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Sayujya Bankapure

Etobicoke,Canada

Summary

Energetic former Cognizant professional, with a varied and rewarding career built with the strong support of Cognizant. I have served major clients across diverse geographies, assuming various roles in prominent MNCs. I am proficient in crafting high-quality, professional and empathetic content under tight deadlines and excel at collaborating with global cross-functional units. Being fluent in both English and German, I bring advanced skills in communication, document development and editing. I am highly adaptable and eager to learn new skills to make valuable contributions to the success of my organization.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Proposal Manager (Complex Deal Management)

T-Systems ICT India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2021 - 02.2023
  • Part of a high-impact team focusing on large and strategic opportunities exclusively above EUR 40M
  • End-to-end management of a winning, compliant, and multi-service proposal within a tight deadline for a 65-month contract prolongation involving SAP migration (Total contract value: EUR 47.5 M)
  • Coordinated across Germany, UK, Netherlands and India with cross-functional units comprising enterprise architects, SMEs, leadership, account management, sales, solution, finance, legal, etc
  • To develop executive, technical and marketing content
  • Analyzed varied RFx documents and requirements, prepared clearly defined content development matrixes with internal and external milestones, timelines and accountabilities
  • Held storyboarding sessions and kickoff meetings to determine and discuss content strategy, framework, timelines and accountabilities
  • Held daily standup meetings and follow-up check-ins to manage proposal progress, and ensure timely delivery
  • Collaborated with SMEs and solution stakeholders to gather and update technical information
  • Customized it into structured and comprehensible executive, technical and marketing content
  • Facilitated content reviews with SMEs, proofread all content and addressed feedback from internal and external stakeholders to ensure high-quality, clarity, grammatical accuracy, comprehensibility, and consistency in the content
  • Audited and revamped the existing proposal knowledge base to enhance information access and classification
  • Collaborated with the team and collected new content, updated existing content, and reviewed all content for accuracy, high-quality and freshness
  • Assisted in enhancing the proposal process and the proposal strategy model to optimize the proposal development process

Recognition: Received an award for outstanding contribution to a winning deal of TCV EUR 47.5M.

German Language Specialist

Volkswagen IT Services India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2019 - 11.2021
  • Collaborated with onsite and offshore technical teams to create technical documentation for users and technical teams and for knowledge transfer, process enhancement and interdepartmental activity handover
  • Developed user-manuals, product documentation, technical support and troubleshooting documentation, process flowcharts, etc
  • In English and German in the product lifecycle management domain
  • Maintained and updated a technical knowledge base on SharePoint and implemented a tagging system for effective classification
  • Traveled to Munich, Germany to assess and establish a translation and interpretation unit that offered language support for multiple projects
  • Streamlined efficient document-related processes including prioritization, translation, quality assurance, glossary maintenance, document and repository management, data management, etc
  • End-to-end coordination, translation, editing and review of multiple high-priority translation requests from technical clients and vendors
  • Developed a Microsoft Excel-based tracker for automated accurate delivery scheduling, by incorporating planned and unplanned outages
  • Completed training on 'Data Migration Tool Suite' and 'Windchill Product Lifecycle Management' for migrating design data
  • Performed secondary tasks like database updates, maintenance, and ticket management
  • Acted as the Point of Contact for all translation and documentation purposes and received accolades for client and vendor coordination

Recognition: 'InstaPat Award' for innovation and excellent performance.

German Language Specialist

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
09.2016 - 07.2019
  • Facilitated product launch, requirement gathering and feedback calls as Interpreter between the client and technical team
  • Later on, presented released updates and gathered feedback myself
  • Managed end-to-end RFP and proposal translation process by collaborating with business development teams globally in Cognizant
  • Translated and reviewed diverse documents across industries, specializing in bid management, technical and legal documents, such as RFx documents, functional specifications, requirements specifications, user manuals, product documentation
  • Adapted content as per the audience and type of documentation
  • Maintained technical glossaries and project-based documentation
  • Oversaw RFP document and data storage and maintenance
  • As part of quality assurance team, ensured team compliance with ISO17100 quality standards and best practices, by conducting internal audits, resolving findings, assisting in external re-certification audits, maintaining process documentation, analyzing productivity and quality data, and collecting and analyzing customer feedback
  • Edited, updated and released SoWs on team processes regularly
  • Travelled to Bielefeld, Germany to work as patch management coordinator for a technical team to assess and improve the system patching process, resulting in a significant increase in compliance

Recognition: 'Champions Award' for outstanding performance and Above and Beyond Award' for exceeding expectations.

Senior Systems Engineer

Atos India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2015 - 08.2016
  • As part of a customer-facing Second Level Technical Support team, resolved over 10 tickets daily for business telephone systems. Received training in ticketing and telecommunications tools and products.

Education

APMP Bid and Proposal Management Foundation Exam -

APMG International

Post-Graduate Diploma - Technical Writing in Business Management -

Symbiosis Centre For Distance Learning (Pursuing)

Bachelor of Arts - German Language Studies

Fergusson College / Savitribai Phule Pune University, India

Goethe-Zertifikat C1 -

Goethe Institut, India
01.2011

Skills

  • MS Office
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro
  • Python Programming
  • SDL Trados Studio
  • HP Application Lifecycle Management
  • Windchill Product Lifecycle Management
  • BMC Remedy Service Management
  • Secured Infrastructure for Remote Access
  • JIRA Issue & Project Tracking Software
  • Data Migration Tools
  • HTML basics
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Time management and prioritization
  • Excellent organization skills
  • Advanced document management
  • Advanced writing and editing
  • Attention to detail and strong research
  • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
  • Highly adaptable
  • Quick learner
  • Creativity

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual
German
Full Professional

Timeline

Proposal Manager (Complex Deal Management)

T-Systems ICT India Pvt. Ltd.
11.2021 - 02.2023

German Language Specialist

Volkswagen IT Services India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2019 - 11.2021

German Language Specialist

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
09.2016 - 07.2019

Senior Systems Engineer

Atos India Pvt. Ltd.
07.2015 - 08.2016

APMP Bid and Proposal Management Foundation Exam -

APMG International

Post-Graduate Diploma - Technical Writing in Business Management -

Symbiosis Centre For Distance Learning (Pursuing)

Bachelor of Arts - German Language Studies

Fergusson College / Savitribai Phule Pune University, India

Goethe-Zertifikat C1 -

Goethe Institut, India
Sayujya Bankapure