Ranjeet Kolarkar

About Ranjeet Kolarkar

I am a Transformation & Process Excellence leader with 25+ years of experience driving…

Experience

1. Senior Consultant

   IBM

   Dec 2011 — Present · Sacramento, CA, US

   Currently working onsite at IBMs one of the largest Application Management Services (AMS) public sector healthcare account located in Sacramento, California USA. I am double-hatting as o Lead Lean Coach – Public Sector ando PMO Lead for the account, responsible for finances, Staffing & Resourcing and Project Management aspects for the account from IBM India perspective. Have successfully identified, assessed and implemented several improvement projects using “Hoshin Kanri” strategic planning framework since July 2012 till date within Software Development, Production Support, Ticket Management, PMO Operations areas. Successfully delivered hard benefits of more than $ 2 Mn through these Lean projects in a period of less than a year, thus exceeding the set targets for benefits. Instrumental in helping the account achieve “Lean Platinum Award” for the efforts put by the account in adopting Lean framework for continuous improvement. Have helped client to scale up to achieve Lean Maturity Model (LMMi) level 3 accreditation in its first attempt in 2012, thus making it the first IBM account in USA to achieve the feat. Additionally, am working towards making the account ready for the next level of LMMi Accreditation to Level 4. Have been successfully running Hoshin Kanri planning sessions at the account, to give appropriate strategic direction to the account. Effectively managing the fluctuating demand and supply of resources to ensure that the account GP (Gross Profit) margin is not negatively affected.

Education

• Institute of Rural Management, Anand

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2003 — 2005

• Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering (BE)

  1992 — 1996

Skills

• Six Sigma
• Microsoft Office
• Lean Transformation
• Business Strategy
• Channel Relationship Management
• Market Research
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• Business Process Re-Engineering
• Account Management
• Business Analysis
• Business Process Improvement
• Project Planning
• Outsourcing
• Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Team Building
• Process Improvement
• Logistics Management
• Strategic Planning
• Sales Management
• Continuous Improvement
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Vendor Management
• Business Development
• Leadership
• Sales Operations
• Customer Service