V Ganapathy's Profile
V Ganapathy | |
PMO, FirePro | |
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Professional summary
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Current Experience:
PMO, FirePro
Previous: FIREPRO SYSTEMS PVT LTD
Firepro Systems Private Limited
CASTROL INDIA LTD
Executive Assistant (EA) to Chief Operating Officer (COO), Firepro Systems
Site Development Specialist, Castrol
Business Strategy & Performance Management, Castrol
Special Projects, Castrol
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20.0 Years
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Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Creative Writing, Analytical Skills
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Contribution score:(39 points)
- Contacts: 1 following, 1 followers
V Ganapathy's Experience
| Current : |
PMO, FirePro |
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| Oil & Gas | ||
| India, Bangalore | ||
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Brief summary :
Project Planning and Co-ordination | ||
| Previous : |
FIREPRO SYSTEMS PVT LTD |
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| Bangalore | ||
Worked from 2008 to 2012 | ||
Brief summary :
Oct 2008 To TILL FIREPRO SYSTEMS PVT LTD, Bangalore Firepro Systems is the pioneer and leader in the infrastructure protection and safety industry - fire protection, safety, prevention, detection and suppression - with 1500+ completed projects. General Manager Planning, Jan 2011 To TILL Report to the COO and lead a team of 12 in project planning and review and coordination with site operations, strategic sourcing, finance, design and client to achieve predefined annual business plan objectives. Monitor work in progress at sites through daily review, visits to sites and interactions with site teams and clients to resolve technical and commercial issues. Follow up billings and collections and assure a positive cash flow in the operations to meet business requirements. Support sales and marketing in business development and generation of targeted new business to maintain healthy order book position. Achievements Developed and implemented a project prioritization matrix for resource allotment to projects based on accounts receivables. Collected Rs2 crore from sticky accounts by negotiating and settling issues. Developed monitoring systems and alarms to alert the management of potential problems and initiated interventions to keep 20+ projects on track. Developed a 1-page snapshot document with detail of contract value, value of materials supplied, billings achieved and accounts receivables which enabled better coordination with the clients and speeded up project execution. Supported regional business heads in decision making and approvals at the COOs office. Executive Assistant Technical to the COO, Oct 2008 to Dec 2010 Contributed to defining and achieving objectives in key matrices like order bookings, billing and collections. Participated in due diligence exercises for infusion of PE funds. Monitored performance at various client installations and prepared business performance reports of various verticals. Led a campaign for the collection of long overdue receivables from various accounts. Intervened effectively and resolved contractual problems with high profile clients like Adani, Royal Orchid Hotels, Prestige Shantiniketan, Bangalore Metro, Hindustan Zinc and Parinee Developers. Coordinated with strategic sourcing, finance and operations teams to maintain the progress of projects near schedule. | ||
| Previous : |
Firepro Systems Private Limited |
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| Mumbai. | ||
Worked from 2008 to 2012 | ||
Brief summary :
October 2008 till now - Firepro Systems Private Limited, Bangalore. July 1992 till September 2008 - Castrol India Limited, Mumbai. Details Designation: General Manager (Project Management Office), Firepro Systems January 2011 till now Implementation and review of monitoring processes to drive projects related to Fire prevention and detection. Visit to client installations to monitor the progress of works, motivate the team, listen to customers concerns and provide feedback to top management to enlist support for the corrective actions. Risk assessment audit at sites to monitor adherence to Safety and Quality Policy Project Planning, Review and Co-ordination to support delivery. Educate and drive the importance of each project having to be near plan. Monitoring project cash flows through regular follow up with site teams (for billing) and clients (for collections). Co-ordination with client for vendor approvals, dispatch clearances, data sheet approvals. Co-ordination with purchase for prioritization of material supplies based on project requirements Draft client contracts for the Home Automation Division Special Projects Base Oil Cost of Goods Sold Reduction Project - Identify potential savings by sourcing new cheaper raw materials, worked closely with Marketing, Supply Chain and R and D. Re refined base oil strategy - Compiled report on the same after extensive literature survey to contribute to reshaping of the marketing strategy, supplemented by visits to re refining units, risk assessment audits and preparation of market intelligence report. Technology Trends - So What - - Closely worked with BP Americas to understand and distil the future technology trends in automotive industry that could have a sizeable impact on the oil industry for the Asia Pacific region. | ||
