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Senior Project Manager | Renewable Energy | Infrastructure Delivery | Strategy & Operations | Exploring Energy Transformation Role in the Digital Space

About

Mrinal Kumar is a versatile Project Manager and strategist with experience across renewable energy, automotive, product management, and innovation ecosystems. At Gentari India (a PETRONAS Group company), he drives renewable energy projects, ensuring smooth execution through cross-functional collaboration and process efficiency. His career journey spans sales and marketing with Mahindra & Mahindra and Eicher, where he worked on product launches and digital transformation, and a Product Management internship at myclassroom, where he optimized product strategy, redefined consumer journeys, and streamlined processes for scalability. He has also mentored deep-tech startups at IIT Delhi and collaborated with the Suzuki Innovation Centre in Japan on grassroots innovation with a focus on sustainability and social impact. An MBA graduate from IIM Kozhikode and a certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Mrinal brings together strategic insight, operational excellence, and an entrepreneurial mindset. He is passionate about building solutions that connect business growth, technology, and sustainability while delivering meaningful impact.

Location

Gurugram

AI stack

gemini

langsmith

metaai

Work experience

Senior Manager | Project Management at Gentari India, Jan 2026 - Present · 9 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Manager | Project Management at Gentari India, Apr 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 9 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, - Led the effective delivery of 60+ onsite solar projects exceeding 25+ MW capacity, valued at over INR 3 Bn, while managing costs, timelines, and exceeding client expectations - Planned, monitored and optimized projects timelines by anticipating criticalities and challenges across different stages through proactively dealing with internal and external stakeholders to ensure seamless project execution - Managed budget of the Projects, tracked and controlled the actual cost against the budgeted cost of the Projects, ensuring cost efficiency and adherence to financial targets - Identified and mitigated the risk at resources level by facilitating material procurement planning and I&C contractor management for smoothness transactions of projects - Utilized MIS/Data Analysis expertise to manage onsite project information, ensuring accuracy and timely reporting to other functions. Compiled and visualized onsite data through power BI dashboards, enhancing portfolio tracking and decision-making processes - Led project data reporting to the CRM and F&A teams to ensure accurate project financing, financial reporting to Petronas, and proper project-level insurance coverage.

Strategy Consultant & Research Intern | SIC Rural Innovation at Suzuki Motor Corporation, Nov 2022 - Dec 2022 · 2 mos, Japan, Planning to empower Grassroot Innovation by identifying and assessing its business potential & scalability across India

Product Management Intern at myclassroom, Apr 2022 - Jun 2022 · 3 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, - Honed product strategy by gathering market insights in 3+ regions to redefine consumer journey & pain points - Proposed Industry 16+ best practices by conducting competitive & SWOT analysis of 8+ players in the EdTech - Rolled out SPPSC 1.0 by building product wiki, SOPs using no code Airtable, Porry to cut setup time by 50%+ - Evaluated solutions for the improvement of infrastructure as a product for the Smart Class Product ecosystem - Proposed a website development plan to CXO team by finalizing features, mood boarding & Tech Stack Analysis

Area Sales Manager - Digital [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business] at Mahindra Group, Jul 2019 - Jul 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab, India, - Enabled and coached a team of 18 digital engagement managers across Chandigarh, Punjab, and J&K territory - Promoted digital presence on the web by increasing the traffic at dealer websites by 30% month-on-month basis - Enriched digital customer experience by reducing lead assignment time by 50%, and first follow-up time by 40% - Increased digital sales conversion rate by 28% by redefining process at M2ALL, MRC, and dealerships team end - Expanded the digital inquiry share to 33% by campaigning through google ads, Facebook and tie-up with agency - Improved overall retail conversion rate by penetrating the mobile and in showroom virtual reality usage by 25% - Enhanced lead quality & ads conversion ratio by reducing bounce rate to 50% and using relevant content on the web - Penetrated the TDAA app usage during the test drive by 91% and improved the authenticity of the test drive process - Spearheaded pilot projects to improve the digital conversion ratio by 12% from 6% at outlets with high volume - Secured 1st Runner-Up position among 14 DE for presenting 'Digital Initiative In Commercial Vehicles Industry'

Product Launch Manager [Automotive and Farm Equipment Business] at Mahindra Group, Oct 2018 - Jun 2019 · 9 mos, Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar, Punjab, India, - Assisted dealerships to enhance sales satisfaction by taking preventive action throughout the customer journey - Achieved monthly retails target of worth up to INR 28 million with a 10% retail conversion ratio for Marazzo - Fulfilled 100% workforce adequacy and assured the trained workforce product-wise availability at all the outlets - Managed pre to post-launch activities of Marazzo, Alturas G4 & XUV 300 & in Karnal, Panipat & Sonipat region - Organized and executed Tour & Travels Meet for fleet customers and achieved monthly sales worth INR 7 million - Won 'Digital Trailblazers' Award by the Vice President of National Sales for efforts in driving digital adoption - Overachived target of 100+ pre-booking of XUV 300 by collaborating with dealer sales team for Karnal territory - Supported the dealerships of my territory to achieve AIR 1 in the sales satisfaction index of JD Power India audit

Project Officer - Sales at Eicher Tractors, Sep 2017 - Oct 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India, - Headed two channel partners in Chattisgarh and achieved a monthly billing target worth up to INR 5 million - Coordinated with the financier to reduce the Retail Cycle time by 66% through rigorous follow-up on the leads - Analyzed past data, weather, stock availability, and hot prospects to forecast the monthly sales with 80% accuracy - Scouted the potential clients for establishing new dealerships and assist them in growing in the tractor industry - Developed the two new channel partners and expanded their businesses and products reach in the local market - Converted 20% of hot prospects by carrying out the BTL marketing activities like plant visits and customer meet - Successfully managed the customer value program for the allotted territory and keep track of data for area office - Achieved the quarterly sales target for the allotted territory and received incentives for same from the area office

Education

Master of Business Administration - MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

Arts Management & Administration, SDA Bocconi