PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES: LIVE PROJECTS
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Project Management for large scale Transformation and Capital Project Build program for an International client
Project Description: A leading consulting firm is undertaking a Transformation program for an International end-client. The work will delivered remotely out of home location
There are two types of programs - large transformational programs (e.g. IT/ digital, organisational change, etc.) and Capital build (e.g. setting up new plants). The consulting firm is looking for experienced freelance consultants -with prior experience in similar context
Strong Project management experience for large cross-functional programs is a must
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: IT Solution and Strategy Design: Feasibility study Exploring business processes and uncovering process inefficiencies hampering business performance; Implementation Plan recommendation
Project Description: Client is looking for your support to formulate our IT strategy for our Fundraising function covering below aspects.
1. IT Solution/IT Strategy Design - Devising a full-scale IT strategy working either for modernization of our existing IT or introduction of new technologies analysing our process needs.
2. Feasibility Study – Exploring business processes and uncovering process inefficiencies hampering business performance or new initiatives. Auditing the IT environment: IT applications, application integrations, databases and , development infrastructure.
3. Implementation Plan recommendation - Proposing an IT solution and delivering a well-structured clear plan for its implementation: project timeline, budget, required IT resources defined.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Enable the New product Development process for a leading OTC Player
Project Description: Our client, a leading Consulting Firm is undertaking a Performance Improvement program for a leading OTC Player. They are looking for an Expert in Brand and Product Management - ideally with experience in categories like Digestives, and Multi-Vitamins. The Expert will need to provide guidance to the team on evaluating and enhancing the client's NPD process - as well as shape and engage in senior management workshops with the client
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Expert Guidance on management, best practices and quality procedures and identifying and implementing debottlenecking opportunities, reducing forced outages/ unplanned breakdowns etc
Project Description: The strategy Consulting firm is undertaking a Transformation program for an upstream player in India, where they are looking for Expert Guidance on the below points
-Deep expertise in management, best practices and quality procedures including:
-Oil and gas processing (preferably both onshore and offshore) – in presence of polymer injection
-Asset integrity – Pipelines and storage tanks (inspection, testing, maintenance, corrosion reduction, intelligent pigging)
-Well pad/ platform equipment management
-Produced water, chemical and waste management (water softening, dosage optimization, etc.)
-Demonstrated expertise in identifying and implementing debottlenecking opportunities, reducing forced outages/ unplanned breakdowns etc.
-Demonstrated results in improving important KPIs in surface operations (e.g. yield, availability, leakages, productivity etc.)
-Expertise in assessing capability of key processes, monitoring in-process quality and HSE standards
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Expert guidance needed for management, best practices and quality procedures and improving important well performance KPIs
Project Description: The strategy Consulting firm is undertaking a Transformation program for an upstream player in India, where they are looking for Expert Guidance on the below points
Deep expertise in management, best practices and quality procedures including:
-Primary recovery, waterflooding, immiscible gas injection, enhanced oil recovery
-Reservoir modelling and decline management
-Integrated planning and production optimization
-Well drilling and infills management
-Well services/ interventions – Slickline, wireline, subsea, coiled tubing etc.
-Heavy intervention – Rig-based workovers
Demonstrated results in improving important well performance KPIs (e.g. downtime, flow, well life, shut-ins etc.)
Expertise in assessing capability of key processes, monitoring in-process quality and HSE standards
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: A leading Pharma Major subsidary would like a Govt Relations expert in Pharma
Project Description: Am expert who has experience in Government Relations & Supply Chain in India across multiple verticals in Healthcare – Pharmaceuticals, Medical Devices. Strong connections within Central and State Governments in India - Joint Secretaries & Additional Secretary (Ministry of Health). The client would like to have workshops for their senior managers and their teams to guide them on how to improve their sales in the Govt sector
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Review and optimisation of open cast coal Mine-plans
Project Description: The client is a leading consulting firm, that is undertaking a Transformation program for a large Coal Miner
As part of this, they are reviewing the Mine planning process and would like to engage a coal mining expert , with expertise in Mine Planning and also preferably comfort with planning tools like Minex - to review the Mine Plans and help identify areas of improvement
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Revamp/ Re-design/ Re-development of the already existing HRMS Payroll System
Project Description: The end client, an SME, is seeking to hire an HR Payroll Consultant for their in-house project on a temporary/ freelance retainership basis till the completion of the project.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Information and Data Security Assessment and Roadmap
Project Description: The client is a leading Investment fund looking for RIsk Management expertise around Information and Data Security for its investee companies - early stage ventures which it is incubating. These are into Digital Identity management.
