JIRA
Shehzad Saiyed
Digital Transformation Lead
Aachen
Summary
Proactive and achievement-oriented digital transformation expert, bringing 12 years of leadership experience as a product and project manager with a special emphasis on helping the telecom industry. Adept at deconstructing and planning stories to promote SaaS product design and implementation improvements. Excellent relationship-building, organizational, and project management skills focused on overcoming technical challenges and implementing successful resolutions. Highly skilled in identifying opportunities to maximize revenue through large-scale digital transformation projects. Overall, I have 20 years of valuable experience working as a transformation manager, monitoring business and project performance to ensure company success. Expertise in dealing with complex issues and challenges by using the expertise of Lean Six Sigma and Agile framework skills. Pragmatic and result-oriented, I am determined to build a market presence for the next company I join.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Product Manager
Amazon Ltd
Aachen, NRW, Germany
03.2022 - 04.2024
- Managed full product lifecycle, from ideation through post-launch support, ensuring consistent quality control measures were in place.
- Coordinated project planning and execution with team members and team leads.
- Thrived in a fast-paced, highly-adept team to develop and prioritize product features and build a product roadmap.
- Led a digital product transformation project to develop a SaaS application for a global supply chain team focused on integrating fragmented SAP tools and apps into one digital solution.
- The project helped businesses to save OPEX costs by >€2Mn.
Senior Digital Project Manager
Vodafone India Services Private Limited
11.2018 - 09.2021
- Performed as a strategic leader in delivering high-scale global digital transformation projects for the global telecom markets of Vodafone
- Championed efforts to stay current on industry trends and best practices in digital project management, sharing knowledge with team members to consistently elevate performance levels.
- Enhanced project efficiency by implementing agile methodologies and streamlining processes.
- Implemented risk management strategies to mitigate potential issues and maintain project timelines.
- Delivered high-value projects such as the transition from SAP MDM to MDG which helped the business to achieve an efficiency of 20% effort reduction, translating to approx 5 Mn savings.
Quality Head and Transformation Project Manager
Vodafone India Services Private Limited
04.2007 - 10.2018
- Successfully managed multiple projects simultaneously by prioritizing tasks according to urgency, resource availability, and alignment with organizational goals.
- Planned, designed, and scheduled phases for large projects.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to resolve project issues and mitigate risks.
- Led a team of 20 quality analysts and 3 quality managers to ensure consistent adherence to industry standards and company policies.
- Delivered process re-engineering, RPA implementation projects, and quality performance improvement projects for Vodafone UK, New Zealand, India, and Ireland markets.
- Achieved 30% efficiency using lean Six Sigma project methodology leading to approx savings of 2Mn dollars.
Education
MBA - Digitalization And Industrial Change
04.2001 -
Bachelor of Commerce - Business Administration And Management
04.2001 -
Skills
Complexity management and problem-solving skills
Certification
Agile Scrum Master, Expert
Professionalreferences
- Sabih Rozales, Principal Manager for new SCM capabilities at Vodafone Procurement Company, Luxembourg
- Amit Trivedi, Vice President in Service Excellence Business, Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd, India
Software
Minitab
Microsoft Visio
Miro Board
Azure DevOps
SaaS applications (Pega, Sirion labs, Celonis)
SAP MDG, Ariba, S4/hana, SCP, ERP, WMS
Big Data Analytics (Python, Node-Red)
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Interests
Entrepreneurship
Digital Transformation
Innovation
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
German
Elementary (A2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimeWork Location
On-SiteRemoteHybridImportant To Me
Flexible work hoursWork-life balanceHealthcare benefitsWork from home optionPaid sick leaveCareer advancementCompany CulturePaid time offPersonal development programsTeam Building / Company RetreatsAccomplishments
- I have worked as a leader for more than 14 years in different roles, such as product manager, digital transformation project lead, and Quality head
- Collaborated with global teams to deliver large-scale projects impacting the work of multiple countries, and orchestrated digital transformation changes on a global scale.
- Documented and delivered 100+ product features, 3 SaaS product development projects, and 30+ digital transformation projects, which led to approximately 10 million dollars in savings.
- Led a high-value 2 million Euro OPEX saving project to develop a SaaS application for a global supply chain team focusing on integrating fragmented SAP tools and apps into one digital solution.
- Delivered high-value projects such as the transition from SAP MDM to MDG, which helped the business achieve an efficiency reduction of 20%, translating to approximately €5 million in savings.
- Achieved 40% efficiency using the lean Six Sigma methodology, leading to an approximate savings of 3 million dollars.
- Achieved savings of 2.8 Mn INR through a lean six sigma black project in 2016 FY.
Timeline
Product Manager - Amazon Ltd
03.2022 - 04.2024
Senior Digital Project Manager - Vodafone India Services Private Limited
11.2018 - 09.2021
Quality Head and Transformation Project Manager - Vodafone India Services Private Limited
04.2007 - 10.2018
RWTH Aachen University - MBA, Digitalization And Industrial Change
04.2001 -
Gujarat University - Bachelor of Commerce, Business Administration And Management
04.2001 -
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