Dattatreya Karavadi, PMP

Experience

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  Tech Mahindra

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2017

  Senior Project Analyst

  Handling all End-to-end project management activities✓ Create and Maintain Dashboard (MIS) every month which is the complete report of the following✓ Number of Customers, customer contract person and their contacts with email IDs. ✓ Number of Active Accounts. o Number of Active Projects. o Track of Allocated Resources (Billable) & Buffers (Non-Billable) Resources with their respective Bands, experience, Skill, Group Circle and reporting manager.✓ Track of each Associate Learning Modules. ✓ Purchase orders balances to each active projects.✓ Maintain Forecast sheets of each Project at resource level estimating billable amount based on the Purchase Orders and Project end dates in order to have rough information of the revenue generated for each project. • Create and Maintain Invoice of all the projects every month, compare with the forecast sheets to calculate actual billing and the differences in revenue generation. To help in raising concerns to the respective delivery manager/ high level management for necessary action to ensure meet expected revenue generation. Updating self-help documents so customers/employees can try to fix Show less

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  Novartis

  Aug 2017 - Aug 2019

  Operations Manager

  • Manage the creation and change management of the overall portfolio with a focus on benefits• Ensure efficient and effective execution of the portfolio leveraging the ITS standard tools/processes• Govern key programs across the organization• Ensure the Process and Tools are in alignment• Ensure the initiation and closure of programs/projects are properly executed and reflected in the project management and time reporting tools• Work with the COE leaders to assign Program/Project Managers to programs/projects• Prepare materials for the regularly scheduled program portfolio reviews with the Business Sponsor(s), ITLT and IT Partner(s)• Establish and maintain detailed program/project work plans - preparing schedules for all project stages, and monitoring progress against baseline schedules, with key date updates for completion of each stage• Identify dependencies and possible issues across teams, and create clear and actionable deliverables or activities to be completed• Communication 1 - prepare communications and reports regarding daily projects & interactions (internal/external) for team members and stakeholders, including senior management• Communication 2 - proficiency in setting up communications facilities, such as SP and project databases• Partner with colleagues in different roles to assess the workloads and impacts for different departments• Conduct formal reviews at key stages of a project, aiding the team in assessments and key decisions• Establish firm-wide project reporting with a focus on value added advice and early identification and resolution of risk and issues• Develop project portfolio prioritization methodologies• Contract management – manage SOWs and contracts through approval process to completion and maintain oversight• Oversee and support team management weekly staff meetings Show less

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  Infor

  Aug 2019 - now

  Associate Project Manager

  • Coordinate additional centralized monthly and periodic reporting content, as required• Manage the oversight of our team’s projects - track and support internally, providing status, ownership, updates, and presentations as needed• Independently plans, manages, and/or contributes to projects of medium-to-high complexity, within a team or across teams within the department, and assists where appropriate with efforts of higher complexity• Manages medium-to-high complexity projects according to plan; measures, monitors, and reports progress at defined points to ensure projects are delivered on time and within budget, and meet or exceed quality expectations• Tracks and documents completion of work plan activities, adhering and aligning to prescribed standards for status reporting and resource procurement for projects of medium-to-high complexity• Forecasts short and long-term project deliverables• Participates in cost benefit analysis and formulation of strategies to achieve plan objectives• Makes project staffing recommendations and track assignments and utilization for projects of medium-to-high complexity Show less