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Harmeet Chhina

Burnaby,Canada

Summary

Strategic-thinking individual experienced in turning low-performing organizations into top revenue producers. Offering engaging and pleasant personality with expertise improving customer relationships. Results-driven leader with strong background in strategic management and organizational growth. Skilled in developing and implementing effective business strategies, optimizing processes, and driving team performance. Known for adaptability, effective collaboration, and delivering measurable outcomes in dynamic environments. Strong communication and problem-solving abilities, coupled with focus on fostering productive and positive team culture.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director, Product Line Management

BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS
11.2022 - 09.2024
  • Company Overview: leading global fuel cell solutions
  • Responsible for building and leading a global team of product line managers and managing a portfolio of fuel cell modules through their product lifecycle
  • Facilitated strategic partnerships with senior leaders across the organization
  • Aligned the global teams to the product management process (PDP) from technology readiness levels to product development to commercial management
  • Collaborated with leadership, sales & marketing, finance, Program Management Office (PMO), system engineering, R&D, product development, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to develop product strategy
  • Developed and delivered high-impact presentations to senior leadership, utilizing advanced PowerPoint skills to effectively communicate complex outcomes
  • Led products from cradle to disposal and developed business cases monitoring product financial plans
  • Compiled accurate and timely reporting, enabling senior leadership to provide effective business unit metrics
  • Strengthened data-driven decision-making by collaborating and facilitating discussions among senior leadership and executive teams (ET)
  • Developed and maintained corporate product portfolio roadmap for applications in emerging markets, stationary power, heavy-duty trucks, transit, rail, and marine
  • Formulated & delivered workshops to communicate product strategy for the next-generation products
  • Built a high-performing team of product line managers
  • Provided leadership, promoting a strength-based atmosphere while facilitating potential weaknesses
  • Developed department charter with value stream mapping
  • Fostered a positive culture to allow open communication and turn challenges into opportunities
  • Strived corporate excellence
  • Publicly presented the product portfolio and case studies to support business development and sales activities
  • Engaged customers, understood their requirements, presented product roadmaps, and identified how the products are aligned to suit customers' needs
  • Improved business processes and embodied continuous improvement
  • Supported activities for funding, acts and policies
  • Leading global fuel cell solutions
  • Evaluated employee performance objectively using established metrics, leading to fair compensation adjustments based on meritocracy principles.
  • Implemented innovative solutions to solve complex problems, resulting in increased productivity and streamlined operations.
  • Developed high-performing teams by providing mentorship, guidance, and opportunities for professional growth.
  • Established a culture of continuous improvement by fostering open communication channels and empowering employees to voice their ideas.

Manager, Transportation Projects (Canada)

HTEC-HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY CORPORATION
02.2021 - 11.2022
  • Company Overview: Hydrogen supply and fueling station networks
  • Responsible for developing projects to advance and deploy clean energy solutions and technologies commercially aligned with Canada’s decarbonization goals
  • Successfully merged Zen Clean Energy Solutions, a specialty clean technology consulting firm, forming a successful new entity
  • Developed & managed strategic plans and consortium-based projects for Canadian Zero-emission transportation projects
  • Developed funding applications, engaged project partners, developed & managed contracts, developed revenue models, and managed projects through their life cycle
  • Managed several $15M+ budget projects
  • Conducted strategic planning and developed $200M+ budget projects while networking with project enablers, government and funding application developers
  • Liaised with senior executives, lawyers, regulators and external vendors to expedite the execution of legal contracts and agreements, realizing an uninterrupted supply of products and services
  • Negotiated equipment specifications between OEMs and customers
  • Delivered full assessment of establishing an extensive infrastructure for green energy production in various Canadian provinces for large international project developers
  • Engaged stakeholders from an extensive network of industries, research laboratories, suppliers, component developers, OEMs, power and renewable energy providers, large consulting organizations, policymakers, regulators, provincial and federal funding bodies, integrators, hydrogen fuel producers, Indigenous Relations, permitting authorities, transit agencies, truck fleet operators, infrastructure providers, governments, not-for-profit organizations, and investors
  • Conducted economic studies with Statistics Canada to determine the overall Output, GDP, and the number of jobs for various projects
  • Built business cases, analyzed economic impact, and identified strategic benefits for government evaluation
  • Provided an array of consulting services
  • Designed and delivered impactful presentations to various audiences
  • Organized and facilitated panel discussions
  • Conducted due diligence for merger and acquisition activities for international venture capital firms
  • Led team projects from inception to delivery: interfaced with clients to gather requirements, wrote project proposals, prepared work plans, risk and mitigation planning, created quotes for proposal negotiation, prepared contracts, and delivered products
  • Conducted financial analyses for various projects
  • Estimated Net Present Value (NPV) incorporating Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for a fleet transition from diesel-powered to greener solutions for large industrial firms
  • Created project financial cash flow, capital, and operational expenditure projections and analyzed budgets
  • Co-wrote the Feasibility Study of Hydrogen Production, Storage, and Distribution in the Maritimes- Newfoundland Extension
  • Hydrogen supply and fueling station networks

