Aklank Jain

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India10 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

10 years of experience in senior roles across diverse industries.
Expertise in cost optimization and financial planning.
Proven track record of driving growth and profitability.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in Ecommerce and Health & Food sectors with strong analytical and strategic skills.

Contact

aklank.30march@gmail.com 9663620018 LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Pnl ManagementBusiness StrategyData AnalysisBusiness InsightsCost OptimizationFraud AnalyticsProduct DevelopmentMarket ExpansionOperational Excellence

Other Skills

A/B TestingBusiness AnalysisCC++CSSComputer NetworkingCorporate StrategyDatabasesDigital MarketingDigital MediaFinancial PlanningHTMLHypothesis TestingIntegrated MarketingJavaScript

About

A seasoned professional with 10 years of experience working in senior roles across startups in ecommerce, health & food and consulting firm. Strong exposure working with senior leaderships and CXOs to align their organizational strategies with day-to-day business. I have rich expertise in cost-optimization, finance planning and analytics, fraud analytics, PnL management, business restructuring, operational excellence and business strategy I am deeply passionate about working in an environment where key customer problems are solved through technology. Also, I relish and thrive in identifying and solving customer problems by leveraging my strong analytical & problem solving skills, ability to build highly empowered teams, and go-getter approach.

Experience

10 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 7 mos

Current Experience

Udaan.com

3 roles

Finance head - Fresh & Horeca

Promoted

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

- Direct reportee to the group finance head & controllership and own the business PnL. Work closely with the business head executive and category leads to drive growth (30% Q-o-Q) and profitability (150bps margins addition Q-o-Q) of Fresh & Horeca business of udaan

StrategyPnL ManagementBusiness Strategy

Senior Manager, COE

Sep 2022 – Apr 2023 · 7 mos

Leading the Data Insights and Analysis team of the essential business of udaan. Included working closely with the finance LT and tech executives.
Set up flows to track promotions spent, margins across categories up to listing level, pricing control and PO approval control

StrategyData AnalysisBusiness Insights

Business Finance and Planning Lead - Returns

Sep 2020 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

Leading the returns finance function incurring $8Mn/yr cost to business. Partner with the category & business heads to grow orders, reduce returns & fraud and drive profitability. Drive returns related strategic initiatives and create buyer, seller and udaan friendly policies
Set up returns controllership & profiling framework which helped company cut down $7Mn/yr returns spends

StrategyCost OptimizationFraud Analytics

Cure.fit

2 roles

Planning and Growth

Mar 2020 – Sep 2020 · 6 mos

Responsible for the new product development charter for eat.fit.
Started eatfit DIY category

StrategyProduct DevelopmentMarket Expansion

Expansion Manager

Mar 2019 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr

Led the expansion charter of then eat.fit arm of cure.fit
Drove strategies around when and where to expand. Increased the number of kitchens from 15 to 70. Orders count increased by 4x

StrategyMarket ExpansionOperational Excellence