Rohit Kalro

Program Manager, Tesco European IT, March 2011 – Present Lead portfolio of projects for Tesco IT in Central and Eastern Europe to deliver outcomes as agreed within the European business plan. • Integrated acquired chains in the Czech market to use the existing business processes and systems (Zabka and Koruna) • Lead the migration of the existing retail database in Poland from Oracle 8i to 10g reducing downtime and save support costs. • Developed process to track budgets (20 million GBP) and resources (90 pe

Implemented and led the Program Office for Tesco’s Central and Eastern European IT Division. Projects in 5 major markets of Europe with a budget upwards of 30 million GBP. • Designed project management methodology, support and training around it. • Developed reporting around project metrics to track efficiency and success • Improved project implementation efficiency by up to 18% year on year. • Deployed strategic and tactical projects for organizational development and to rectify faulty processes.

Deliver BI and Commercial projects to 5 major markets throughout Europe with a budget of 5 million GBP and 10 direct reports and external contractors. • Developed a BI strategy spanning multiple products to ensure sustainable operations • Deployed a global BI system for reporting of commercial metrics which led to performance improvements by 2-3%. • Deployed space range and display systems in the region leading to a 1.5% sales uplift. • Delivered savings of 0.5 million GBP in year 1 for IT support.

Managed Monster's e-commerce product across 18 European countries. Worked with leadership and global product teams to deliver products; balance requirements and impact against time to market and project risks. • Increased European e-commerce over 100% year on year. • Created and executed annual road map across 18 countries. • Defined the European product platform to be sustainable when split from the US platform. • Co-ordinated building of a European product management team.

Managed an Asian web development center to research, develop and support Monster products / solutions. Coordinate projects across 27 Monster countries • Built a web technologies team in India and grew it to 10 resources. • Decreased the cost of supporting related products and solutions for Monster by 40%. • Assisted on sales of Monster solutions to clients in Asia with average deal sizes of 200,000 USD and upwards. • Served as the product champion for enhancement requests out of Asia.

Managed an Asian web development center to research, develop and support Monster products / solutions. Coordinated projects between product development, engineering, and quality assurance teams across 5 Monster countries • Supported Monster websites and products within Asia. • Translated client requirements and deployed Monster recruitment solutions to meet requirements. • Assist marketing in defining product changes to the core product platform to meet local user and market needs.

Designed a new media content delivery platform. Balanced aesthetics with functionality coupled with effective communication with clients, sales and media teams. • Developed a contesting and gaming platform for indiatimes.com.. • Delivered new products that would increase market share, improve brand image and usage. • Developed a scalable platform using shockwave/flash to enhance multimedia content delivery. • Co-ordinated cross-functionally to launch new campaigns.

Marketing, New Product Development, Entrepreneurship and Problem Solving through Creativity.

Specialized in Advanced Accounting and Statistics with a minor in Business Administration.