PRASANT KUMAR MISHRA

Email: -pkmishra00@yahoo.com, pkmishra00@gmail.com ~ Mobile:+91-7738585100

- Management Consulting, Project Management, Project Planning & Controls -

                                                                         Career Overview

¤  Over 12 years of combined Consulting & Industry cross functional experience in Capital Project Management, Integrated Project Planning, Monitoring & Controls, Strategy Development, Operational Excellence, Engineering Management, Procurement & Supply Chain Management functions across industries (Refineries, Oil & Gas, Petrochemicals & Metals)

¤  Presently employed with Accenture Management Consulting Ltd., Gurgaonas Manager in Resources & Capital Projects Division

¤  Handled key projects with the distinction of managing projects with varied team sizes of diversified nature across the career span

¤  Have experience of working from Concept to Operational Stabilisation phases of Mega Capital Projects

¤  Gained significant exposure towards using various project management tools like Primavera, MS Project, SAP, BPS, EPPR, Info works, PCAMS etc

¤  Worked as Functional Design Specialist for support and implementation of improved project management functions. Analysing and designing/redesigning of process & procedures with implementation of best practices across various functions of project management.

¤  Have worked in overseas assignments in Middle East with Kuwait Oil Company & Sadara Chemical Company, with Bechtel London as well as with  QGC Australia & Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan. Gained exposure to the best tools, techniques & work practices of the field

¤  Have worked in the world’s most complex & largest grass root refinery project i.e. Reliance Jamnagar Export Refinery Project (29 MMTP) from concept to commissioning stage as a Project Planning Manager.

¤  Have worked as Project Management Consultant with HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited for their 9 MMTP Grass root GGSR, Bhatinda Refinery & Cross Country Pipeline Project.

¤  Worked with QGC LNG Project Australia, Tata Steel Limited (Kalinganagar 6 MMTP Grass root Integrated Steel Plant Project), Sterlite Grid Limited & Sterlite Technology Limited (NFS Optical Fibre Project) for independently reviewing their existing processes & systems as well as establishing & running the required PMO setup for their ongoing projects.

¤  Worked with Cairn Energy Limited and Larsen & Tuobro Limited for providing Improved Project Management, Change Management & Operational Excellence support for their Upstream Oil & Gas projects

¤  Worked with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for helping the client in defining & developing their Central Planning Model for their Upstream Oil & Gas division in line with company’s strategic goal

¤  Worked on E:E Supply Chain Management Excellence & MRO Procurement with Sadara Chemical Company, Saudi Arabia for their upcoming $20 Bn Greenfield Chemical Plant. Leading a team of consultants at the client location for Procurement excellence piece.

                                                                         Areas of Expertise

  ~ Overall Project Management                                           ~ Integrated Planning, Monitoring & Controls

 ~ Strategy Development/Operational Excellence              ~ Procurement & Supply Chain Management

Employment Highlights

Since July’10: Accenture Management Consulting Ltd., Gurgaon

Currently designated as Manager (Strategy) - Large Capital Projects

Accenture Management Consulting Ltd is one of the top most consulting firms in the world. It is offering management consulting & Strategy services in different verticals like SCM, Finance, Resources, Operations, SAP, Infrastructure & Capital Projects etc. in almost all the corners of the world. Infrastructure & Capital Projects service line has been functional & offering services in the Capital Project Management & Infrastructure development areas under their Resources vertical. Current project portfolio includes clients like Shell, BP, Chevron, Saudi Aramco, HPCL- Mittal Energy Limited, JSPL, DOW Chemicals, HPCL, L&T, Vedanta, Petronas, Adani power, Tata Steel, Cairn, KOC, KNPC etc.

Projects handled/on hand:-

1)    Client: - HPCL-Mittal Energy Limited (HMEL)

Project: - 9 MMTP Grass root Refinery, Bhatinda & 1014 Kms Cross country Pipelines (Mundra to Bhatinda           

               Pipeline with associated facilities like SPM, COT, SV stations & Pumping stations)

Project Timeframe: - July’10 to Dec’11

2)    Since Jan’12 to March’13 :-

·          Have Worked with QGC LNG Project, Australia & Petronas Malaysiafor independently reviewing client’s existing processes & systems as well as assess & define Capability Maturity Model for the client.

