Prasad G.

About Prasad G.

With more than two decades of experience in international & domestic markets in the field of Engineering, Marketing, Business strategy, and Product life cycle Management of Primary and secondary medium voltage product lines such as AIS & GIS. I possess strong Agile expertise & led Agile implementation by managing agile cross functional teams at Schneider Electric to enhanced product offerings and driven innovation in medium voltage switchgears. My proven track record includes product lifecycle management, business growth, and delivering innovative solutions in electrical switchgears. My expertise aligns with Schneider\'s commitment to achieving Net-Zero across our end-to-end value chain. Additionally, I am part time volunteer with Isha Foundation (Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev), national level sports representative in pistol shooting & medalist in state level competition

Experience

1. Senior General Manager Expert Product Owner - Medium Voltage Switchgear

   Schneider Electric

   Apr 2021 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Actively contributes to MV Primary AIS PLM of the portfolio. Participates in all phases of product life cycle and definition of market requirements, development and industrialization support, product launch, product feature maintenance and cost improvement, and finally the end-of-life phasing out process by handling team of experts from various Domain such as design, indus, SCM, procurement, offer data, Marcom, scrum masters & Logistics.I am managing under this role are:Product strategy• Actively participate in Primary AIS product strategy development• Maintains the Primary AIS Product Roadmap and interfaces with other functions with dependencies• Develops product positioning strategies• Monitors global trends, analyzes customer needs and competitor movementProduct creation, maintenance and phase-out• Responsible for the market requirement specifications• Development process for R&D projects. Closely supports R&D in product development.• Portfolio rationalization and product phase-out ActionPortfolio business management• Monitors product line financial performance including cost tracking for portfolio adjustment and cost savings activities• Initiates and drives creation of specific customer solutions• Supports M&S in creating and introducing sales tools Product communication• Responsible for product line information• Supports in internal/external promotion activities and product documentation creation Technology management• Keeps familiar with and influences the relevant standards Team Management • Building an effective, capable and high performing technical organization in production factories.• At present I am also managing team of nearly 30+ people from different countries and domain such as design, industrial, supply chain, procurement, logistics, marketing launch leaders, offer data leaders, Marcom for successful deployment of the new products across the global factories of schneider electric & Launching of the product Globally.

Education

• INSEAD

  TSL4 , strategy in turbulent time

  2019 — 2019

• Cusrow Wadia Institute Of Technology

  Diploma, Electrical Engineering

  1999 — 2002

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor's degree, Electrical

  2002 — 2005