George Abraham

Experience

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  Katrina Engineering

  May 2003 - May 2009

  Supervisor

  Responsible – Sales, Marketing & Request for ProposalsOversaw – Vendor Management, Material Sourcing & Contract ReviewDelivered – 2 X Growth, growing the business organically & inorganically

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  HSBC

  Jul 2010 - Jun 2016

  Manager - Operations / Global Projects

  Lead – Operations, Programs & Projects across India, China and PhilippinesIncreased – Credit Card issuance by 4.8%Identified untapped customer segmentsManaged – Underwriters, reengineering the process using an agile approach (Saved USD 512,000)Deputed – To lead the Chinese Re-Engineering Team & Global Programs (Saved USD 4.2 Million)Thought leadership – Guided Stakeholders and team with roadmap to achieve targetsImplemented – OOE, RPA, Automation,6 σ, Lean and re-engineering solutionsFocused – Digital Transformation & analytics to enhance business valueTrained – Lean, Six Sigma, Project Management, TRIZProject Management - Setting deadlines, prioritizing tasks, and assigning targets and deliverables to team membersProgram Management - Oversee Business Projects are completed on time and on budget Show less

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  Anheuser-Busch InBev

  Apr 2018 - Jun 2019

  Manager (Business KPI’s)

  Built - Analytical/predictive models to drive profitability and reduce cost (USD 200 M Cash Flow)Program Managed – KPI Performance (POT, DSO, Master Data Accuracy, etc.)Created - Descriptive analytics dashboards with drill-down functionality (Power BI & QlikView)Piloted - Workforce Optimization (OOE) improving resource utilization by 12%, for the O2C team

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  EY

  Jul 2019 - Mar 2020

  Assistant Director

  Program Managed – Efficiency Reporting and tracking resulting in annualized saves increasing by 10 percentUsed - Earned Value Analysis to track project budget managementStandardized - Criteria for project documentation, and guidelines for benefit calculationEstablished - Repository of potentially replicable projects, with documentation and lessons learnedGuided - Teams in stakeholder management and navigating matrix organizationBuild - Relationship with clients, ensuring their requirements are being met, whilst working together to achieve organizational objectives Show less

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  Wipro

  Dec 2020 - now

  Project Manager

  As an RTEAssessing organizational maturity, and driving organizational change management by building a Business case on the need to change, defining a new vision, piloting it, showcasing progress, and expanding the target audienceDesigning organizational scaling using Scaled Agile Framework and implementation roadmapWork with Executives, teams and Scrum Masters to make them aware of Lean Agile mindset, and practicesWork closely with Product Management, system architects and Customer Experience teams, to develop the solutions that meet the quadruple requirements of scalability, functionality, performance, and customer experienceInvolved in the discussions on value delivery Vs availability of resources, and helping finalize the list of initiatives that go into the ART.Facilitating discussions on prioritization using WSJFManage and optimize the flow of value through the program using various tools, such as the Program Kanbans and information radiatorsEstablish and communicate the annual calendars for Iterations and Program Increments (PI)Leading / facilitating all discussions and documentation related to Pre -PI, PI, and post PI planning activitiesEnsure that all risks are ROAM'ed.Ensure that ART objectives tie in with the teams objectives, and post PI planning, reverse integrate Team PI Objectives into Program PI Objectives and publish them for visibility and transparencyLead the Scrum of Scrums, where productivity metrics are tracked, impediments are raised, and any upcoming challenges to Integration prior to Inspect and Adapt, are addressed.Manage expectations, and evaluate impact on timelines across the ART, when Change Requests impact delivery timelinesEncourage collaboration between teams and System ArchitectsAs a Scrum MasterOfficiating scrum rituals: Backlog Grooming, sprint planning, daily standup's, retrospectives. Weekly/monthly reporting, burn down/burn up charts, cumulative flow diagrams Show less