KALIJIT KULKARNI (Kal)

• Develop, implement, and maintain a project portfolio schedule that tracks, monitors, and prioritizes master scheduling, milestones, resources, and dependency management. Manage contract variations for the project.
• Establish mechanisms to track project variations, change requests, and assess their impact on the portfolio schedule.
• Ensure alignment of insurance and group projects to RAC strategy and outcomes, including facilitating tracking and/or measurement of project benefits (benefits realization), with a view to informing organizational performance measures and Community Strategic Plan reporting.
• Oversee project portfolio-level governance, including coordinating and managing any committee arrangements.
• Prepare project portfolio-level reporting to track portfolio performance against the baseline, and provide support and input for project reporting, including status reports, stage gate, and milestone reporting.
• Analyse financial project portfolio data through internal CRM and BI tools.
• Collaborated with external advisors to ensure that all portfolio decisions were made in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Developed and maintained accurate records of client portfolios to ensure compliance with regulations.
• Coordinated complex portfolio management activities, including asset allocation and risk management.

• Maintained a detailed database of project information including budgeting, resources and deliverables.
• Managing Variation of contracts for the project
• Managed communication channels between various teams involved in the execution of complex projects.
• Analyzed cost estimates and financial performance of projects to ensure accuracy and compliance with applicable regulations.
• Created and maintained detailed deployment plans for software releases, ensuring all stakeholders had visibility of timelines.
• Monitored project timelines and identified potential risks or delays in order to take corrective action where necessary.
• Managed change control procedures in accordance with company standards, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements where applicable.
• Assisted with training users on new features or functionality following a deployment cycle.
• Maintained a detailed database of project information including budgeting, resources and deliverables.
• Analyzed and documented existing processes, identifying opportunities for improvement and recommending solutions.
• Created process documentation including flowcharts, SOPs, and visual aids to support team understanding of changes.

• Managing Non-standard work request projects and Implementation using waterfall methodologies
• Governance reporting for each projects in the program, generating purchase orders & receipting of purchase order
• Prepare, project status reports, presentations, agendas and minutes, and maintain logs and registers
• Manage the project plan using MS Project, reviewing the plans regularly to ensure tasks and milestones are being achieved in a timely manner.
• Manage change control and initiate change request in timely manner
• Follow up on any actions, addressing any challenges and escalate issues to the Project Manager where necessary.
• Identify and mitigate issues/risks within projects, maintaining an issue/risk register and escalating to senior management where necessary
• Assist with managing post go-live support till official handover.
• Mitigate issues post go-live and provide adequate support to the project team & document closure report project budget.

Junior Project Manager (AT, NZTA and City Rail Telecom Project) 01/2020-Current

• Kept project teams on-task with proactive control of budgets, schedules and scopes.
• Updated project plans based on changing objectives, specifications and staff availability.
• Provided project milestone details to appropriate stakeholders.
• Evaluated, monitored and reported on work progression, while verifying compliance with man-hour budget.
• Arranged meetings with external organizations and stakeholders, overseeing all logistical needs for the Contractors.
• Tracked costs and expenses and assessed closely against original project budget.
• Provided all clients with high level of service and dedication in effort to extend relationships and promote future opportunities.
• Completed thorough risk assessments and deployed management and response strategies to prevent roadblocks.
• Escalated complex issues to Program/Project Manager for timely resolution to maintain schedules and serve customer needs.
• Maintained project schedules by managing deadlines and adjusting workflow as needed.

Co-ordination (Major subdivision Telecom Projects) 06/2018 - Current

• Coordinating completion of telecommunication jobs of works for Chorus New Zealand.
• Coordinate workflow process alongside internal stakeholders from design, build and records phase.
• Weekly and monthly reporting to the program manager on completions.
• Assist scope change manager to implement claims rejected process, monitor improvements and report on rejections.
• Assisting project administrator with variations and progress claims.
• Prepare and lead fortnightly meetings between internal departments.
• Relationship/Client Management.
• Communication with client and developers via email, phone and monthly meetings.
• Reporting to Client about various Project updates across auckland.
• Coordinating and conducting As-built trainings for contractors.
• Assembled briefs and prepared PowerPoint presentations.

• Managing one of the service projects for the whole of New Zealand.
• Work closely with project manager to plan strategy for project and prepare documents.
• Customer data management & data analysis with help of internal ERP & SAP.
• Stock management and stock planning for the project using SAP software.
• Processing order & return documentation via internal ERP systems.
• Processing payments & claims for service centres.
• Prepare financial and progress reports and communicate information about these to relevant staff.
• Co-ordination with Technical department for inspections and running various campaigns based on the technical findings.
• Maintaining relations with internal and external stakeholders such as call centres, internal departments and service centres.
• Handling sensitive escalations and providing quick resolutions as per the situations.
• Providing end-to-end resolution for jobs raised by call centre.