VP Programs & Operations

NANO ONE MATERIALS
07.2018 - 01.2021
  • Company Overview: Lithium-ion battery cathode materials’ technology company
  • Responsible for corporate development supporting business growth strategies, overseeing operations of R&D and Production teams while managing a portfolio of projects and establishing a Project Management Office (PMO)
  • Implemented strategic business planning and expansion
  • Created organizational plans, priorities, and goals
  • Planned and executed operational expansion
  • Co-wrote and was successfully awarded SDTC a $5 million grant
  • Increased organizational strengths focusing on people, processes, technology and tools
  • Analyzed business unit spending trends resulting in accurate forecasting for annual budget preparation
  • Planned and led the completion and submission of departmental budgets, including confidential staffing requirements
  • Set a framework for success
  • Created Project Management Office (PMO) and Matrix organization
  • Managed and empowered a team of 25+ while ensuring the team had the tools to meet their goals
  • Held staff accountable, recognized achievement, and created opportunities for professional development to nurture and grow the organization
  • Increased employee engagement & efficiency by implementing value stream mapping, company-wide daily scrums, dashboards, timely recognition and removal of impediments
  • Created technology strategy and roadmap to evaluate and implement lithium-ion battery (LIB) industry projects
  • Oversaw the development and delivery of projects and aligned them with the organization’s strategy
  • Took a risk-based approach to projects and defined potential mitigations and decisions for organizational success
  • Elicited customer requirements, created success criteria/KPIs for technical performance, designed project framework, and executed the projects with the team
  • Implemented Agile PM methodology, created baselines, comparing actual performance with planned performance, and implemented appropriate corrective actions
  • Created Product Development Process
  • Held product reviews to monitor the progress of strategic plans
  • Interfaced/Engaged with global stakeholders and implemented multi-faceted projects from introduction to product delivery
  • Lithium-ion battery cathode materials’ technology company

Project Manager

AUTOMOTIVE FUEL CELL COOPERATION (AFCC)
02.2008 - 06.2018
  • Company Overview: Daimler AG & Ford Motor Company joint venture
  • Delivered gated technologies meeting automotive fuel cell stacks' technical, supply chain, and manufacturing goals
  • Led a significant project for a program and delivered on time and budget, resulting in a 40% cost reduction
  • Provided support on several strategic projects to senior executives and stakeholders, including Mercedes-Benz Fuel Cell Division, Daimler, Germany, and Ford Motor Company, Michigan
  • Led several technical projects
  • Developed project plans, compared performance against baseline and implemented mitigations
  • Prepared project budget and variance reports
  • Co-delivered a multi-year consortium project between AFCC, Ballard Power Systems, the National Research Council (NRC), Queen’s University, the University of Alberta, and the University of British Columbia
  • Technical supplier development
  • Worked closely with component suppliers to communicate technology targets, understand necessary characteristics in the technology development matrix, benchmarked, and jointly developed solutions for trade-offs between key characteristics and robotics limitations by the manufacturing department
  • Collaborated with several world-leading US, Japanese, and German suppliers for component specification and optimizing the processes to meet the organization’s technical requirements
  • Followed the Product Development Process from R&D to delivery of the products to the Joint Venture partners
  • Executed several Quality Change Requests (QCRs) and led projects with technical teams of 25+ scientists/engineers
  • Led talented teams with diverse backgrounds while fostering teamwork and innovation
  • Followed Eight Disciplines (8-D) of problem-solving to understand the root cause and implement containment and preventive actions
  • Actively contributed to several Process Failure Mode Effects Analysis (PFMEA) and Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA)
  • Daimler AG & Ford Motor Company joint venture

Research Scientist

BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS
09.2001 - 02.2008
  • Company Overview: leading global fuel cells solutions
  • Responsible for designing, implementing, and executing fuel cell test plans under automotive conditions
  • Development and down-selection of techniques/tools/criteria and risk assessment matrix
  • Responsible for technology-transfer activities, product development, and documentation of processes and shop-floor work instructions and supervision of their implementation in manufacturing
  • Developed and evaluated next-generation materials for fuel cells
  • Hands-on experience with fuel cell testing and electrochemical diagnostics for forklifts, backup power, and automotive applications
  • Initiated and delivered a 13-week fuel cell electrochemical techniques training course, which was used by HR for onboarding
  • Developed an intranet site for the R&D group, allowing inter-departmental communication
  • Leading global fuel cells solutions

Skills

  • Strategic Planning
  • Verbal and written communication
  • People Management
  • Operations Management

Accomplishments

  • Collaborated with team of [Number] in the development of [Project name].

Certification

  • Autodesk Certified Professional (ACP)

Timeline

Director, Product Line Management

BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS
11.2022 - 09.2024

Manager, Transportation Projects (Canada)

HTEC-HYDROGEN TECHNOLOGY AND ENERGY CORPORATION
02.2021 - 11.2022

VP Programs & Operations

NANO ONE MATERIALS
07.2018 - 01.2021

Project Manager

AUTOMOTIVE FUEL CELL COOPERATION (AFCC)
02.2008 - 06.2018

Research Scientist

BALLARD POWER SYSTEMS
09.2001 - 02.2008

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