·          Worked with Tata Steel Limited, Kalinganagar for establishing & running the required PMO setup for executing their 6 MMTP Integrated grass root steel plant project.

3)    Since April’13 to Oct’14 :-

·          Worked with Cairn India Limited for providing improved project management support in Material Management, Risk Management, Project Monitoring & Controls, Construction Innovation & Operation Readiness areas for their Aishwarya Oil Well Pads project execution

·          Management support for Implementation of Integrated Project Planning Module to Larsen & Toubro Limited for their Upstream Oil & Gas Projects Division

·          Worked with Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) for providing management support to the client in defining & developing their Planning Model and Project Portfolio Prioritization Model

4)    Worked on End to End Supply Chain Management  Excellence & MRO Procurement with Sadara Chemical Company, Saudi Arabia for their upcoming $20 Bn Greenfield Chemical Plant. Leading a team of consultants from 6 different geographies at the client location for Procurement excellence piece.

The Role:

Work scope includes providing management consultancy services & support across the project management functions, PMO establish & support (including project planning, monitoring & controls) in various project phases starting from concept to facility readiness including Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Pre-commissioning & Commissioning and Operations Readiness. Primary responsibilities include

F  Help client in Overall Project Management, Operational Excellence, Change Management & Risk Management functions

F  Work as Functional Design Specialist for support and implementation of improved management functions; help client in incorporating leading industry practices in project management functions & adapting innovations in technologies

F  Contribute strategic, conceptual and analytical skills to projects

F  Responsible for execution of project work streams within agreed budget and timeline

F  Development of Project Status Dashboards, Red Flag Reports, Schedule Analysis & other various MIS reports covering major project progress aspects & criticalities in various areas for review by Client apex management

F  Work with stakeholders across the business to ensure business priorities are reflected in the way performance is measured and reported

F  Conducting regular project health analysis & presenting the same to Client higher management, covering all the potential risk areas & suggesting mitigation measures & path forward for timely project execution with minimum time & rework

F  Share all anomalies/early warning signals in condensed and actionable form to the top management of Client

F  Provide full cycle project controls service from initial planning through detailed scheduling and change management

F  Demonstrate advanced knowledge of project control principles

F  Implement consistent planning, scheduling, and resource management processes to meet varying project sizes, scope, and needs

F  Create and maintain baseline schedules; Perform critical path analysis using tools like MS Project & Primavera

F  Ascertain that the correct scope of work is reflected on all schedules and integrates inter-discipline requirements and constraints to establish the best logical work sequences

F  Lead in the creation of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), including development of schedules and inputs

F  Analyze schedule progress and performance and identify developing problem areas

F  Lead project planning and schedule review meetings

Since Oct’05- July’10: Reliance Industries Limited, Mumbai

Designated as Manager - Project Planning & Controls

Reliance Engg. Associates Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of Reliance Industries Limited, the biggest business house in India. It mainly deals with the project (EPC) works of the company. Main activities of REAL are Turnkey project execution, Project management, Procurement, Construction, Erection & Commissioning of plants in the fields of Oil Refineries, Chemicals, Petrochemical, Synthetic fiber, Power etc. REAL is responsible for executing the Projects in Reliance from concept to full operational stage. REAL has successfully executed many of the world class projects with best quality & in minimum possible time. Some of the major projects executed by REAL are Reliance Jamnagar Refinery project, Reliance Infocom project, Jamnagar Refinery Value Maximization Project, East-West pipeline project & Jamnagar Export Refinery Project.

The Role: 

F  Planning, Scheduling & Monitoring of Engineering, Procurement and Construction activities using tools like Primavera and MS Project.

F  Preparation & timely updation of WBS, OBS, RAM, Project Execution Plans, Network Diagram etc.

F  Preparing different levels of schedules & analyzing their critical paths.

F  Continuous tracking of project in terms of Planned vs. Actual.

F  Evaluate the critical & bottleneck activities / resources & take/suggest necessary proactive actions to de-bottleneck the same.

F  Development of monitoring tools like Document Control Index, Procurement Tracking Report etc using tools like EPPR, BPS, Infoworks etc.

F  Expediting with Engineering centers / suppliers for issue of engineering deliverables and delivery of equipment and other material for the critical items in order to have smooth flow of engineering as well as construction activities.