| Previous : |
CASTROL INDIA LTD |
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| Mumbai | ||
Worked from 1992 to 2008 | ||
Brief summary :
Jul 1992 to Sep 2008 CASTROL INDIA LTD, Mumbai Castrol India is the second largest player in the Indian lube industry and the market leader in the retail automotive lubricant segment. Castrol India is a member of the BP Group Worldwide. Manager Site Development, Apr 2005 to Sep 2008 Reported to the Vice President Technology and led a team of 6 in implementing systems for meeting requirements of BPs HSSE standards, quality standards, Capital Value Process and procurement guidelines to transform the Mumbai R and D Centre to a global Centre of Excellence. Spearheaded implementation and maintenance of Total Quality Management processes and certification norms of ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards. Assured compliance with the regulations of Factories Act, Mumbai Municipality, Mumbai Port Trust, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and liaised with statutory authorities for obtaining and renewing approvals. Key Contributions Led the local application and customization of BP global processes with limited resources in coordination with the BP global team. Collaborated with architects, contractors and structural consultants to influence the adoption of benchmark standards of HSSE in projects under execution. Developed a Supplier Evaluation Matrix for selection of vendors for various services based on predefined key criteria. Completed the project as part of the Diploma in Supply Chain Management from APICS. Played a key role in a global BP marketing project on the use of base oils obtained from re-refining of used lubricants in low tier products in an attempt to reduce the carbon footprint. Conducted literature survey, worked with purchase to source re-refining units in India, interfaced with key users to assess potential for re-refined oils in India and visited re-refining units to conduct risk and safety audits. Worked with the global BCP team and developed the business continuity plan for the R and D unit and led the table top validation and release of the plan. Was a core member team for implementing BPs Winning in Lubricants Globally (WILG) strategy. Developed the R and D Project Costing Model and provided functional inputs for creating the business risk assessment model. Deputy Manager Business and Commercial Services Worked closely with VP Technology and implemented a performance management system at the R and D Centre. Presented the self assessment on the scorecard to Mr. Naveen Khatriya MD Castrol India Ltd. Developed capital and revenue expenditure budgets, forecasts and conducted variance analysis, scrutinized spend proposals to ensure adherence to the sanction limits, Castrol India BMF, procurement guidelines and allocation of costs to the correct cost centre and expense code. Provided technical support to marketing through business research on aftermarket quality of fuel additives and performance chemicals. Created the Risk Reward framework to develop strategies for new product development (NPD) and supported marketing in the finalization of the product brand architecture. Was a core team member for the implementation of 5S, TQM, QS9000 and ISO 14001 standards including participation in internal audits. Devised a new technique to quantify the contributions of R and D to the business - gross margin ratio and innovation ratio. Contributed to the Castrol-BP Synergy formulation rationalization project. Won an outstanding performance award, 2001. As the Project Manager led the implementation of quality systems - Castrol Lab-flow and Achiever Plus. Joined Castrol as a Management Trainee in the R and D division and also worked as Senior Development Chemist, Senior Executive Technical Support and Deputy Manager Development. | ||
| Previous : |
Executive Assistant (EA) to Chief Operating Officer (COO), Firepro Systems |
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| Information Technology and Services | ||
Worked from 2008 to | ||
| Previous : |
Site Development Specialist, Castrol |
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| Oil & Energy | ||
Worked from 2005 to | ||
| Previous : |
Business Strategy & Performance Management, Castrol |
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| Oil & Energy | ||
Worked from 2002 to | ||
| Previous : |
Special Projects, Castrol |
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| Oil & Energy | ||
Worked from 1999 to | ||
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