Hello Everyone,
Request if I could receive a feedback for my profile and betterments that could he done.
I am planning to apply for the upcoming ISB Round 1/2 and would appreciate a profile evaluation.
Here are my details and Profile Overview:
• Demographic: GEM (General Engineer Male)
Education:
• B.Tech: Automobile Engineering from SRM University, Chennai (9.12 CGPA, Class of 2023)
• 12th Standard: 82.66%
• 10th Standard: 88%
Work Experience & Business Impact (3Y9M as on cut off 31 March 2027):
• Industry: Automotive Parts Manufacturing - Tier 1 (MNC)
• Core Expertise: Business Development
Key Projects & Achievements:
• Current Role (2024-Present): Sr. Business Development Engineer
- Key Account Manager to major Global Automotive Giants, domestic and international with a complete managing portfolio of >875 MINR.
- Cross functional and customer coordination for various stages of projects such as project kick-off, development, commercial involvment, SOP and commodity price fluctuation amendments.
- Profitability improvement of 5-7% across customer portfolios resulting in >35 MINR in annual revenue
- Won 7 projects with project annual revenue of >165MINR.
• Previous role(2023-2024): Graduate Engineer Trainee - Quality Assurance Engineer
- Managed and carried out shift operations for manufacturing plant as Quality Assurance Engineer.
- Supported cost optimization and defect reduction initiatives resulting in a 12% decrease
in COPQ.
- Optimized cycle time of machining operation by 15% using MOST analysis.
- Introduced system based Layered Process Audits and tracking resulting in reduction of process non-adherence, increased 5S adherence and productivity improvement by 5%.
• Awards & Recognition:
- Customer appreciation received for timeplan and quality adherence for projects.
- Recognized for Customer Service Excellence
- Recognized for contribution to Educational Soceity
• Extra-curricular:
- Member of an Education Soceity since 2018 contributing in academic support, skill development and administrative process improvements.
- Table Tennis and Squash captain in school.
Target:
• Exam: GMAT Focus Edition (not attempted yet) - July/Aug
• Goal: ISB Round 1/2 this year with a post MBA goal of pivoting into Manufacturing/Strategy consulting to core operations and project management
What should be target GMAT FE score. Would appreciate any insights on how this profile stacks up for ISB and any specific areas I should focus on further uplifting my profile.