- The document provides an overview of Jaishree Sanadhya's background, international experience, career goals, and skills analysis as she applies for an IMBA program.
- She has lived in multiple cities in India and visited over 20 states, developing skills in building trusted relationships and resolving conflicts. International work trips exposed her to diverse cultures.
- Her goal is to work for companies like Amazon, SAP, or Schneider Electric in a commercial or strategy role focusing on supply chain operations and technology. An IMBA would help her gain management skills and business knowledge to be competitive for these roles.
- She analyzes the critical skills required like leadership, digital skills, operations knowledge, and a global mind
1. Jaishree Sanadhya
IMBA class of 2020
Sanadhya.jaishree2014@gmail.com
Focus:
• Background
• International Exposure
• NEXT: Career Roadmap
• WHY: Personal and Professional Drivers
• WHAT: Skill required for my target companies
• HOW: Skill Gap Analysis
• ANSWER: What do I bring to the class of 2020?
2. • Born in a joint family culture, with 25 members living in one house.
• Values derived:
Adjusting to the surroundings, At the same time, creating a conformable
environment for others to function at their best.
Collective decision making.
Sharing experiences.
Values applied at workplace in the cross-functional team of 30 members.
Background:
I have lived in 4 different cities and have visited more than 20+
sates in India. These experience taught me:
To build trusted friendships while working towards common
goals.
To resolve conflicting situations more effectively.
My continuous urge to serve others has led me to various
opportunities:
I manage communication and online campaigning for NGO:
Udbhav Ek prayas
In August 2018, when floods hit coastal region of India, I
coordinated the efforts to gather and transport essential
utilities to the affected areas.
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International Experience:
My project efforts and ingenuity earned
me business visits to Schneider’s
manufacturing plant and DC in
Indonesia, USA, and India.
Values Derived:
My business trips have exposed me to
different cultures and beliefs, allowing
me to develop empathy and
compassion for people from
backgrounds, diverse to mine.
International exposure and diverse
business roles laid strong foundations
on key business drivers and challenges
in the business operations.
Nashville, TN, USA
Lake Michigan, MI, USA Jakarta, Indonesia
Ocean City, MD, USA
After these experiences, I was
certain that I want a career that
allowed me to travel on regular basis
and connect with people from all
over the world.
4. Career Roadmap:
Project Consultant at
leading technological
enterprise supporting
businesss operations
Elective Period:
Operations & Technology
focused selection
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IT Project Management
Experience at
Schneider Electric
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MBA fundamental core
courses
Business Impact Lab:
Project based learning
In order to anticipate the
technological trends
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Top Target
Companies
Reasoning
• Recognized as supply chain master for its sustained
global leadership in supply chain operations over
the last 10 years.
UBER • SAP is a leading ERP platform supporting critical
business operations.
• S/4 HANA: Responsible for most notable
transformation in ERP software package
• Schneider Electric is a leading corporation providing
energy management solution. Also, SE is improving
its supply chain operation by embracing emerging
technologies
• Ranked at 17th position by Gartner in it’s annual
supply chain management global ranking
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5
NEXT
Build
Execute
Focus
Run
• I want to move into commercial and strategy roles, with a view to grow
as a senior executive in the supply chain arena.
• I want to work at Amazon, SAP or Schneider due to their immense
domain expertise and market-leading position in this area.
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WHY?
Personal & Professional Drivers
My vision is to orchestrate global strategic programs to maximize the
efficiency of supply chain operations by optimizing technology associated with
various functions such as procurement, warehousing, marketing, sales,
manufacturing etc.
• I Desire to make a difference in
technological enterprise
supporting supply chains
industries.
• As I evolved, I realized that I
needed to develop
management skills and I
wanted to move between
functions; from IT Consulting
to Management.
• As my interaction with global
executives increased, I realized
that the expectation of clients
from Project Managers has evolved
in recent years.
• Hence, understanding business
operations through MBA is going
to put me in a competitive position
in the organization.
• Personally, I want to join the
leadership group in the
technology industry with a
vision to become aggressive
female leader.
• Working with female Chief
Data Office and Chief
Information Officer at
Schneider has given me a great
motivation to apply for IMBA.
6. Critical Skills Required:
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WHAT?
Skills Reasoning Existing Elements
Leadership
skills
Effective presentation and Communication
skill is must for relaying ideas and
strategies as a leader in a multinational
organization.
My leadership experience includes mainly my project management
experience at Schneider Electric. I am accountable for creating
communication approach and reporting mechanism during for the
projects.
Digital envision In order to anticipate the technological
trends impacting business operations,
envisioning Digital transformation is going
to be critical.
• Inclined towards understanding digitally innovative business practices
in recent years.
• Experience in GDPR Program:
I along with the head of security operations persuaded our Chief
Data Officer to invest 75k EUR in a tool that could give us holistic
view of our global and local processes across all Business units
and Functions.
Operation
Knowledge
To lead large-scale technology driven
programs, having outstanding knowledge
of business operation will be essential.
• IT Consultant experience supporting supply chain operations.
• Experience in enhancement, automation and deployment projects in
global SAP ERP tool.
Global mindset Global mindset will give me an edge while
managing cross-functional teams spread
across various geographical locations.
• Experience in managing and executing global Projects at Schneider:
GDPR, Oracle Quality Module project etc.
• Managing GDPR core team comprising of stakeholders from 28
European Union countries and USA.
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HOW?
Skills From IMBA Fundamental courses From Elective Courses: Additional IMBA Elements
Leadership
skills
• Leading People and Teams
• Managerial Decision making
• Business, Government & Society
• Business Impact Lab
• Integrative Exercise
Digital envision • Innovation in a Digital World
• Critical Management Thinking
• Digital Strategy
• E-Transformation
• Advance Decision making model
Operation
Knowledge
• Operations Management
• Strategy
• ERP & Business Intelligence
• Coordinating and Managing supply
chain
• Business Process Engineering & ERP
Global mindset • Business, Government & Society • Diversity of IMBA class at IE
• IMBA Unplugged
• Global Immersion week
Skill Gap Analysis:
My goal to become a leader is being realized at Schneider, through exposure to working with global clients, enhancing my ability to
function in cross-cultural environment and sharpening my business acumen: an asset that I wish to cultivate further during the
transformative IMBA at IE.
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• My experience at Schneider Electric and VIT university.
• My compassion to be a successful women in business.
• The role I will play in my class will be:
The efficient project planner, who analyzes a complex situation, prioritizes actions, and assigns responsibilities.
The one encouraging the team to embrace risks and aggressively implement corrective actions and workarounds
if things fall out of the plan.
What do I bring to the class of 2020:
ANSWER
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AT IE, I am not just looking for MBA, but a lifetime bonding with fellow students, professors and alumni.