Profile Evaluation Please - Thanks in Advance

[ashwinks19]

Here is my profile -

Age - 32 Years
Nationality - Indian
Education - Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical
Score in Bachelors - 79/100
Represented school/college in Table Tennis, Quiz etc.
Editor of College Magazine. Key member in organization of college events & festivals.

Work Experience - 10 Years in Automotive Industry
2.5 years - For an Automotive Engineering Service Provider in India
3 years - As an consultant Design Engineer for a Japanese Automotive Company in Germany
4.5 Years (Current Job) - As a Senior Engineer (1 Promotion in 2012, Will be promoted to Deputy Manager in October 2015) in a different Japanese Automotive Tier I supplier. I have been managing a team of 10 engineers; actually, I selected and built this team over the course of the last 1.5 years. The promotion and new role of "Deputy Manager" will be my formal introduction as the manager of this team.

I work in a very international environment. I am an Indian national, working for a Japanese Company from their German Office. I am currently multiple handling projects for Swedish and Dutch Customers. My job also includes co-ordination of a team of 10 Designers and Analysts in Germany, Design team in Japan,Plants in France, Poland and Asia and suppliers across Europe and Asia. I am the Engineering Contact to Customers and am responsible for the complete product life cycle from conceptual phase to series production phase.

Achievements in current job - I was the first employee in a new group focused on diversifying into a new product development for European Automotive & Truck OEMs. I was a key member of a small team which won a major business worth Euro 70 million/7 years. I am the youngest recipient (@ 28 Years) of a Challenge Award, which is awarded for extraordinary contribution to company growth.

I am currently very busy at work and a typical week at work includes 60-70 hours at work during the weekdays and at least 5-6 during the weekend. I play table tennis in the local town club and have represented them in the regional league competitions. Apart from this, my hobbies include photography, biking and I am a voracious reader. Please shed some light on the means to highlight these activities to make a compelling application to Top Business Schools.

I have currently started preparing for GMAT. I scored 720 in my first mock test. I know the mock test scores don't show anything, but my target GMAT score is 720-750.

I am looking for an MBA program to leverage my technical know-how, hone my skills and acquire new skills and network to be a successful global manager in the automotive industry (Short Term Goal). Long term goal is to get myself into technology consulting and may be start a company focusing on using modern technology to increase the efficiency and output of small industries back home in India which can lead to generation of employment opportunities in the rural parts of the country and bring social and economic prosperity.

With 10 years of work experience and at an age of 32 years, I think I am exactly in the zone where both the Full Time MBA and the Executive MBA are real options. Please suggest a few MBA programs (Full Time MBA & Exec. MBA) which would help me in acquiring new skills and getting closer to my goals.
As I am currently living in Europe, I am basically looking for an European Business School, but please
guide me which US B Schools do I have a realistic shot at to enable selection of the right school to apply.

Thanks a Lot.

[Jon@Admissionado]

Hello good sir!

First of all let me say that you have an excellent profile, especially for European MBA programs.

Your big strengths are your vast experience, your very very strong international experience, your quick progression, and of course your leadership.

Put this all together with a (hopefully) high GMAT and you will have a strong basis for an application for Top Euro MBA programs.

I think from what I see here, that a full-time European MBA seems to make more sense for you (unless you will be sponsored by your firm, and they will require you to work during this time, in which case the EMBA is perfect). A regular full-time MBA (in most places one year) will allow you to make the industry and job change you are aiming at easier than an executive program, I feel. Plus, for European programs, you aren't too old.

And I'd say you can go for the top programs too: LBS, INSEAD, Oxford, Cambridge, HEC, etc. (feel free to tweak your list also based on WHERE you want to study and work).

And if you need any assistance, drop us a line,
Best,
JF

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