The firm is looking for a senior Risk expert with experience in Data Security / Cybersecurity and GDPR and writing Infosecurity policies - to assess its current Information Technology and Data landscape, do a gap analysis with best practices - and recommend a road-map.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Business Development & Entry into New Markets for Auto Components Manufactured using Injection Moulding
Project Description: The client is an established Tier-2, Auto Parts supplier specialising in Injection Moulding parts to the Auto and Rail Transportation sector. It has ISO and ISOTS certification and supplies moulded parts from 2gm to 3kg, to Tier 1 suppliers to large OEMs like Tata Motors, VW, others.
As part of the growth agenda, the client would like to engage an expert/ business developer who can help in identifying new markets/ potential buyers for the manufactured components, around the globe.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Executive Coaches to engage in a 1: 1 Coaching relationship with the senior leaders, to help them prepare for and be successful in their new roles
Project Description: The client is the Indian subsidiary of a leading MNC Pharma company. It has recently effected a number of senior-level role changes. 3 senior leaders in the company have been appointed to new or enhanced roles. These include 2 Business Leaders and a Functional leader - all as direct reports to the CEO.
Some of these business leaders will now have their former peers reporting to them. They will also be taking on larger roles, comprising wider business ownership
Hence there is a need for providing them Business Coaching and enablement, to help them be successful in their new roles
The client is looking for experienced and qualified Executive Coaches, with prior Business leadership experience , ideally as the head of a business unit / organisation and / or with a background in Sales / Marketing / Commercial functions
They would like the Executive Coaches to engage in a 1: 1 Coaching relationship with the senior leaders, to help them prepare for and be successful in their new roles
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Application of demand consumption, alternate vendors, specification change, etc
Project Description: Cost optimization engagement of a large pharmaceutical company in India.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Get Understanding on Nature of contracts, price discovery mechanism, supplier intelligence
Project Description: The Consulting firm is e are currently working on a cost optimization engagement for an Indian pharma company across own and contract manufacturer operations and are looking to onboard industry professionals with:
Experience in procurement of APIs, Excipients and packaging material for India consumption (India Pharmacopeia)
Nature of contracts, price discovery mechanism, supplier intelligence
Nature of Work :
In case we find good expert with applicability across areas then 10-20 hours of commitment every month for next 3-4 months else
For specific inputs, we can set-up 1-2 hour long calls as required
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Assist the client in Tea Buying process
Project Description: Expert to assist in the Tea Buying process
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Need an Expert Consultant - who can work with the Promoter family and key professional leadership - to help define and articulate its Vision, Purpose and Values
Project Description: The client organisation - a promoter drive conglomerate in the Agri sector has grown rapidly over the years and diversified from its core business of Seeds to allied post harvest solutions. It has brought on board professional leadership and management for several business units, while restructuring the business over the last few years. In order to enable it's next phase of growth and diversification, it would like to ensure that the organisation moves on the right path - aligned with its founding Purpose and Values.
The client is hence looking for an Expert Consultant - who can work with the Promoter family and key professional leadership - to help define and articulate its Vision, Purpose and Values
This needs to be through a well-defined consultative process - and should deliver an outcome that helps clarify and align their future growth choices / business portfolio
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Expert to help in developing Frameworks / Approaches to estimate the tangible value of it's Transformation and Change Programs.
Project Description: It's Applied Intelligence Team working on HR and Workforce Analytics - is enabling the organisation to adopt more data and insight driven methods of providing consulting services. The Team is developing Frameworks / Approaches to estimate the tangible value of it's Transformation and Change Programs.
They are looking for an Expert in Econometric modelling and/ or Valuation of intangibles such as human capital - to help ideate on and design this framework or methodology. This could mean, estimating / modeling the value of capabilities, culture, change-readiness, sustainability, inclusion and diversity, et al.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Expert to ideate, guide and embed a deep understanding of behavioural psychology - into the product / solution design.
