA compliance. Design Engineering Manager Schneider Electric — Bengaluru, India May 2024 – Jul 2024

• Managed the design team, resource balancing, and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) across projects.

• Mentored the junior design engineers on design & process optimization

• Released drawings for manufacturing and vendors to ensure on-time component delivery.

• Key Achievement: Achieved a 5% reduction in design lead time and faster time-to-market by implementing the design optimization process.

Project Manager Praxien Pvt. Ltd. — Bengaluru, India Sep 2020 – May 2024

• Project Strategy: Responsible for handling CAD projects and delivered digital artifacts for web applications, AR/VR applications, ePlan and switchboard configuration, while adhering to intellectual property (IP) rights.

• Resource Management: Owned resource forecasting, project costing and continuous monitoring via MIS status reports; led a team of 8 functionally reporting engineers to achieve first-time-right (FTR) delivery.

• Agile Implementation: Conducted daily scrum meetings and sprint planning using JIRA, backlog refinement, burn down chart, fostering an agile mindset within a traditional engineering environment.

• Key Achievement: Accelerated product delivery by implementing process automation, increasing sprint velocity by 4% and streamlining backlog refinement. Associate Team Lead Tech Mahindra — Bengaluru, India Apr 2013 – Sep 2020

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

• New Product Development (NPD): Executed NPD projects applying DFMEA and poka-yoke principles to concept design; validated designs using 3D-printed prototypes and IP/IK product performance testing to secure global compliance certifications (UL, CSA, REACH, RoHS); created drawings to ANSI standards with GD&T and released BOMs.

• Value Engineering (VA/VE): Spearheaded cost-reduction initiatives for APC (American Power Conversion) UPS battery cabinets, conducting reverse engineering, product teardowns, and competitor analysis.

• Key Achievement: Received Best Associate Award for design and process optimization on the RN2C project. Senior Engineer Rittal India Pvt. Ltd. — Bengaluru, India Jun 2006 – Apr 2013

• Operations Management: Experienced across the entire manufacturing value chain- from quotation, production planning, supply chain development, production, quality, logistics & product delivery

• Business Management: Managed the MOD-CNC production unit with 6 direct reportees, delivering customized products, CNC line setup, specialized in CAD CNC programming, SAP workflow.

• Process Improvement: Championed the implementation of Kanban and JIT (Just-in-Time) systems; experienced in CNC operations, assembly of MCCB and IT racks, IT wiring harnesses, and avionic racks; conducted RCA and CAPA, and monitored First Pass Yield (FPY).

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

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Engineering Software: Creo (Pro/E), SolidWorks, Teamcenter, CATIA, AutoCAD, Windchill (PLM), ePlan

• Standards & Compliance: GD&T (ASME Y14.5), ISO 9001, RoHS, REACH, CE, UL, IEC 60898

• Project Management: MS Project, Primavera, JIRA, Confluence, PMP

• Data & Analytics: Power BI, Tableau, SAP (ERP), MS Excel (Advanced), Power Automate, RAID logs, AI-assisted project management tools

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