Sample Business Consultant Resume
Contact information
John A. Jowkar
19 Street
The City of New York
NY
Career objective
Looking for a challenging position of the Sample Business Consultant Resume the reputed University with a view to use my wide experience for the benefit of the organization.
Senior Business Consultant, Strategic Services Group Apr’09-Present
JDA is the world’s most comprehensive provider of innovative demand & supply chain management and pricing excellence solutions.
Strategy Consulting & Profit Improvement
Improved the customer service level (CSL) and reduced lost sales for the spare parts division of one of the world’s top automotive companies
Identified the forecasts trending to zero as the root cause for low inventory levels and CSL
Segmented the products and recommended best forecasting technique for each segment; improved the forecast accuracy by 30%
Recommended a process flow for identifying & prioritizing demand exceptions and taking corrective actions
Designed the promotion strategy for the largest retail company in Australia
Prepared a list of generic promotional drivers, interviewed the planners and collected relevant data on promotions in the past
Outlined the process for promotion analysis and got a buy-in from customer
Mined the data and identified a list of significant promotions that are responsible for a lift in sales
Currently working on an engagement to outline the demand planning process for a customer in the Consumer Electronics industry in Europe
Identified improvement areas in as-is business processes by analyzing data and prepared the roadmap for the to-be processes by using industry best practices
Recommended the usage of collaborative planning and forecasting for the retailers that maintain and share sell-through information
Improved the forecast accuracy by designing a process for product lifecycle forecasting
Leadership & Initiative
Attended workshop on designing Plan-Do-Check-Act workflows for managing Inventory
Identified the KPIs for measuring inventory performance; evaluated the usage of demand profile for achieving multi-echelon inventory optimization
Learned the process of Supply Chain Network Designing, as part of preparation for multiple upcoming engagements
Performed infrastructure, logistics and market planning for an FMCG company as part of solving a sample businesscase
Started an informal group for discussing the application of Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) framework in preparing industry specific Supply Chain Organization structure
Oracle India Private Limited
Senior Applications Engineer Jul’04-Mar’08
Promoted to Senior Applications engineer in 3 years as against HR guideline of 4 years for developing strategies to improve cross product integration
Business Process Analysis & Transformation
Sole point of contact across Oracle India for the project budgeting and accounting modules of Oracle Financials ERP
Designed project management and budgeting workflows that enabled customers across diversified sectors to efficiently plan projects and allocate resources, effectively track the health of projects and report any exceptions
Analyzed customer needs and designed process flows for capturing direct and indirect costs and reporting quantity, price and exchange rate variances
Spearheaded the post merger integration of projects accounting module of PeopleSoft’s ERP with that of Oracle’s ERP
Interacted with major customers and identified the key business processes in PeopleSoft’s ERP
Performed transition feasibility and gap analyses; completed the migration early and saved 15% of budgeted time of 1 year
Improved the Procure-to-Pay process by automating vendor, budget and payment compliances
Leadership & Innovation
Received top management recognition as part of a 4 member team for reviving a delayed project
Championed reusable components and convinced management of 5 upstream product lines to deliver prerequisites early
Led a 10 member international team (USA and India) to establish best-practices and build consensus regarding implementation that resulted in 30% reduction in 8 months of design and producer-consumer integration time
Chosen by management to represent Project division in Oracle Recruitment team’s initiatives; mentored 15 new recruits and coached 5 lateral hires facilitating their faster induction into the team
EDUCATION
Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad Apr’08-Apr’09
ISB is placed 13th in the 2010 global MBA rankings released by the Financial Times, London
Post Graduate Programme in Management, Dual specialization in Strategy & Leadership and Analytical Finance
CGPA: 3.52/4.0; Among the top 15% of the batch of 432 students
GMAT: 760/800; Awarded merit based tuition waiver (INR 200,000) for excellence in academics and community service
Among the top 8 finalists out of 432 students for the Tata Motors Merit Scholarship at ISB
Secured 1st position in ISB Drug Discovery business plan competition
Designed business case for a drug discovery start up with a revenue potential of INR 2 billion in 10 years
Identified the customer segment, evaluated the value proposition and designed both B2B and B2C marketing strategies
Among the top 7 finalists out of 85 teams in IIMA business plan competition for devising a business plan to generate fuel from municipal solid waste
Consulting Engagements
Developed expansion plan for RPG group (Spencer’s Retail) in Andhra Pradesh; analyzed market trends, estimated the market size and profitability, and performed a sensitivity analysis
Projected an increase of INR 500 million in annual revenue by 2011
Devised growth strategy for a leading manufacturer (SME) of tools for aircraft engines to increase annual turnover from INR 100 million in 2008 to INR 300 million by 2011
Identified key business drivers, recommended a new marketing strategy and forecasted the ROI
Planned the capacity expansion and established metrics to implement balanced scorecard and improve vendor management
Performed business research and designed strategies to improve brand image and increase cross-sell
Projects
Prepared the valuation and deal structure for a leveraged buyout, as part of private equity course project; performed due diligence and identified potential risks; explored value creation possibilities and exit strategies
Birla Institute of Technology (BIT), Mesra, Ranchi - CGPA: 8.86 (94.6%) Sep’00-May’04
BIT is among the top 20 engineering colleges in India
Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Ranked 2nd among 300 students across all disciplines
Awarded AISSCE Merit certificate for scoring in top 0.1 percentile in country for Mathematics and Science in 1998
EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Among the top 20 in the state level under 16 chess competition and among the top 2 chess players at BIT
Community Service
As part of pro bono consulting at ISB, designed the expansion plan and corporate sales pitch for CHORD, an NGO promoting child rights in Andhra Pradesh
As Assistant general secretary of NSS in BIT, raised INR 150,000 from 700 donors to support cyclone victims in Orissa
Received the “President’s Scout” award for outstanding contribution to adult education programs in Orissa
Founded “Friday Curry”, an informal club with 120 members, to conduct team building and leisure activities in Oracle
Secured 1st position out of 100 entries in the national level hardware design competition conducted by the IEEE (2003) at BIT
PRODUCT KNOWLEDGE
Product
Proficiency
MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word
Advanced
Oracle Database
Advanced
Planning Tools (i2 Demand Manager, Inventory Optimization, Supply Chain Strategist)
Advanced
ERP (Oracle Projects Costing & Accounting, Procurement, Payables and Grants Management)
Advanced
Systat, StatTool
Intermediate
References
John A. Jowkar
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John_Jowkar@gmail.com