Project Description: The Applied Intelligence Team working on HR and Workforce Analytics - is enabling the organisation, to adopt more data and insight driven methods of providing consulting services. The Team is designing products/solutions that will enable / support/ motivate behaviour change and new learning at scale.
They want to bring on-board an expert in Behavioural Science - with a good understanding of Neuroscience and its application to human behaviour and motivation. The expert will work with the Applied Intelligence team - to ideate, guide and embed a deep understanding of behavioural psychology - into the product / solution design.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Experts who have worked in deep operational projects, either as part of their experience/ have knowledge from managing such operations in the paper industry
Project Description: Client needs an expert who has been a manufacturing and/ or operations/ plant head for helping the client with manufacturing excellence and help improvising the operations in the manufacturing set up. They need help with improving efficiency, any wastage efficiency and lean management in the manufacturing plant.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Experts who have worked in deep operational projects, either as part of their experience/ have knowledge from managing such operations
Project Description: Client needs an expert who has been a manufacturing and/ or operations/ plant head for helping the client with manufacturing excellence and help improvising the operations in the manufacturing set up. They need help with improving efficiency, any wastage efficiency and lean management in the manufacturing plant.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Our client is a Strategy consulting firm that is advising a Textile client on cost reduction and Transformation. Client needs a packaging expert who has hands-on experience and understanding of different types of materials used in the packaging of textiles and related products for domestic and export of such products.
Project Description: Looking for experts who are well versed with primary and secondary packaging in textiles with clear understanding of differences across multiple products, usage of index based pricing & costing, 3ply vs 5ply vs 7ply requirements, innovative ways of reducing packaging costs.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Client is looking for experts who are/ were engaged in cotton procurement in India (domestic procurement/ imports). This is part of a Cost reduction and transformation program for a leading Textile company with a major expert focus
Project Description: Our client is a Strategy consulting firm - undertaking a Transformation program for a Textile (sheets, towels) company and would like the expert should be well versed with Cotton Buying - including the current market landscape, various pricing methodologies, typical market trends, innovative strategies applied/ seen for cotton sourcing leading to cost reduction, etc. Experience of international cotton sourcing would also be deisrable
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Need couple of very good PHP senior developers
Project Description: Client has a platform based on PHP already functioning developed for virtual events and conferences . Looking to replace the developers with a more efficient and better quality team. The platform has evolved into a complex one. Need some experts to help set it up.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Client wants to build a Brand Architecture and Portfolio strategy for each of the sub brands within their product range
Project Description: Client is a leading textile company which has a range of products. They have an established brand, however they want to build brands for each of the product range and align with their overall brand. And thereafter define the brand marketing and the communication strategy of the same and implement the same which is thus known to their customers.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Testing project
Project Description: Testing for cons
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Need to design innovative machines with state-of-the art technology for paint dispensing machines/ mixers
Project Description: An expert who can identify new technologies and innovation to create new state-of-the-art paint dispensing machines. Any new technology or innovation developing machines with high accuracy, level of speed, precision, quality and focusing on innovation.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: The client needs an expert to develop a tool to manage the maintenance - with greater productivity with an algorithm in place with cost savings too
Project Description: The objective would be to enhance productivity of the Service field force (currently ~ 250) who service ~ 25,000 installed paint dispensing machines. As the installed base grows, the client would like the current service staff to manage the maintenance - with greater productivity. An expert to develop an approach / program for scheduling and ensuring resource allocation for the maintenance of the installed machine base. This should ensure cost saving / service staff productivity improvement through modelling and tool development where the decision making is automated as to which machine will be taken for maintenance by which Service engineer who has the correct capabilities to handle it. Use if IoT devices to enable remote maintenance could also be explored.
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Guide in Preparation of MIS reports
Project Description: Client has implemented SAP 4 years ago. However they are not getting any relevant reports / insights from the system
Want an MIS Expert - who can help them design the right reports / dashboards for senior management (CEO and functional heads)
LIVE OPPORTUNITY Project Objective: Organisation Design for restructuring / redsigning roles
Project Description: Organisation Design for restructuring / redsigning roles in their internal medical affairs and clinical teams. The structure of both are undergoing expansion and unique roles in the functions to be studied, resdesigned and right organisation design and structure to be proposed. Prior time and motion study experience desirable.
The project likely over a month .