Cherian Tenny
COO - SBU QS @ Tata Projects + Office of Chairman (Tata Group Role) + Director
- Role
- COO - Quality Services Sbu & Board Director at Tata Projects
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Cherian Tenny
Global & Indian experience spanning multiple functions coupled with strong general management skills. Currently COO of the QS SBU at Tata Projects + work with the Chairman’s Office. Additionally serve as the Managing Director of TPL\'s German Subsidiary, and serve on the Board of Directors of 6 Tata firms operating in 4 continents.TAS Manager with 25 + years experience in the Tata Group, with a Bachelors degree in Engineering & Masters in Business Administration - BE (Mechanical), MMS (Marketing-SP Jain) & MFM (Finance-Bajaj).Have 25+ years of experience of which nearly 20+ years have been in the Services Industry, with exposure to India & global markets, with recent years being in IT + BPO & TIC industry. Managed P&L responsibility of 120 Mn$. Experience in both line & staff functions : Strategy, Planning, Sales & Marketing, Biz Dev, KAM, Customer Care, Program/Delivery Management, Ops, JV creation- set-up & start-up management, Partnership/Alliances. Successfully collaborated with multi-national customers/partners, leveraging diverse-nationality operating teams, acquiring & servicing customers in USA, Canada, UK, Europe, ME, Africa & India. Negotiated & delivered large complex outsourcing & transformation deals (100 Mn$-5 year contract), whilst building and creating committed sales & operating teams (team size of Enjoy working in the services industry, and have a track record of delivering in both; start-up (taking on varied responsibilities), as also scaling up business & relationships for mid/large sized organizations. Experienced and comfortable working with CXO’s, Board members and Chairman, across multiple industries & functions.
Experience
COO - Quality Services Sbu & Board Director
Nov 2014 — Present · IN
Jan 2015 – to-date: Member of Board of Directors Serve on the Board of Directors of 4 Tata Group firms across 3 continents (Oman-ME, SA-Africa, India & Mauritius-Asia), & Trustee of Uday Foundation–Not-for-Profit Tata Chemicals organization.Managing Director at TQ Services Europe Gmbh - Germany (a subsidiary of Tata Projects)Nov 2014 – to-date: Tata Projects Ltd – Chief Operating Officer – Quality Services SBU (TPL QS)In addition to the role with the Chairman’s Office, also took charge of P&L responsibility of the TPL QS SBU.(TPL QS is one of the 4 business units of TPL (TPL is a 1Bn$, 3500 employees organization involved in global EPC & TIC industry) • Charter: Drive rapid scaling-up of the TPL QS business (from its FY15 volumetric of Rs 150 crores with 500+ personnel, delivering TIC services in 34 countries), leveraging its geographical presence / joint venture in China, S. Korea, India (17 locations), Germany, UAE, S. Africa, Mauritius, Oman and partnerships in KSA, Kuwait, Malaysia & Italy. Over the next 5 years, plan is to steer the unit to achieve revenues of Rs crores @ 30% profitability, through a combination of organic & inorganic expansion encompassing; service line expansion, entry into adjacent industries, create presence in additional geographies, & strategic acquisition to enter new industries/services/geo’s. • Achievements: Board approval for the 5 year strategic plan for this SBU. Planned & executed the acquisition of a firm to help entry into a new industry segment. Put in place geography & skill partnerships to increase width, depth & coverage of Service offerings. Created a new joint venture in Oman. Put in place partnerships to enable service delivery in Malaysia, KSA, Kuwait & Italy. Comprehensive digitization of biz process & operations to improve efficiency. Promoted usage of digital media for recruiting & branding. Helped set in motion growth of 1.5 x previous year @ 30% PBT.
Education
SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing/Marketing Management, General
1987 — 1989
OLPS
High School
1969 — 1979
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS)
MFM, Financial Management
1991 — 1994
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
BE - Mechanical, Mechanical Engineering
1981 — 1985
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