Nikhilesh Kasare
PMP-certified Project Manager with 10+ years of end-to-end project management experience leading facility automation, energy efficiency, HVAC engineering programs across various sectors - real estate commercial & mixed use, hotels, pharma, data centre, manufacturing and electrical substation. Proven track record of successfully delivering complex engineering solutions projects with 10% YoY revenue growth, 20% reduction in DSO and improved customer satisfaction through advanced project planning techniques and disciplined project monitoring control approach.
Skilled in strategic procurement, effective stakeholder and cost control management leading cross-functional teams from project inception through closure
Experience
Program Manager
Siemens
Roles & responsibilities as: Project /Program Manager
- Project lifecycle Management – Planning, Monitoring & Control with advanced tool & Techniques-Primavera, MS-Project, TOC-CCPM, Earned Value Analysis, Agile methodologies
- Internal-External Stakeholder Management: Customer relationship management with improved satisfaction.
Effective vendor management
- Cross functional team coordination- Sales, Engineering, Procurement, Execution, Logistics & Service to achieve interim project milestones
- Leadership role to drive revenue, turnover growth, strong customer claim & change order management & leverage project risks
- Responsible for optimizing operational cost to maximize profit, optimizing cash conversion cycle, DSO reduction for maintaining positive cashflow for ensuring profitable projects business
- Generated interim project financial reports highlighting project progress, budget variances, risks and mitigation plans
PMO Operations Manager
Siemens
- Monitor Business KPIs to support management to optimize PMO operations & make strategic decisions
- Data Analysis, Demand Forecasting & Supply Demand Planning of inhouse & outsourced products from various distribution channels
- Global Supply Chain Management for automation industry products business, services business & customized engineering solutions Projects Business. Warehouse Inventory Management in highly variable demand environment
- Developed detailed financial modeling with DCF, NPV, IRR, sensitivity and scenario analysis for project viability assessment
Sr. Executive Engineer
Siemens
Division: Research and Development
- HVAC Roles & responsibilities
- Managed various New Product Development (NPD) Projects of Room AC, Commercial AC, Centralized HVAC & chiller system
- Risk analysis of company’s new/existing products & provided root cause solutions to customer complaints by improving design & product reliability
- Centralized HVAC & Integrated Building Management/IBMS System design & prototype testing
Education
IIM Mumbai/NITIE
PGDM
with distinction 8.25/10 CGPA
VJTI Mumbai
B. Tech
MH State
HSC
with distinction 80%
MH State
SSC
with distinction 85%
Skills
Project lifecycle ManagementPlanningMonitoringControlPrimaveraMS-ProjectTOC-CCPMEarned Value AnalysisAgile methodologiesCustomer relationship managementVendor managementCross functional team coordinationLeadershipRevenue growthChange order managementRisk managementOperational cost optimizationProfit maximizationCash flow managementFinancial reportsBusiness KPIsData AnalysisSupply Demand PlanningGlobal Supply Chain ManagementWarehouse Inventory ManagementFinancial modelingDCFNPV
EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION
PMP Certification
Lean Six Sima green Belt certification
ACADEMIC INDUSTRIAL CONSULTING PROJECTS
L&T Heavy Engg Operations Management
- Strategic Capacity Planning of the Plant & Managing Project Portfolio by liaising with Sr. DGM
- Performed Statistical, Costing & Scenario Analysis for different capacity planning strategies
- Multi criteria decision making for Prioritization of ongoing & upcoming projects of the company
- Used advanced tools- CONCERTO Critical Chain Project Management-software
Abbott Business Development & Growth Strategy
- Analysed competitors & proposed business development Strategies for new products business
- Presented solution at corporate level and became National finalist
Dabur Credit Modelling
- Forecasted financial statements by analysing financial historical data, studying Balance sheets, P&L
- Analysed company financial performance by performing Horizontal, Vertical, Ratio Analysis
CONCOR (PSU) Multi-Modal Logistics Management
- Studied Hub & Spoke model, Container & Cargo shipping operations in a container depot
- Analysed various Import-Export Custom procedures