Vikram Ravindranath Menon

Name Vikram Menon Date Of Birth 06/07/1955 Education Graduate in Commerce & Economics, Core in Accounting. Experience Over 30 years of work experience in senior capacities in • • • • Timelines: 1980 White Goods and Consumer Goods Manufacturing Companies. Trading Companies catering to Industrial Manufacturers, ITeS organization offering Transcription, Translation & Data entry/Conversion services. Consulting Firms engaged in Turnkey Project management and Bankable Project Report preparation. Josh Group of Companies – Mumbai 1980 -1985 Manufacturers of Consumer goods and Assembly of Computers. Responsibilities: Liaison within and outside the organizations, Material Procurement for the Group companies. Interdepartmental coordination and coordination with marketing agencies Eagle Flask Pvt Ltd, Pune 1985 -1992 Manufacturers of Flasks and Insulatedware products Responsibilities: Production Planning and Control, Procurement, Multi-Location sourcing of Components, Vendor Development, Assembly line operations Milton Plastics - Baroda- Manufacturers of Flasks and Insulatdware products. Responsibilities: Production Planning and Control, Procurement, Multi-Location sourcing of Components, Vendor Development, Assembly line operations Tokyo Plast – Mumbai 1995 Responsibilities: Production Planning and Control, Procurement, Multi-Location sourcing of Components, Vendor Development, Assembly line operations Spiegel IT services. – Pune District - 1996 – 1999 IT-enabled services in Transcription, Data Entry, Data Conversion Responsibilities: Administration and Client coordination, HRD, Operations assistance. Aroma – The Foodies Joint. Pune Dist Started my own business in Fast Food 2000 - 2004 Al Muhyas - Doha Qatar. 2005 Setting up a project for manufacturing Handmade Paper. Trident Mercantile Pvt Ltd Mumbai / Pune 2007 – 20014 Distributors Stockists of GE, Schneider Electric, Havells, etc for Switchgears, Transformers Electrical consumables catering to Industrial Manufacturers. Responsibilities: Marketing, Advertising, Coordination, Branding, Follow up on Dues and receivables, Financial control. Viking Group – Pune/ Mumbai 2014 – 2017 Project Consultants Responsibilities: Project Management, Organisational Administration, Customer coordination, and interaction. From 2017 to Present Project Consultancy, Freelance work from Home/Office My basic Graduation being in Commerce and Economics, with the core in Accounting & Auditing • Book Keeping Accounting & Finance, • Spreadsheets & Data Manipulation, • Preparing Financial Project Reports for Startups to aid Fundraising / Raising capital, come naturally to me. Having Worked in White Goods and Consumer Goods Manufacturing companies with a global footprint at decision-making levels, General Administration along with the core responsibilities of Production & Purchase, allied functions like • Production Planning and Scheduling, • Vendor Development, • Multi-Location Procurement, • Concepts Ideas Documentation, • Management Leadership & Training, • Industry-Specific Expertise, • Mediation and Negotiation, • Contracts Agreements & policies, • Assembly line operations, etc, at the highest level were lessons I had gathered along the way. A three-year stint with an Information Technology Enabled Services company exposed me to • Data Entry, • Data Format conversion, • Word Processing & Typing, • Transcription both Medical and Commercial, • Mailings & Lists, • Web research & posting, Along with basic computer skills I picked up skills in working with software like Corel & Photoshop during my tenure. A seven-year Stint with a Marketing & Trading organization catering to Industrial manufacturers and the Retail segments, helped me hone skills like • General Marketing, • General Sales, Advertising, • Branding, • Lead Generation, • Concepts and Creative Direction, • Communication, • Customer Relations, • Public Relations, A tenure with a Consultation Company exposed me to • Business Consulting, • Project Reports and their preparation, • Handling Turnkey Projects, • Analysis Data Strategy & Plans, • Grants & Proposals Being an avid reader since childhood and thus fairly informed, helped me polish my writing skills • Articles and News, • General /Other writing, • Research, • Editing and Proofreading, • Reviews and Testimonials, • Jobs/resume writing, • Scripts Speeches Story Boards, • Copywriting, • Books are well up to my street and have helped me be of assistance to many persons. Skills Developed : Other than Job and Technical skills I also developed a few personal skills like • Oral and Written Communication, • Responsibility & Working Independently • Multi-Tasking • Time Management, • Ability to learn and work with new & Evolving Technology, • Team building & People Skill • Problem Solving • Sitting next to the panic button but Never Pressing IT That has helped me along in life.