Monica Thakor

Monica thakor

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location of Monica ThakorLondon, England, United Kingdom
  • Timeline

  • About me

    Engineering Project Manager at Gordon Murray Design

  • Education

    • Dr challoner's high school

      2012 - 2014
      A-level mathematics, physics, graphics b

      Activities and Societies: Form prefect, Young Enterprise - Financial director of Nova, winners of: 2nd overall premier company in the Chiltern area, best use of I.T., best innovative company & best company report.

    • Dr challoner's high school

      2007 - 2012
      Gcse biology, chemisty, english, geography, graphics, i.t., mathematics, physics & religious studies a

      Activities and Societies: Junior sports leader

    • Oxford brookes university

      2014 - 2017
      Bachelor of engineering - be engineering upper second class
  • Experience

    • Deutsche bank

      Jul 2012 - Aug 2012
      Workflow service management assistant

      Member of the Workflow Service Management Team within GTE, who were responsible for the design and development of tools used to manage IT servicesCollated feedback from an open question survey, analysed the resultant data and presented findings to the teamInvolved in organising and documenting the testing used prior to a software release

    • First class learning ltd.

      Jul 2012 - Dec 2017
      Assistant centre manager

      Collaborating and sharing best practice with partner centre managers to improve class flowRecruiting, onboarding and training new employees Delivering feedback to students, parents and the FCL Centre Managers to enhance the experience.Creating written materials to enhance the GCSE maths programmeInvigilating timed 11+ exam sessions, ensuring appropriate guidelines were followed for all assessments.Marking and verifying exam papers1:1 tuition in GCSE Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics 11+ and Common Entrance examination preparationIndividual lesson planning Show less

    • Havas people

      Dec 2017 - Apr 2019

      Part of the media team, setting up dashboards for clients to monitor campaigns in real-time using Datorama. Implementing tags to track campaigns on social media, search and programmatic channels, producing reports for both internal and client use to monitor and optimise campaigns, liaising with clients through meetings to ensure briefs are met. Part of the strategic, planning and insight team and undertake qualitative, quantitative and desk research; analyse findings and produce reports to meet a set brief. Liaise with clients when managing projects. Currently conducting research into the female under representation in the STEM industry.

      • Insight & Data Analyst

        Dec 2018 - Apr 2019
      • Media & Insight Intern

        Mar 2018 - Dec 2018
      • Research Intern

        Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
    • Mclaren automotive ltd

      Apr 2019 - Feb 2020
      Project analyst

      Collaborated with programme vehicle line manager in delivery of projects and contributed to development of new processes in order to boost business growth and efficienciesImplemented and executed meetings with stakeholders to examine any potential risks to safeguard future build phasesLed regular meetings to update the trackers in line with project timing and ETRS requirementsProvided and articulated the importance of metrics through risk analysis during project support meetings and gateways to future proof plans and investmentDeputising for the Project Lead at Board Level during Gateway meetings Show less

    • Havas people

      Feb 2020 - Sept 2021
      Data & insights manager

      Managing client reporting for the internal media stakeholders, ensuring processes are followed along with demonstrating unique metrics pertained to client requestsLed the procurement process to find a more cost-effective visualisation tool to enhance data management resulting in a cost saving of over 60%Devised and executed onboarding sessions with all new media clients with the primary focus of meeting their requirements Owned and delivered internal coaching to Client Services in order to demonstrate upsell opportunities to ultimately deliver measurable ROIExecuted training for external stakeholder clients to enhance their analysis knowledge to make strong use of dataCreating and customising campaign dashboards for both internal and client use to demonstrate ROI as well as for new business opportunities to showcase our reporting capabilities Conducting year on year analysis to report back on any trends with the prime objective of highlighting learnings to continually improve and plan future campaignsMember of the Diversity, Equality & Inclusion committee helping to raise awareness of minority groups within the workplace Show less

    • Arrival

      Sept 2021 - Mar 2023

      Creation of ETRS (Engineering Timing Release Schedule) for the Bus programme to give wider team visibility of left to right and right to left release plansRunning of cross functional ETRS sessions to highlight risks to the plan and ensure parts are 100% released by a set deadlineProviding customisable dashboards for all teams in both spreadsheets and on JIRA to allow workload to be prioritised based on a release planAligning across programmes to provide uniform and comparative statistics for senior leadershipWorking alongside the Digital team to define and test new release processes before being deployed to wider businessEvaluating data from cost down workshops to ensure future BoM cost targets are metOverall responsibility of lessons learnt survey, including creation, analysing responses and leading workshop with wider programme team to plan future improvementsReviewing data quality in EBoMs and working with engineering to correct inaccurate dataDefining scope for future builds by working with cross functional teams to create timing plans based on historical dataRunning daily change management meetings with engineering to ensure changes are controlled and within scope Show less

      • Project Manager

        May 2022 - Mar 2023
      • Project Coordinator

        Sept 2021 - May 2022
    • Gordon murray design

      Mar 2023 - now
      Engineering project manager

      Creation of Engineering Timing Release Schedule (ETRS) on Smartsheets, to provide visibility and highlight build risks to management Hosting weekly cross-functional ETRS sessions to ensure alignment and escalate any issues to the programme managerWorking alongside the data management team to implement new processes to increase efficiency within engineering, including planning, development and testingSupporting Virtual Series, ensuring buy in to timing plans from function group principles and aligning on build expectations between engineering, manufacturing and programmeCollating multiple external timing plans and aligning with internal plan to ensure smooth transition of assets between suppliersCreation of tracker for studio releases, managing the output through daily escalation meetings to ensure consistent progress and provide forum for issue raisingReporting on budget and mass, tracking week-on-week changes and highlighting any risks or opportunities Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Datorama specialist

      Sept 2018
    • Google analytics

      Google
    • Fundamentals of accounting

      The open university
      Nov 2020
    • Google ads

      Google