Birender Rawat

Experience

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  Thomson Digital

  Apr 1999 - May 2005

  Project Coordinator

  Effective planning of daily schedule and maintaining the quality levels was on a hot priority as the person on seat. Interacting with customer on daily basis, responding to their queries, sharing project status on daily and weekly basis. Handled the vendor activity effectively and put the team on a path of success where we saw a growth from 25 journals to 40 and Books projects. Closely worked with the quality area to understand the needs of six sigma and initiated it in the team.

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  KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd.

  Jun 2005 - Dec 2007

  Project Lead

  Prime responsibilities were to shape an effective interface with clients & additionally, ensuring daily priority targets were accomplished. Collate and communicate all relevant information to the customer and to the production team to allow fast and effective production of quality page proofs, artworks, and various types of mark up languages that exceeds client’s expectations. Taking care of the invoicing process - raising invoice, getting new line item approved with its unit price, Advert Processing/ management (House Ads and Paid Ads). Show less

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  MPS Limited

  Jan 2008 - Sept 2015

  Manager - Projects

  Focusing on Project and production planning, digital content development and schedule of the deliveries. Ensuring daily production planning targets are achieved and ensuring compliance. Continuously seek more effective means of managing client’s projects “very first time” and communicating the same, down the line, to the Production Team. Ensuring continuous improvement clock rotates round the clock. Focusing on the overall relationship improvement with the customer with monthly and quarterly based targets. Monitoring the satellite units and vendors for their productivity, quality, and all other uniform requirements. Negotiating with vendors on pricing, ensuring vendors follow the procedures laid-down. Weekly and monthly discussions/meetings with vendors on the schedule and quality compliance. Taking care of the invoicing process - raising invoice, getting new line item approved with its unit price. Addressing the requirements of clients while having discussions in meetings. Also to look means to exceed customer expectation. Was part of the team in setting-up the entire content development process for online delivery as well as print delivery at the new facility. Has successfully transitioned 100% of the volume to new facility and getting the facility certified by customer as one of the delivery center. Was involved in ramping-up the team from recruitment to final certification from Customer, Process Automation, Improvement, Defining the Workflow to be followed. Has successfully implemented the fastest w/f “LeMans” at the new facility. Show less

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  SPI GLOBAL II

  Sept 2015 - Jan 2020

  Manager Projects

  Role Focusing on Project planning, Books content development and schedule of the deliveries (for both print and online). Capacity planning, team ramp-up planning, and team mentoring. Ensuring daily production planning targets are achieved and ensuring compliance. Continuously seek more effective means of managing client’s projects “very first time” and communicating the same, down the line, to the Production Team. Preparing QMS documentation (SOPs, Training and Certification process) and implementing the same in Operations. Monitoring the satellite units for its productivity, quality, and all other uniform requirements. Exploring the possibilities of more automation and process simplification with Technology team. Implementing the concept of ‘Right First Time’ (DIRFT concept) on the production floor by process automation and workflow simplification. Show less

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  Newgen KnowledgeWorks Pvt Ltd

  Feb 2020 - Aug 2024

  Sr. Manager - Project Management

  Role Focusing on Project planning, Books content development and schedule of the deliveries (for both print and online). Capacity planning, and team mentoring. Training the Project Managers (native German, French, and Spanish) and ensuring daily planning targets are achieved and ensuring compliance. Continuously seek more effective means of managing client’s projects and communicating/clarifying their queries/enquiries. Exploring the possibilities of expediting the review processes by the authors and editors. Setting-up monthly targets for the print and online deliveries and ensuring those are achieved. Maintaining the track of Open Access publication (Gold-OA) and updating the required metadata/ files for switching of books to OA once the embargo period is completed (Green and Hybrid Open Access Books). Preparing and circulating promotional flyers/catalogues for the new released Books/forthcoming books. Preparing UX promotional/ discount flyers/ catalogues for ‘Call for Manuscripts’; Series, and Conferences/ events. Show less

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  Aptara

  Apr 2024 - now

  • General Manager

    Oct 2024 - now

  • Deputy General Manager

    Apr 2024 - Oct 2024