Vishal Chandar

Overall 9+ years of experience with Ericsson, I have been working as a lead analyst in Project management office involved in deployment & rollouts across various projects. Used Analytical methods like Data exploring, Transformation & Analysis along with improvising process efficiencies in deliveries for Project Management domain across multiple global vendors making sure that all the deliverables based on KPIs are delivered to costumer within agreed SLA. I developed good Client and Stakeholder relationship with extended project contract renewal during my tenure at Ericsson.

Co-ordinated across various cross-functional teams to get deliveries executed on time. Handled multiple clients like Vodafone, Verizon, O2, T-Mobile during my tenure at Ericsson. I have helped in delivering overall Milestone projects for multiple global vendors using Ericsson proprietary tools and global tools like SAP, Power BI for data analysis & visualization.

Used Co-pilot for summarizing complex client reports for making data driven decisions.

Handled

Order management for multiple global vendors. Played key roles in Change management, Project Financials related (CAPEX and OPEX), Procurement management, Supply chain operations, Logistics and other important project management related roles for optimizing the deliverables thereby contributing to process improvements, seamless execution of deliveries to customers. I have also been involved in pre-sales activities and execution of project contracts based on RFP and RFQ's.

Adopted AI tools like Co-pilot, Chat GPT in my work

Project Management Analyst - Ericsson Global India Pvt Ltd - Bangalore

(2021-04)

• Worked in Project finance, management, Supply chain domains for UK- Virgin Media O2 client across various technological domains with analytical practises using ETL.
• Key player in the team delivered network services to about 70 sites spanning specific regions within UK by effectively co-ordinating with Field engineers, Project engineers and Customer Project managers. Network UP time was all time high in these regions.
• Automated the mundane tasks by saving about 4-5 man hours per day by deployment of AI bots. I also improvised the process of preparing KPI monitoring reports based on SLA of various activities by also doing gap analysis.
• Involved in project governance by managing end to end Customer Purchase Order booking for various telecom vendors which results in forecasting sales target every month/quarter. Visualized data using Power BI for analysis to make data driven decisions.
• Proficient in invoicing and receipting the Purchase orders (PO) in SAP to ensure Net sales target are met.
• Involved in BOM and GR/IR process of procured hardware telecom materials as part of Procurement to Pay process in Supply chain & Logistics operations.
• Our Team also won extended project contract by another 5 additional years during this period for compliance in performance-based deliveries and ensuring data integrity & confidentiality without breach of customer data.
• Liaised across Scrum teams globally along with following agile method in the project ensuring seamless deliveries without disruptions.
• Involved in hardware demand & forecasting liaising with Site engineers and Project Finance managers that involves project planning and execution involving project cost, budget. Involved in optimization process as well.

Project Associate - Ericsson Global India Pvt Ltd - Bangalore

(2017-04 - 2021-04)

• Worked as a Support lead for Programme and Delivery team with Demand planning and Service Level management as priority tasks working alongside the Project Finance managers. The clients whom I supported in this tenure are Vodafone- (Netherlands and Germany) & MBNL (H3G & EE).
• Managed multiple vendors by supporting them in Change management process during the end-end delivery rollout services from project planning until execution.
• Generated Earned Value reports monthly in SAP to analyse project status ensuring compliance. Processed large volumes of data in SAP, did exploratory data analysis to prepare reports for the Board meetings with clients.
• Provided valuable administration support to Program Directors, Project Finance Managers and Customer Project Managers.

Business Analyst - Ericsson Global India Pvt Ltd - Bangalore

(2016-09 - 2017-03)

• Worked for USA telecom operators like Verizon & T-Mobile and helped them in deployment rollout of their services across multiple cities in USA by repeatedly following up with Engineering team and Customer Project managers alongside overseeing the project financials ensuring compliance.
• Collaborated with the Stakeholders, Implementation Managers & Site engineers to streamline the operation process across various delivery teams and brought in process improvements in deliveries optimizing the cost in the involved project.

Bachelors of Engineering - Electronics and Communication - PES Institute of Technology (2016)