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PKPradeesh Karunaprakash
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Experience

8+ years delivering project controls, risk and change management on capital-intensive programmes across Europe and the Middle East.

Selected programme experience

Four programmes, in 60 seconds

Case studies from the programmes with the strongest quantified outcomes. Challenge, contribution, result — no job descriptions.

01

Verkor — Gigafactory

Jul 2023 — Oct 2025 · Dunkerque, France

Programme type
Greenfield EV battery gigafactory · multi-billion CAPEX environment
My role
Programme Manager — Risk & Change
Challenge

A greenfield gigafactory under investor scrutiny, with cost exposure surfacing only once it had already hit the forecast. No programme-wide risk and change framework existed to price uncertainty before it became variance.

What I did
  • 01Built a programme-wide risk and change management framework from scratch
  • 02Ran Monte Carlo simulations and EMV-based contingency management on the cost baseline
  • 03Turned risk forecasting into a monthly input to programme financial control
  • 04Managed €20M+ of technical scope changes with subcontractors, tied to cost and contract positions
  • 05Acted as risk referent to the CEO, CFO, COO and investor steering committees
Result

€10M+ savings generated and cost exposure cut by 30%, with change impact quantified before approval rather than explained after.

€10M+
Savings generated
30%
Cost exposure reduction
€20M+
Scope changes managed
02

AGAP2 / Novo Nordisk

Feb 2026 — Present · Chartres, France

Programme type
€175M pharmaceutical site infrastructure programme
My role
Project Controls & Risk Manager
Challenge

A high-compliance pharmaceutical construction programme where cost, schedule and risk data sat in separate systems, and headquarters in Denmark needed a defensible single view to decide on.

What I did
  • 01Piloted the risk register and governance across the full €175M programme
  • 02Deployed Omega365 as the single source of truth for cost, schedule and risk
  • 03Structured mitigation plans across multiple work packages
  • 04Aligned contractors, engineering and client teams under one reporting cadence
  • 05Translated EPC data into executive decision support for Novo Nordisk HQ
Result

€500K+ in mitigation value unlocked across work packages, with one governed reporting line for a €175M programme.

€175M
Programme value — Novo Nordisk
€500K+
Mitigation value unlocked
03

Automotive Cells Company (ACC)

Nov 2021 — Apr 2023 · Bordeaux, France

Programme type
Battery cell industrialisation & line commissioning
My role
Project Management Officer — Industrialisation
Challenge

Battery cell manufacturing launches ran differently every time, stretching lead time and leaving quality gaps between engineering, procurement and operations.

What I did
  • 01Standardised launch processes using SIPOC and RACI frameworks
  • 02Led VDA 6.3 production process audits on the cell manufacturing line
  • 03Planned equipment installation and site acceptance tests (SAT)
  • 04Coordinated grid connection commissioning against the master schedule
Result

Launch lead time reduced by 30% and operational efficiency improved by 15%, with commissioning delivered on schedule.

30%
Launch lead time reduction
15%
Operational efficiency gain
04

Bosch

Feb 2021 — Jul 2021 · Brussels, Belgium

Programme type
Automotive process improvement with Toyota Europe
My role
Project Management Intern
Challenge

Toyota-specific manufacturing operations depended on manual, inconsistent handovers between Bosch and Toyota Europe, slowing both task throughput and supplier integration.

What I did
  • 01Acted as single point of contact between Bosch and Toyota Europe
  • 02Mapped and improved Toyota-specific operational processes
  • 03Coordinated operational change management across Toyota and EU sites
Result

Task processing lead time cut by 20% and supplier integration accelerated by 25%.

20%
Faster task processing
25%
Faster supplier onboarding

Transferable to data centre programmes

Transferable relevance: complex CAPEX governance · EPC coordination · risk management · cost exposure · schedule controls · change governance · executive reporting.

Listed as target-sector relevance, not past data centre delivery.

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