Profile Evaluation

[salbal.nda]

Hello,

I am looking for a profile evaluation.

I am aiming for a business school among the top 15 schools globally. When I completed my MBA from a well known institute in India, I realized certain edges were still rough and there were quite a few skills which still needed polishing. Since i already have an MBA degree, my aim is not to go for any course, but rather one of the top 15 schools which will help me iron out my shortcomings.
Request you to go through my profile and let me know your thoughts on my chances in the top 15 schools.


Academic information:

Post Graduation- MBA (Marketing & Operations) - Symbiosis University, GPA: 2.81 / 4
Graduation - BSc Physics
Final year from (Fergusson College) Pune University 76%
1st and 2nd year - National Defence Academy, Pune. GPA 3.2
Certifications - Six Sigma Green belt certified.
GMAT
690 (87 Percentile) - Q48 (78 Percentile) V36 (79 Percentile) (considering a retake, thoughts on that?)

A brief Background:

Post my 12th, I was selected for the National Defence Academy, which is a premier tri-service defence academy in India. Only 3 such, tri-service institutes exist in the world. The duration of course is 3 years similar to graduation. However, in my 3rd year, i injured my knee and was boarded out on medical grounds. I went ahead and completed my graduation in BSc Physics. Post graduation, I completed my MBA from Symbiosis (India).

Work Experience - (2.5 years post MBA)
Organisation - Maersk Line (Global Service Centre)
Industry - Shipping / ITES

2010 - 2011 - Team Leader and Project Lead
Project lead, in charge of executing a global migrations/off-shoring project.
Traveled onsite and migrated process from 3 continents (Asia, Central & South America, Africa) and almost 35 countries. Onsite travel includes, China, Japan, Taiwan, Guatemala, Mexico and South Africa.
Handled a team of 60 (20 each region) during migrations.
Responsibilities included the entire project cycle from planning, budgeting to hiring and execution.
Continuous interaction with senior management as well as team members across all 3 regions; Far east Asia, Latin America and Africa.
COO appreciation and citation for executing Latin America and Africa projects well within deadline.

2011 - 2012 - Senior Team Leader
Handle Inland Operations across Latin America (15 countries)
Handle a team of 30 in India and 10 in Latin America.
Responsible for Daily operations across all 15 countries, KPI's and cost analysis to save costs.
Responsibilities spread across nearly 4 different processes comprising of almost 200+ tasks.
Carry out Quality checks and small projects for improvement.
Stake holder management across all levels in Latin America and with business heads in Copenhagen.

Other Projects during MBA:
Have successfully completed 4 other projects in Marketing and 1 in Operations as intern during my MBA in the following companies:
Tata Motors (Sales Analysis and Marketing plan)
John Deere (Market Research - Rural Market, New product launch)
Bekaert (Market Research - Urban Market)
Indian Central Railways (Feasibility analysis)
Titan Engineering (PERT CPM and Project handling)

Sports:
Following are details of my participation at various levels.
Swimming- National Level - Coach at local health club.
Athletics, handball - State level
Football - Zonal Level. Former coach of an Engg college girls team
Windsurfing - Zonal level

Extra Curricular Activities:
Water Painting, playing guitar, horse riding and trekking.
Write auto blogs on http://www.teambhp.com
Travelling.

Do let me know if any other details are required.

Thank you for your guidance!

[mili]

Hello,

Thanks for the detailed info! I would say that your professional experience is quite strong - lots of leadership and responsibility for large international teams. Your extracurricular activities as a coach and your athletic achievements also are pretty impressive. For a top 15 school, your GMAT might be a bit weak (generally want to aim for 700+), so it could be worth a retake -- depends on your level of risk aversion.

The real issue you are going to face is proving to the adcoms why you need a second MBA. It is pretty common for people from international schools to later wish to attend a U.S. program, but I think it's definitely harder for these candidates to get admission. I suggest that you call the programs that you are interested in and ask their policy directly -- I think it's even harder at top schools for MBA holders to receive admission, but it depends on the school.

Your profile is competitive for a top school (ideally with a slightly higher GMAT), your story is interesting, but the fact that you already have an MBA kind of makes you a wildcard candidate.

Hope this is helpful,
Mili


Mili Mittal
Senior Consultant
http://www.mbamission.com

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