Rahul Shankar

Business Development Executive

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India13 yrs 7 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 15+ years in leadership roles across diverse sectors.
  • Expertise in operations design and cost optimization.
  • Proven track record in strategic partnerships and business scaling.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned leader in Operations Strategy and Consulting across Health, Food, and Travel sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

Operations StrategyCost OptimizationBusiness DevelopmentStrategy Development

Other Skills

AnalysisAnalyticsBusiness AnalysisBusiness AnalyticsBusiness IntelligenceCConsultingData AnalysisERPEnterprise Resource Planning (ERP)JavaLeadershipManagementMarket PlanningMarket Research

About

A seasoned professional with 15+ of experience working in leadership roles across startups in health & food, online travel sector and consulting firms. Strong exposure working with senior leaderships and CXOs to align their organizational strategies with day-to-day business. I have rich expertise in operations design, cost-optimization, operational excellence, business scaling, operations management and business restructuring. Currently leading the operations design charter at Eat.fit - building strong design capabilities around network design for expansion, operations cost optimisation, kitchen and warehouse design, operation excellence and automation in operations. Previously worked at HolidayIQ where I led of the online Hotels revenue business. Also managed strategic partnerships with Hotel chains and OTA players and was the lead for special projects. My previous experience includes stints at Capgemini Consulting as Senior Consultant - Strategy and with Deloitte Consulting as Functional Consultant specializing in Supply Chain consulting and additional experience across Sales, Market/Sector Research, Strategy Development and Business Development. Education - Information Technology Bachelors from College of Engineering Guindy and PGP/MBA majoring in Strategy and Operations from IIM Indore. Specialties & Interests - Operations excellence, Strategy Consulting, Corporate Strategy, Business Development, Strategic Partnerships, Domain Familiarity and Experience - Health & Welness, Travel & Tourism, Telecom, Automobile, FMCG Functional Experience - Operations strategy, Corporate Strategy, Go-to Market Strategy, ERP Consulting, Business Process Analysis and Business Development

Experience

Namma yatri

Growth and Operations

Jul 2024Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Curefoods

Head - Operations and HR

Aug 2017Apr 2024 · 6 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Cure.fit

Head - Operations Strategy

Aug 2017Aug 2020 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Leading the Operations strategy charter for the pan-India Eat.fit business across kitchen operations, logistics operations and expansion ops.

Holidayiq.com

Head of Online Hotels Business

Jul 2016Aug 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Capgemini consulting

Strategy Consultant

Jun 2014Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Worked as Management Consultant in Global Consulting Team - CC India
  • Cost competitiveness program and Operational restructuring of a large global Technology player
  • o Performed cost optimization and organizational restructuring through time and motion study
  • o Designed and implemented operational efficiency initiatives to realize cost savings to the tune of $1 million
  • o Developed a change management strategy and a targeted communication plan to percolate organizational strategy
  • o Led implementation across multiple Strategic Business Units of the organization
  • Digital and IoT solutioning for Automobile business
  • o Ideated and built a service offering in the automobile space by developing a customer-centric auto ecosystem
  • o Business need identification, market analysis, prototype development and solutioning of the application
  • o The project is incubated by Capgemini Consulting and is being built as a POC for business development

Perfetti

Sales and Marketing Intern

Apr 2013Jun 2013 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Wholesale Activation Program and Loyalty Scheme design
  • Identified and benchmarked the service model of strong FMCGs (Cadbury, Nestle, Wrigley) for their operations in wholesale channel
  • Recommended a Wholesale Channel strategy and designed a loyalty program for PVM in India (surveyed over 200 wholesalers)
  • Performed Margin analysis, scheme reach-ability study, Market share analysis, profitability analysis for ROI of the project
  • Designed the operational strategy of the project and proposed a timeline of implementation in the South Region (4 States) of India

Indian institute of management, indore

2 roles

Placement Coordinator

Jan 2012Jan 2012 · 0 mo · Indore

  • Achieved a 100% summer placement for batch of 475, creating a record in terms of new recruiters added and stipend paid
  • Established relations with key decision makers and companies through several company visits and attending various conferences
  • Identified potential sectors and formulated strategy for summer placements to achieve a 60% increase in total recruiters(81 new)

Member - ShARE

Jan 2012Jan 2012 · 0 mo · Indore

  • One of the 12 students chosen from IIM I to be a part of this organization working with corporates on live business cases
  • Part of the Finance Network; researching, working and mentoring projects in the area

Deloitte consulting us

2 roles

United Way Core Team Head

Jan 2011Jan 2012 · 1 yr

  • United Way is a national network of local organizations that work to improve the lives of communities in India by focusing on education, health and livelihood.
  • Deloitte works with the United Way through the Employee Giving Campaign to support the non-profit leaders at the forefront. By working with them, we join in their efforts to improve the conditions of our local communities.
  • Lead of the core working team of the United Way Campaign of Deloitte Hyderabad Chapter for the year 2011-2012. Managed a team of 400 Ambassadors, who drove the campaign leading to an outstanding collection of INR 70 Lakhs towards NGO contribution. Also jointly led the NGO Events team by setting up and organizing NGO kids event at the Deloitte campus.
  • Our contribution helped the NGOs by creating better opportunities and serving them for their betterment.

Functional Consultant

Jun 2010Jun 2012 · 2 yrs

  • Functional Consultant with 24 months experience as SCM Functional Consultant which includes experience in implementation, upgrade, support and development of Oracle Applications Distributions Modules (Order Management, Shipping, Inventory, Purchasing, iProcurement, iSupplier Portal and Procurement Contracts).
  • Also a keen enthusiast to work on multiple industry initiatives to contribute to the existing Deloitte repository.

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Indore

Post Graduate Program in Management — Strategy and Operations

Jan 2012Jan 2014

College of Engineering, Guindy

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) — Information Technology

Jan 2006Jan 2010

Prince Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai

Computer Science

Jan 2004Jan 2006

Shrine Vailankanni Sr. Sec. School

Jan 2002Jan 2004

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