Jeyakrishnan Kalidoss

 Business Savvy with ~11 years of experience in driving complex & multi-regional missions to achieve strategic goals. Managed multifaceted programs, developed business processes for alliance operations, and delivered on-time & in budget. Empathetic, efficient, and highly motivated professional seeking opportunity in challenging business management roles. Dec’20-Till Date Alocakar Consulting, India Principal Consultant Define vision, strategies, and execute new business models & product roadmap to address market needs. Identify potential investors & technology partners, propose a collaboration, and operate the enterprise sustainably. Undertake market research/analysis: define the problems & the opportunities and describe the value proposition. Write the business case for investments; build associated budgets, and play a lead role in securing funding. Dec’18-Dec’20 Nissan Motor Corporation (AMIEO HQ), France Business Owner Function: Business Strategy & Transformation – Nissan & INFINITI Defined vision & strategy and executed new business models/transformation project to address current & future needs. Identified new target markets, conducted market research, and implemented operating models to maintain profitability. Conducted internal & external environment analysis, identified opportunities, and executed projects. Gathered stakeholders need, defined regulatory requirements, and recommended strategic changes. Identified & assessed digital solutions required to achieve strategic goals & new opportunities. Led business transformation - Identify areas that the business can reduce costs and increase efficiencies. Acquired 6 new B2B customers: initiate, negotiate, and closed business contracts – increased revenue by 32%. July’13-Aug’17 Nissan Motor Corporation, India & Japan Project Manager Function: Program Management – Cross-Production (B02E) & Joint Development (Daimler-H60B) programs Prepared, monitored, and executed projects and programs to support alliance strategic goal. Gathered requirements and developed alliance’s strategic framework to develop and manufacture the product. Analysed the Design data Problem Report, prepared the proposal material, and ensured that the action plan is executed. Conducted cost analysis for each division and implement action plans to close the gap to target cost. Developed harmonized R&D commodity strategy and managed to increase 4% supplier consolidation in B02E. Led weekly cross-company change control board meetings and circulated report to senior management. Function: Customer Satisfaction Improvement Analysed customer satisfaction report and target the key drivers for improvements. Studied the warranty data, prepared solution with engineering team, and monitored the post-implementation. Compared the cost-saving design change proposals to customer satisfaction improvement design to manage quality. Feb’12-July’13 Satyam Venture Engineering Services, India Project Manager Function: Program Management (Ford Motors Ltd) – C490 (China) ; P/U375 (Australia) Prepared, monitored, and controlled the project timeline and submitted the status report to the program director. Co-ordinated the proprietary components’ suppliers to conduct the vehicle compatibility digital checks (CAD). Studied the Engineering Change Request and managed the ECR proposals until executed. Standardized data integrity validation process and saved 3 weeks of schedule in time-to-market. May’11-Dec’11 (Fixed Term) Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, India Assistant Manager Function: Cost Management & Resource Management (Tractor Division) Prepared €25 million annual budget plan and created business case justifications to corporate for approval. Reviewed and approved CapEx and OpEx as well as facilitate audit by corporate project finanace team. Monitored the cash-flows and program milestones for well balanced mid-term plan i.e. business unit synergy. Saved 7% of the budget by implementing rigorous monitoring process for projects’ CapEx and OpEx utilization. Aug’09-May’11 Defiance Technologies, India Engineer Function: BOM Management (Ashok Leyland Ltd) – Next Generation Cab Prepared and managed Bill of Material for 17 cabin variants. Star Team Award FY’17 – Successful realization of Master Check Management process with effective automation. Vice President - Excellence Award FY’16 – Alliance framework for joint development program (On-time & Quality). - International-MBA PSB Paris School of Business (Ex-ESG), France- Master of Science (Manufacturing Management) Birla Institute of Technology & Science, India- Bachelors of Engineering (Automobile Engineering) K.L.N College of Engineering, India