F  Co-ordination with different agencies involved in the project for smooth flow of work.

F  Responsible for the preparation and regular updation of weekly reports, monthly reports, presentation to senior management and other MIS reports.

F  Status reporting, variance analysis, raising alarms/Flags wherever required and presenting the matter to the Project stakeholders and suggesting corrective methods.

F  Preparation of Project Closeout Reports & Technical Capitalization Reports on completion of Project execution.

Projects Handled:

·          Last worked as Lead Planner in the Styrene Butadiene Rubber project.      

·          As a Planning Manager, was in charge of the Planning & Controls functions in the following units of the Jamnagar Export Refinery Project:-

Ø  Sulphur Complex(consisting of 3 Sulphur Recovery Units of 683 MTPD capacity each, Tail Gas Treating Unit  common for the 3 SRU units & Sulphur Granulation Unit of 2300 MTPD capacity).

Ø  Fired Heaters(28 numbers engineered by Heurtey,France for the whole JERP complex)

Ø  Off Gas Recovery unit

Ø  Hydrogen complex  

Since Nov’03-Sept’05: Suzuki Motorcycle India limited, Gurgaon.

 Designated as Engineer - Production Planning & Controls (PPC)

SMIPL is a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan, which is a world leader in Automobile & Two-Wheeler manufacturing. SMC is known all over the world for its products quality & constant performance efficiency. The Plant had adopted the most advanced technology with sophisticated machines for production of Two-Wheelers

The Role:

F  Preparation & updating of BOM & ECN.

F  Generation of MRP & MPS.

F  Production Planning according to monthly & daily schedule.

F  Daily & monthly Shop order release.   

F  Incoming material & logistic control.

F  Consistently upgrading the system for timely receiving & dispatching of Materials.    

F  Procurement of raw materials from the vendors at right time.

F  Implementation of JIT process for inventory control.

F  Making maximum use of shop floor area.

                                                                 Trainings Undertaken

1)    Advanced Management & Leadership Development Programs in Accenture Management Consulting Global Business Schools in Chicago, USA & Kualalampur.

2)    Certified Primavera & Risk Management Professional

3)    Certified training program on “Project Management: - Tools, Principles & Practices” by The Lewis Project Management Institute, USA

4)    Training in Toyokawa & Takatsuka plants of SMC Japan in management planning & operating systems of SMC

OVERSEAS ASSIGNMENTS / ACHIEVEMENTS: -

1)    Have worked on varied international project assignments with Sadara Chemical Company, Kuwait Oil Company, QGC Australia & Petronas Malaysia  

2)    Worked in Bechtel, London office as a Project Controls Manager for Jamnagar Export Refinery Project.

3)    Was deputed in Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan for learning the basics of PPC & implementing the same afterwards in Indian Two wheeler plant.

                       Have worked in mega multimillion $ Grass Root Refinery (Reliance JERP & HMEL Bhatinda), Metal (Tata steel) & Chemicals (Sadara Chemical) projects from concept to commissioning stage. Gained significant exposure towards using various tools like Primavera, MS Project, BPS, EPPR, Infoworks etc. Have successfully achieved till date all the targets set for me by my organization well in advance.

Skills

Capital Project Management, Project Planning/Monitoring/Controls, Strategy Development, Operational Excellence, Engineering Management, Risk Management, Procurement & Supply Chain Management. Proficient in working with tools like Primavera, MS Project, SAP, MS Access, Excel & MS Word.

Academic Credentials

Post Graduate Diploma in Supply Chain Management from Symbiosis, Pune

B.E. (Mechanical) from V.T.U Belgaum securing First Class with Distinction   

Areas of Interest

Project Management, Project Planning/Monitoring/Controls, Strategic Planning, Risk Management, Procurement & Contract Management, Change Management.

Personal Details

                                             Father’s Name               --          Shri Navin Kumar Mishra

                                              Present Address             --          Sec-49, Lilac-1

                                                                                             Gurgaon, India

                                                                                             PIN - 122018

                                             Date of Birth                 --          1^st March 1982

                                             Expected salary             --          Negotiable

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Place: Gurgaon                                                                                                                         (Prasant Kumar)