Hi,
It'd be extremely helpful if you could advise me on my prospects for an MBA app in the 2023 intake.
GMAT: haven't given yet, but expecting 730+
Demographics: Female | 25 | Indian
Work Experience: 35 months in total
Working as Manager in Airtel (DTH line of business) in supply chain department
• Youngest manager in the department, promoted twice in 3 years
• Managing sourcing & contracting for CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) & Network category spend of $40 Mn
• Devised strategy, execution roadmap & launched operations of Eco-Hero Campaign: E-Waste Recover & Recycle for 2Mn inactive customers to drive annual savings of ₹12Cr
• Mitigated 30% cost increase of CPE due to commodity led inflation by advanced supply planning during yearly consumption peak
• Led a cross functional project to revamp CPE refurbishment cycle by 50% failure reduction in deployment & 35% cost reduction
• Spearheaded a team of 4 to centralize the software expansion & system migration process to save $200k
• Negotiated 56% cost reduction with global OEMs on server system expansion by TCO analysis
• Improved the repair yield to 100X to mitigate inventory shortage during COVID by resource capacity planning of contractual partners
• Supported incremental 4X demand during global chipset shortage by diversification of sources
• Delivered 21.3% savings by zero based costing & outlier analysis of network chain deployment for launch of new channels
• Designed cost reconciliation model for commodity-based products during global crisis for governance of yearly spend of $27 Mn
• Formulated CPE product deployment strategy based on spend analytics & risk-benefit analysis to save ₹10 Cr annually
• Re-designed & implemented supply network of multi-site installation with 46% cost reduction & 30% faster revenue generation
• Streamlined payout process for 20+ active online services by bottleneck analysis & cross functional delegation
• Formalized cross-functional process for dispute resolution of contractual repair partners for closure of disputes worth ₹4 Cr
Professional Initiatives & Achievements:
• Youngest Recipient of DTH CEO’s “Best Performance towards War on Waste” (Top 2%)
• Won DTH CEO’s “Quarterly Highlight Award” for successful launch of Eco-Hero Campaign: recovery & recycle of unused equipment from customers
• Hired, managed & trained an executive to reduce vendor grievances by 80% by streamlining vendor payout process for 30+ strategic partners
• De-risked China supplies of Samsung CAM during COVID by conceptualizing & implementing device re-use cycle
Education:
• Instrumentation & Control Engineering, Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology, Delhi University ( CGPA: 7.9/10)
12th- 94%
10th- 10/10 CGPA
Scholastic Achievements:
• Research Paper titled “Measuring the influence of service quality on customer retention of LinkedIn” published & presented in 2018 MTMI Conference (Bangkok)
• Recipient of Principal’s Award for Overall Excellence in academic year 2013-14
• Awarded Regional Toppers’ Student Award (2013,2015)
Extra-curriculars:
• Elected in business advisory group of NSIT chapter of Enactus: Global not-for profit organization to mentor a team of 10+ members on social entrepreneurship projects
Vice President | Enactus
• Co-Founded two social entrepreneurship projects which last year received INR 80 lakhs funding from Delhi government
• Secured grants amounting to INR 1.4 lacs from Mahindra Special Grants and Blue Dart Empowering Competition
Co-Convener | Aspire 2018 - National Social Entrepreneurship Conclave
• Led a team of 60 members in event management and operations including logistics, public relations, and funding
It would be very helpful if you could share list of schools that I should be considering as dream / target.
Looking forward to hearing from you.