Shireesh Kumar

Project management professional with 13+ years of experience coordinating complex, concurrent projects and change initiatives across regulated pharmaceutical, consumer-health, FMCG, digital and content environments. Proven delivery across the project lifecycle, from brief and requirements through planning, execution, governance, approval and operational release. Maintains 95-98% SLA delivery, reduced rework by 50%, and brings strong capability in cross-functional leadership, stakeholder communication, risk and issue management, dependency tracking, KPI dashboards, resource planning and continuous improvement.

MBA in Project Management with practical Agile and Microsoft Project development.

Artwork & Packaging Project Coordinator - STADA UK / Thornton & Ross

(2025-01)

• Manage multiple concurrent regulated packaging projects from pre-artwork planning and brief review through execution, approval and production release, maintaining 95-98% delivery against agreed SLAs.
• Coordinate scope, schedules, priorities, dependencies, approvals and controlled changes across regulatory, marketing, production, quality and external suppliers/CMOs; escalate risks and issues before delivery is affected.
• Produce KPI dashboards, project status reports and forward-loading information to support governance, resource planning and management decisions.
• Improved approval and quality-assurance controls, reducing rework by 50%; reconcile project status, approval evidence and system data to protect compliance and release accuracy.

Assistant Project Manager (Internship) - IBT UK / Newsweek

(2023-10 - 2024-05)

• Coordinated concurrent digital and content workstreams, maintained schedules and project records, and communicated progress to stakeholders and governance forums.
• Tracked risks, issues, dependencies and approvals; escalated exceptions and supported process improvements informed by feedback and lessons learned.

Project Coordinator / CSR - SGS & Co. - Alia Premedia Services

(2021-08 - 2022-09)

• Managed concurrent FMCG, pharmaceutical and consumer-health projects as the day-to-day link between clients, account management, studio production, repro and quality teams.
• Validated briefs and requirements, maintained plans and tasks, controlled multi-SKU change and approval cycles, and monitored priorities against client SLAs.
• Maintained forward-loading and capacity information, led client reviews, improved workflows and reporting, and trained and coached colleagues.

Senior Production Artist / Specialist - SGS & Co. - Alia Premedia Services

(2020-07 - 2021-08)

Senior Graphic Designer - Packaging - Freyr Software Solutions

(2017-02 - 2019-12)

Senior Executive - PreMedia - SGK (formerly Schawk India Pvt Ltd)

(2016-04 - 2017-02)

Senior Artwork Operator - Tech Mahindra

(2012-09 - 2016-04)

Delivered high-volume, multi-SKU regulated packaging work across global teams, balancing requirements, amendments, technical quality, version control and demanding deadlines. Recognised with Target-Oriented Performance and Best Teamwork awards.

MBA - Project Management - University of East London (2022 - 2024)

MBA - Marketing & HR - Lalit Narayan Mithila University (2010 - 2012)

BSc - Biology & Chemistry - Lalit Narayan Mithila University (2006 - 2009)