SENIOR MANAGEMENT PROFESSIONAL: Product Planning & Management | Business Development |New Product Development| Project Management An experienced and versatile professional with solid contribution in product and business strategy, product planning and strategic project delivery across product segments like UV/SUV, Commercial Vehicles-- LCV ICV MHCV, Defence Vehicles, and aggregate platforms like engine & transmission with end to end exposure Areas of consulting: Domain Expertise: Automotive: ? Commercial Vehicles/Trucks-Light (3.5~7.5T), Intermediate (7.5~12T), Medium (12~16T) & Heavy Commercial Vehicles (MAVs, Tippers, Tractor Trailers) (25T to 49T GVW) ? Sports Utility Vehicles & Pick Ups ? Special Applications like Reefer, Container, Ready Mix Concrete (RMC), Tippers, Tractor Trailers ? Segments like Market Load, Fruits & Vegetables, Parcel & Courier, Construction, Poultry ? Defence Vehicles like-Bullet Proof, Mine Protected, High Mobility, Fire Tender etc. Functional Expertise: Product Management: ? Product Strategy ? Market Research ? Customer Insighting ? Concept Development-USPs, Product Positioning ? Volume Forecasting ? Price Analysis/Positioning ? Launch Planning Project Management: ? Gateway Management ? Budgeting ? Product Costing ? Business Case & Sensitivity Analysis ? Timeline ? Risk Management Other Areas: Regulations-BSIV/BSVI, Joint Ventures, Competitive Intelligence, Total Cost of Ownership, GST, E Commerce, SIAM Product Management o Understanding business needs using expertise in positioning options, product platform definitions & concepts, pricing, volume forecasting / projections and platform planning o Conceptualizing business, functional & product strategy, leading the market and competitive intelligence, identifying new product opportunities & new features and product concepts o Conducting market research for evaluating buying behavior, perceived value of features, trends, competition movements & GTM strategy o Go-to-market strategy, communication planning, product training o Market opportunity analysis for exports viz. South Africa & Nepal o LMDT (3.5 to 14T GVW) concept development, business case approval o Launched products like 40 T Tractor (Feb’11) and won HCV truck-2011 Prime Mover of the Year Award, 25 T Tipper (Mar’11), 35T Tractor (Jan’12), 31T Haulage Tipper (Jan’13) - 2012 CV of the Year Award, Bulker (Feb’13) &, MN25 Bogie Tipper (Feb’13), 25T Reefer (Jul’13) Project Management o Developing aggregate & vehicle strategy & product plan for domestic, export & advanced technology projects o Leading project delivery w.r.t. scope, cost, time & quality targets o Generating business case to evaluate financial viability and perform sensitivity analysis o Accomplished programs like mHawk (42 Months, 81 Crores), mDI CRDe Engine (36 months, 35 Crores) C2 CRDe 2 Cyl mHawk NA Engine (9 months,78 crores) and Automatic Transmission on Scorpio Vlx (25 months,16 crores) o Expertise in leading and developing the new product dev.