Arvind Sharma

About Arvind Sharma

In the words of Sugar Ray Robinson: “To be a champ, you have to believe in yourself when nobody else will.”With 30 years of experience in the automotive, manufacturing, and high-tech industries; I have always focused on one thing - the success of the company’s strategy and the way they implement that strategy. The secret to success is understanding that we can learn. There are many times when a business leader or employee listens to the world around them, sometimes influencing them to lose focus on what really matters. And what is it that matters? It is value, and delivering that value through strategy and attention to the possibilities of where that can go, or be transformed. I learned a great deal from my “failure.” And what inspires me is knowing that we haven’t truly failed unless we surrender to despair and inaction. This lesson had a profound impact on my attitude toward subsequent setbacks.My main role in my career and in life is to help businesses succeed with a wider scope of confidence and gratitude for the work already done. Strategy allows for focus, and that focus is the motivator for sustaining the company’s deliverable values. After working for 8 years in my home country, India, I decided to fulfill a lifelong yearning to explore the world outside my familiar scope. After going through some struggles financially, I used my personal mission statement and turned it into action. From then on, having spearheaded a $650 million P&L for a $20B Fortune 500 company over a 10-year period, I have developed a reputation for visionary leadership through co-authoring a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller on Success Mindsets. I am known for prioritising enterprise needs by leapfrogging the most ambitious cost reduction and margin targets. My experience has taught me that with imagination and grit - along with lean teams of top performers - you can achieve the impossible. If you have dreamed of leadership that can steward significant business growth and improvements in challenging times, let’s have a conversation and realise your talents with success.

Experience

1. Board Member, Co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer

   Sooorya

   May 2023 — Present · Singapore, SG

   EV has been in stealth mode since 2017, working on a ‘purpose-built’ EV for the ride-sharing segment in emerging markets. The challenge with electric fleet vehicles is charging downtime & TCO, which impacts commercial viability & profitability. After many years of market research in India, the ASEAN region & Africa, and vehicle development assisted by supplier’s, we have been able to develop a unique vehicle architecture of ‘Fixed + Swappable Batteries + solar roof’ to solve the issue of charging downtime, and increase vehicle efficiency. EV has received enquiries for over units from global markets, even before we have launched our vehicle in the market. Now, that we are confident of achieving a great PMF (Product Market Fit), EV is embarking on the next stage of vehicle development, with detailed engineering / prototype production / testing / validation / certification & launch.

Education

• Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

  Master of Engineering (M.Eng.), Metallurgical Engineering

  1984 — 1986

• Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Metallurgy

  1978 — 1983

Skills

• International Logistics
• Six Sigma
• Financial Risk
• Negotiation
• Procurement Planning
• Cost Reduction Solutions
• Engineering
• Procurement
• Global Sourcing
• Operational Excellence
• Material Flow
• Leadership
• Process Simplification
• Manufacturing
• Kpi Implementation
• Mergers
• Product Development
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Business Development
• Value Chain Analysis
• Supply Management
• Process Management
• Acquisition Integration
• Profit Maximization
• Apqp
• Supply Chain Management
• Automotive
• Strategic Sourcing
• Strategy
• Sourcing
• Purchasing
• Value Stream Mapping
• Aquisition
• Process Flow
• Profitability Enhancement
• Business Strategy
• Supplier Quality
• Continuous Improvement
• Kpi Drivers
• Change Management