Harima Tupran
Program Management
Hyderabad
Summary
Experienced Program Manager and transport/mobility enthusiast with 17 years of experience in Rail & Aero engineering industries.
Skilled in managing operations and projects related to supplies, logistics, organizational strategies, financial management, procurement, and contracting. Expertise in logistical analysis, inventory management, supply chain performance, development, standardization, and acquisition regulations.
Engineering design professional with a proven track record of successfully delivering projects in Agile and waterfall methodologies. Adept at managing all aspects of the project life cycle including planning, customer relationships, resources, budget, risks, issues mitigation, customization of solutions to meet QCDP commitments, revenue forecasting, talent acquisition/utilization, organizational budgets monitoring CSAT scores, and resolving client concerns. Experienced in working with global clients and moderating business relationship conflicts to drive clarity on decision-making and resolve high-impact escalations effectively.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Sr. Delivery Manager
CYIENT - ALSTOM (Bombardier Rail)
06.2018 - Current
- Responsible for reviewing, monitoring, controlling projects with the objective of delivering them as per agreed timelines, cost and quality parameters.
- Established a culture of continuous improvement within the team, driving innovation in process optimization initiatives.
- Responsible for end-to-end project delivery, owns project lifecycle activities within agreed timescales and budgets. From defining and validating technical requirements, and establishing traceability between requirements and application architecture/design.
- Evaluate program progress and results against program objectives, create or re-engineer processes, tools, and/or structure to improve productivity and overall program outcomes.
- Design and deliver Executive-level presentations to support governance of high-risk projects.
- Conduct retrospectives on completed projects to support improvement to process, policy and tools.
- Pushed long-term process improvements as well as day-to-day tactics to improve effectiveness and achieve value.
- Provided governance of the organization's portfolio of projects.
- Monitored performance against the budget, acted to ensure financial compliance.
- Lead the gathering of project requirements and scope in a holistic manner across multiple business functions and optimize per schedule and budget constraints.
- Identify and establish partnerships with stakeholders to build support, secure sponsorship, and ensure alignment for program outcomes.
- Ensure knowledge upgradation and work with new technologies so that the solution is latest and meets quality standards and the client requirements.
- Involved in developing processes, Design review techniques and quality/governance Metrics/KPIs, Process ownership etc.
- Resource Management, Invoicing, Account Mining, onsite Team, proposals, maintaining profitability, recruitment, appraisal, team building etc.
Project Manager
HCL Technologies Limited
11.2017 - 05.2018
- Onsite-offshore engagement model –Coordinating and managing the onsite-offshore work & duly tracking the deliverables.
- Prepare presentation deck, case-studies, conduct meetings with customers.
- Create proposals, work with cross functional departments in gathering required data for proposals.
- As a manager was responsible for Project plan - Estimation, Schedule, Milestones, and Deliverables etc.
- Risk planning – Identification, Mitigation, Contingency and Action plan.
- Human Resource development – Recruitment, Induction, Training, Team-building.
- Cross-Functional Team Supervision.
- Setting quality standards and measurement metrics.
- Creating and updating pre-delivery Quality checks list, post-delivery Defect analysis/Route cause.
Project lead/ Onsite Coordinator
Tech Mahindra
05.2009 - 03.2014
- Worked with Major aerospace manufactures, like Airbus, Bombardier, Dassault Falcon Jet, Hawker Beech craft.
- Project Lead/Onsite Coordinator at Dassault Falcon jet (F7X) Assembly line, Little Rock-AR, USA.
- SPOC for engineering design and testing for respective Falcon F7X Business Jet.
- Manage customer relationships through regular communication through weekly/ monthly reviews.
- SPOC for the project resource management, Invoicing, quality documentation, facing audits.
- Responsible for Quality, Schedule performance of team.
- Prepare individual and team performance metrics, Performance Review, Appraisal and make Performance Development/Improvement Plans of reports.
- Responsible for Technical guidance and Competency development of the team.
- Electrical Load Analysis, Electrical Grounding and Bonding Calculations and Acceptance Test Plan.
Technical lead
Tech Mahindra
04.2006 - 04.2009
- Headed the deployment team for “Achieving Excellence”, a corporate initiative for improving productivity and for continuous improvement.
- Ensure compliance to the set standards/norms in order to adhere to quality standards and other compliance norms.
- Continuous improvement support by designing new automation tools, metrics, checklists, and trainings.
- Optimization, testing, designing and development of new automation tools to improve productivity and quality also to reduce the cost.
- Wire Harness Design for Interiors monuments / Shipside wiring with Basic /Avionics equipment’s.
- 1 year of Onsite in Germany for Airbus Hamburg-Finkenwerder – Aircraft Manufacturing plant, as Designer Engineer, involved in Harness Design and installation activities for Airbus A380.
Education
Post graduate Diploma - Business Management
XLRI Jamshedpur
01.2015 - 01.2016
B.Tech - Mechanical Engg.
J.N.T.U.
01.2000 - 01.2004
Skills
- Program Management
- Customer Relationship Management
- Process Improvements and Adherence
- Risk analysis and management
- Team leadership
- Project coordination
- Stakeholder management
- Decision-making
- Strategic planning
- Training and development
Certification
Project Management Professional (PMP), PMI
Overseas Exposure
- Dassault Falcon Jet, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, 5 years
- Hawker Beechcraft, Wichita, USA, 6 months
- Airbus, Hamburg, Germany, 1 year
Timeline
Sr. Delivery Manager
CYIENT - ALSTOM (Bombardier Rail)
06.2018 - Current
Project Manager
HCL Technologies Limited
11.2017 - 05.2018
Post graduate Diploma - Business Management
XLRI Jamshedpur
01.2015 - 01.2016
Project lead/ Onsite Coordinator
Tech Mahindra
05.2009 - 03.2014
Technical lead
Tech Mahindra
04.2006 - 04.2009
B.Tech - Mechanical Engg.
J.N.T.U.
01.2000 - 01.2004
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