Pragya Jain

About Pragya Jain

18+ Years Experience | Smart & Digital Manufacturing Engineering| Advanced Manufacturing | John Deere | 6 + Yrs Global Experience | People Management | B.E Mechanical & PGDBM |Advance & Digital Manufacturing expert with 18+ years of experience seeking a growth-oriented roles. With hands-on experience in Product Owner, Digitalization & Industry 4.0 projects, System Integration, New Product Development, Manufacturing Strategy, Quality Engineering, Process Engineering, FMEA, Continuous Improvement and Lean Manufacturing Projects & Roles. I possess the right mix of technical expertise and management skills to lead high-performing teams, supervise large-scale projects, and drive end-to-end strategic initiatives. Passionate and solution-focused, I\'m eager to leverage my knowledge towards meeting your Company\'s Vision.As a Manufacturing Engineering Manager at John Deere, Global Agriculture Heavy Machinery Leader, I have honed my skills in Business Manager, Product Owner, People Manager, Lead Engineer and gained domain expertise in Manufacturing, IT Solutions, Business Development, Digital Manufacturing & Quality Engineering.In my role as a Engineering Manager at John Deere Enterprise Technology Center, I Manage 55 people & track and communicate status of $ 3M work efforts, program risks & progress of strategic goals through Agile Methodologies.Led Strategic Partnerships priorities.My career began at JBM a Sheet Metal Manufacturing Company, where I worked as a NPD Engineer for New Product Development Projects. This role included support projects of Maruti Suzuki and Supplier development.In addition to my professional experience, I have completed a programme in Data Science from Purdue University.Outside of work, I am passionate about Reading, Socialising, Dealings in Indian Stock Exchange, Human Psychology & Deep Conversations. My educational background includes a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Institute of Technology & Management, Gurgaon. At a age of 34, I obtained my PGDBM degree from SIBM, PuneIn summary, I bring extensive experience, expertise, and passion to every project. With a track record spanning working with diverse people, proficiency in both Digital and Core Manufacturing projects, and a commitment to continuous learning, I am well-equipped to drive success.

Experience

1. Manager, Smart and Digital Manufacturing Engineering

   John Deere

   Aug 2022 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Handling 45+ Direct reportees including Manufacturing Lead Engineers, Data Wranglers & Scientists, Software & Data Applications Engineers & New Product Development team.• Organize and lead project initiatives, focusing on people management and technical delivery.• Manage all aspects of the project- requirements, design, development, quality, communications, • Preparing Training Plans, deployment, and overall Upskilling of the group w.r.t Emerging Technologies• Stimulate Meaningful Innovations. Drive All Employee Meets• Stakeholder Management locally, regionally, and globally.• Manage, track, and communicate status of work efforts, program risks & progress of strategic goals.• Led Strategic Partnerships priorities, Enhance Partnership Leverage Ratio, Deploy Value Metrics • Work across cross-functional partners (IT, engineering, business, and design).

Education

• Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune

  PGDBM, Business Administration and Management

  2016 — 2018

• The NorthCap University

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

  2001 — 2005

• Purdue University

  Post graduate program in Data Science, Data Science

Skills

• Workday Studio
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Organizational Development
• Social Media
• Microsoft Excel
• Customer Service
• Document Transformation
• Report Writer
• User Acceptance Testing (Uat)
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Team Building
• Ethics
• Business Objects
• Tableau
• Windows 2000/2008
• Microsoft Word
• Jira
• Peoplesoft
• Studio
• Workflow
• Leadership
• Sql
• Workday
• Microsoft Office
• Eib