Indian non IT male| GMAT - 710| work ex - 3.5 years in Supply chain

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Hi

I am Aditya Pande. I just gave my GMAT and got a score of 710 (Quant 50, VA 35, IR 6, AWA 5.5). I am looking for 2016 admissions

Indian/ manufacturing sector(supply chain) / GMAT - 710 / Average academics /work ex - 3.5 years by dec 2015

Following is my educational background:-
10th - 79.8%
12th - 82.2%
Co - curricular - participated in various adventure camps, represented school in regional level swimming competition, Short Story written by me was displayed to public in Delhi Haat during AIDS awareness week selected among 5 schools, participated in various quizes and occasional painting and dramas, was house vice captain in 12th standard.

Engineering - 8.54/10 from Vishwakarma Institute of Technology (an autonomous institute under University of Pune) comes in top 3 of University.
Co - curricular - participated in various national level technology fests in robotics, organised An event Micromind in College techfest, Part of college editorial team, was part of college NGO (but dont have any certificate for this), participated in national level paper presentation event

I have already one MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Management studies , Symbiosis International University in Operations Management - 2.942 /4 (CGPA)
Co - curriculum - came 3rd in a strategy event called estrategia in SIBM business festival (national level event), Part of noesis the operations club, volunteered at Pranay an NGO, part of placement brochure presentation team, part of Group Discussion / Personal Interview team for 2011 admissions.
Internship 
1. KIMS specialty hospital - analysis of security at the hospital and do manpower optimization (2 months)
2. Larsen & toubro - supply chain revamping project (3 months)

I am currently working in Tata Chemicals Limited as Deputy Manager - Strategic Sourcing & Vessel Chartering (August 2014 - Present). In this capacity i am looking after commodity import of almost 2 million MT per year of different types of coal, limestone etc and am responsible for chartering vessels and movement of material from load port to discharge port. I am involved in all contractual negotiation activities and market MIS. I have undertaken project realising significant company savings.

Earlier I was working as Deputy manager - Packaging, Automation & Quality Assurance in Tata Chemicals(July 2013 - August 2014) . In this capacity i was looking after 5 packing centers catering to regional and national demand of 13 SKUs of different products. Complete end to end value chain mapping and management was done by me for these 5 packing units. In this capacity 3 quality supervisors directly reported to me and more than 300 workers were indirectly under me.

Prior to that i was Management Trainee with Tata Chemicals Limited. In this period i have done a project with NGO for 4 months (working in sales, inventory management system), a 4 month project with Agricultural business in market research and benchmarking project and 4 months with consumer products business to improve efficiency of southern region packing centers
Awards: best management trainee project
Gold medal in Business excellence stewardship training
Awarded certificate of recognition for reducing downtime and maintenance cost.
I am also certified six sigma green belt
I intend to apply to 
ISB
NUS
Nanyang
Carnegie mellon- tepper - reach
Cornell – Johnson - stretch
Keenan Flager – UNC - reach
Darden-stretch
Emory-reach
Rotman 
Richard Ivey

I want to further specialize in International SCM and get into a consulting firm

Can you please advice to which programs should i apply and if my earlier MBA will be a hinderance in admission process. And other schools I should apply to?

mbaMissionJenK · Answer

Hi Aditya,

Thanks for posting and sharing your profile.

It's always tough to assess the 2nd MBA situation.

It can be quite tough to gain admission for an MBA degree if you truly have an equivalent degree already. It will be up to you to really show how different the degree you already have is, vs what you are applying for, and WHY you really 100% need this degree now to reach your goals.

Check with the schools to be sure they even consider 2nd MBA applicants, fyi. And even if they do, it can be quite competitive because there are so many well-qualified applicants who do NOT have an MBA and make a strong case for needing one, and your challenge would be to convince the admissions committee to accept you for a 2nd degree, over them.....

Beyond that (fairly challenging) issue, it does not sound as though your academic performance was very high during that MBA? Work-wise it sounds like you have vast project management skills and some promotions; you'd really want to highlight your people-skills and communication skills as well, as you come from a challenging peer group in terms of standing out through the admissions process.

Good luck figuring out your next steps!

adityapande · Answer

thanks Jen for the evaluation of the profile

The grading in my first MBA was not relative, the topper was 3.4 and with 2.94 i was in top 5 of the class in my specialization.

I actually want to do second MBA because my first MBA did not provide me enough quantitative base and the knowledge and networking opportunities would be immense from a US MBA. Also, i want to change my career track to consulting with focus on supply chain and strategy and i think this will help.

I would really appreciate it you could comment on the college selection done by me and your views on schools in canada especially ivey and rotman.

Thanks
Aditya

mbaMissionJenK · Answer

Hi Aditya,

Thanks for the extra info. I can see your personal reasons for wanting the 2nd MBA... still does not guarantee that will be 'enough' to get in or compelling enough to the schools that they'll admit you over others gunning for their first MBA... but if they really think you will bring a ton to the class that no one else will, it's not outside the realm of possibility.... Ivey and Rotman could be reasonable options to aim for generally but I'm not as familiar to their stance on 2nd MBAs so you may even wish to speak with admissions reps candidly and see if you can get some feedback before going through the application process. good luck!

adityapande · Answer

hi Jen

Thanks once again.

So, what i gathered was that i need justify why i need another MBA and why my first MBA was not sufficient to adcom of schools. Well ill start developing a story around that.

Both Ivey and Rotman accept 2nd MBAs as per replies of their adcoms to my mails.

mbaMissionJenK · Answer

Sounds like a plan! Good luck!

Indian non IT male| GMAT - 710| work ex - 3.5 years in Supply chain

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