Vishal Vijayakumar

Vishal vijayakumar

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Everest Group | Ex-Cognizant | IIFT '21 | Ex-Renault Nissan | SSN

  • Education

    • Sir sivaswami kalalaya senior secondary school

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    • Ssn college of engineering

      2013 - 2017
      Bachelor’s degree mechanical engineering 8.45/10
    • Indian institute of foreign trade

      2019 - 2021
      Master of business administration - mba international business 2.8/4.0

      Majors - Marketing Minors - Operations, International Trade, Finance

  • Experience

    • Central mechanical engineering research institute

      Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
      Summer research fellow
    • Renault-nissan-mitsubishi

      Jul 2017 - Jun 2019
      Engineer

      Engineer - Product Engineering📌 Carried out thermal analysis of 15+ global automobiles, by collaborating with 6+ stakeholders, to reduce physical testing dependency by approximately 9%📌 Improved the time-to-market of the models by approximately 7% and enhanced the cost savings from 5% to 8%, through virtual simulations📌 Analyzed and implemented initiatives to improve vehicle durability by approximately 10%, by brainstorming and collaborating with cross-functional teams📌 Collaborated with the industrial engineering team in the plant, working on process improvement initiatives to reduce the overall manufacturing cost by approximately 8% Show less

    • Indian institute of foreign trade

      Nov 2019 - Jan 2021
      Senior club coordinator, scope – the supply chain, operations & energy club

      📌 Organized KPMG LSS - Green Belt workshop for 100+ students and plant visit to Coca Cola bottling plant for 50 students, for enriching the domain knowledge📌 Created a culture for Operations and SCM through our knowledge series (LOGonKaGyan) consisting of 50+ articles, on LinkedIn and other platforms, keeping students aware of the upcoming technologies

    • Mars

      Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
      Live project

      Objective: Modern Trade & E-commerce strategy for a healthy snack📌 Carried out an in-store study to understand the packaged healthy snacks market and the latest trends📌 Conducted survey with 200+ potential customers to understand the product category perception📌 Analysed the product data and conducted 30 in-depth interviews to identify the customers' eagerness to purchase📌 Formulated Go-To-Market strategy for both Modern Trade & E-commerce channels

    • Carborundum universal limited

      Apr 2020 - Jun 2020
      Marketing intern

      Objective: Identification of new markets for entry and the associated GTM strategies for the Abrasive products📌 Conducted market research & analyzed data to understand the abrasives market for 5 products, & identified 6+ metrics to streamline the potential global markets for entry📌 Analyzed international markets through the lens of industrial importance, company's global presence, international trade, & government initiatives, to prioritize the markets📌 Formulated and recommended a Go-To-Market strategy, comprising of channel strategies, for 4+ global markets, to expand its global footprint in the next 5-15 years Show less

    • Nestlé

      Sept 2020 - Sept 2020
      Marketing intern

      Objective: Market Assessment study for A2 and Organic Milk, for a particular Target Group📌 Conducted secondary research for understanding the perception of A2 and Organic milk in India📌 Analysed social listening data and trends to identify consumer patterns & behaviors📌 Created 2 branded and 2 unbranded communication by engaging with external agencies, for testing the brand concepts on the Target Groups

    • Cognizant

      May 2021 - Mar 2023
      Senior business development analyst

      Senior Business Development Analyst Awards:🎯 Presented with a Bronze award for excellent performance in 2022 Quarter 1Role:📌 Analyzed business requirements and competitors' insights for numerous proposals, including a few digital experience proposals, to construct business cases for North American clients📌 Engaged in sales negotiations with the clients & proactively identified & proposed new opportunity areas for strategic accounts, thus significantly enhancing the time-to-market📌 Created the industry POVs, pitchdecks, & client presentations with a positioning strategy to increase revenue from our existing accounts & also expand our accounts📌 Independently managed & collaborated with 20+ stakeholders, across cadres, globally and internally, to secure complex proposals📌 Proposed future-ready roadmaps for agile projects by collaborating with the various technology teams to significantly reduce the clients' operational expenditure Show less

    • Everest group

      Mar 2023 - now
      Senior analyst
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Lean six sigma green belt certification

      Kpmg india
      Aug 2020
    • Marketing analytics

      Coursera
      Apr 2020
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    • Become a product manager

      Udemy
      May 2022
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    • Certified safe 5 product owner/product manager

      Scaled agile, inc.
      Sept 2022
    • The fundamentals of digital marketing

      Google
      Feb 2020
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    • Advanced google analytics

      Google
      Dec 2020
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    • Business analytics using r and tableau

      Kpmg india
      Jan 2020