Ramakrishnan S

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India17 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led cross-functional teams to optimize supply chain operations.
Designed automated inventory management systems for significant cost savings.
Drove platformization of supply chain capabilities at Flipkart.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned Product Manager with expertise in E-commerce and Supply Chain Management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementSupply Chain ManagementInventory PlanningStrategy

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAlgorithmsAnalytical SkillsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Augmented Reality (AR)Business StrategyData AnalysisE-commerceERP ImplementationsGeneral ManagementMetrics OwnershipPeople ManagementProduct InnovationProduct StrategyProject Management

About

Product @ Udaan, Ex. Samsung, Ex Flipkart. 10 years of experience in design, development and management of software products across multiple industries - eCommerce, Telecommunication and Supply Chain. End to End thinker. Owned and delivered multiple global consumer products from concept to delivery.

Experience

Udaan.com

2 roles

Vice President

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Led a cross-functional team of 30 people at udaan.com across technology, supply chain, inventory planning, Biz ops, analytics, and product.
Implemented strategic initiatives to optimize supply chain operations and improve inventory planning processes to ensure consistent 95% availability and inventory health across FMCG, Food and Pharma
Achieved a significant increase in operational efficiency and cost savings through data-driven decision-making and network optimisations

Service DeliverySupply Chain ManagementProduct ManagementProduct Strategy

Product lead / Director

Mar 2020 – Feb 2025 · 4 yrs 11 mos

Make Udaan as a destination for B2B retail buyers by improving the quality of Selection, Catalog and Availability.
Designed intelligence and processes around Udaan's automated inventory management and procurement system that automates purchase of ~2 million$ of purchases a day.
Designed and launched Udaan's First party Just in time procurement system which drives ~5cr of Udaan's GMV and a wide regional selection for Udaan's staples business.
Currently leading a team of 30+ people which handles e2e inventory management, procurement, vendor support for the company. Responsible for delivering availability, inventory and sell through targets for the company.

StrategyArtificial Intelligence (AI)Product ManagementInventory PlanningAnalytical SkillsProduct Innovation

Samsung

Senior Product Manager

Feb 2018 – Mar 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bangalore

Next generation Camera use cases - AI Camera & Computational photography
Augmented Reality applications
Vision intelligence (https://news.samsung.com/in/samsung-launches-ground-breaking-innovations-with-next-generation-flagship-galaxy-s10-redefines-premium-smartphones)
Services and monetisation for Bixby vision - Samsung's AI/AR platform
(https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/apps/bixby/vision/)

Flipkart

2 roles

Senior Product Manager

Promoted

May 2014 – Jan 2018 · 3 yrs 8 mos · Bangalore

Platformization:
Drove platformization/servicification of the supply chain capabilities by working with key stakeholders to create a tech/product blueprint for the supply chain. As part of the blueprint implementation, created a multi echelon fullfillment planning engine, the works near real time to resolve demand/supply variability utilising levers like scheduling, prioritisation, resource reallocation, procurement and customer actions. Mentored other product managers for rollout of complementary platforms.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLNrODmzoJwwquif5reHC6VtLbECaIZxWO&v=OOSHZT5u7pM
Servicification:
Reduced costs by 84 crores/year and increased Quality of service for strategic verticals by introducing regular/economy service from logistics. Piloted viability of courier (C2C) business externalization of Flipkart's supply chain.
Reliability:
Owning end to end reliability for Flipkart's supply chain

Product Manager

May 2014 – Aug 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bangalore

Network design/Automation
As Product owner for the logistics (transportation/sortation centers) leg of Flipkart supply chain Created, presented and got approval for the business case for Flipkart logistics network and automation. Drove adoption of sorting automation through the network that processes approximately 10 million shipments a month by integrating and working with key automation partners. Introduced profilers and handhelds to increase accuracy of revenue recognition and reduce reconciliation losses by ~2 crores a month.
3PL vendor management:
Product owner for 3PL vendor management and accounting platform @Flipkart. Responsible for increasing reach and visibility of e-commerce deliveries by working closely with vendors like Fedex, Bluedart, Delhivery, Ecom and Gojavas. Reduced turnaround time for vendor payments by building invoice dispute resolution mechanism.

Xilinx

DSP engineer II

Jun 2011 – Apr 2013 · 1 yr 10 mos · Greater Hyderabad Area

Working with system generator for DSP group, where we are developing an add on for simulink to increase productivity of DSP designers.

Nokia

Senior Software engineer

Sep 2008 – May 2011 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bangaon, West Bengal, India

Worked on research and development of next generation audio processing algorithms for Nokia's mobile phones and blue tooth accessories. Porting of audio algorithms on multiple hardware platforms like ARM, Kalimba and RTOS such as S40 and Symbian. Involved in the entire life cycle of projects.
Additional experience in working with teams in diverse geographical locations and handling technical leadership of subcontracted teams to get projects to completion.