Bio Summary
Hi,
I am an ex- McKinsey & Company “Sr. Expert / Engagement manager” having 20 years of consulting and industry experience across several sectors i.e., Automotive, Infrastructure, Real Estate, Power, O&G, Mining, Hospitality and EPC. I have worked across five continents, sixteen countries with global top 500 fortune companies.
Shankar Sanyal short introduction -
• Previous role: Vice President - Strategy @ OYO, a Softbank Vision Fund (SVF) global start-up company. Lead building a strong global team of 800+ engineers, technicians to program manage rapidly growing business across different verticals – Hotels (Budget to 5 Star properties), Homes, Co-working, Co-Living and Cloud Kitchen.
• Functional experience: Shankar is an expert on manufacturing, capital projects and transport sectors. He has gained experience of senior leadership roles in both industry (Suzuki – Manufacturing, GMR Delhi Airport – Transport, Saudi Binladin Group – Capital projects) and consulting (McKinsey & Company), in India and Middle East. Shankar has an entrepreneurial profile – as consultant to hospitality start-ups to his credit and has built a high quality and fast-growing engineering team across the globe to drive growth in the Softbank funded hospitality chain to a USD 10 billion company.
• Industry sector experience: He has excelled in implementation of strategies as management consultant and working for corporates from start-up to giant conglomerates. This has proved invaluable to his clients and he has now a detailed knowledge and understanding of global – automobile, transport, real estate, mining, oil & gas, hospitality, power and utility sectors. He can quickly understand the demands of each sector and come up with right strategy for CXOs for implementation.
• Reasons for looking for another role:
o Lack of clarity in career progression due to slow down in hospitality industry.
• P&L responsibility: 800+ people, 35 in corporate, rest in regional offices.
• Nationality: Indian Passport holder with prior KSA IQAMA & US L1.
• Academics:
o 2001 - 2001: Operation Management, Kansai Kenshu Center (KKC), Osaka Japan.
o 1997 - 1999: MBA, AHK Germany / Indo German Training Center, India.
o 1993 - 1997: Mechanical Engineering, VNIT – Nagpur, India.
Please connect with me over email id ([email protected]) or call me on my below mobile number for further discussion.
Regards
Shankar
+91 9871642812
Enclosed: CV
Employment History
Senior Management Consultant
July 2019 - present
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Vice President / Senior Expert
OYO
April 2018 - January 2021
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Senior Expert
McKinsey & Company
October 2010 - April 2018
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Manager
Maruti Suzuki India Limited
April 1999 - February 2007
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Selected Project Experience
To manage USD 11 billion Construction and Real Estate portfolio
Primary Responsibilities:
• Portfolio analysis & driving implementation of strategic initiatives for contracting companies
• Evaluation of investment and divestment plans based on an overall group objective
• Market study and geographical expansion plans for the group in GCC and North Africa
Key Accomplishment:
• Portfolio restructuring resulting in profitability improvement by 2% and free cash flow of USD 0.8 bn
• International expansion strategy for Qatar, UAE, and Egypt resulting in an additional USD 1.8 bn order book
• Go to market strategy to drive 3% YOY revenue growth and 2% profitability in Oil & Gas, Energy Power & Utility (EPU), Real Estate, Transport, and Social sectors
Industry: Real Estate & Construction
100% variable pay procurement and contracting long term assignment
Key Accomplishment:
• Delivered ~ USD 100 million cost-saving for India’s largest EPC player using advanced analytics, value engineering, procurement, supply chain optimization, and operational excellence
Industry: Real Estate & Construction
To prepare strategy for technical textile manufacturing company opening up a new production unit
Industry: Automotive
Topic(s): Strategy & Planning