Anirudh Bagla

Co-Founder

Boston, Massachusetts, United States8 yrs experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Established a leading D2C brand in India.
Revitalized Urban Company's appliance repair business.
Led innovative COVID relief initiatives.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a versatile leader in E-commerce and Manufacturing sectors with a focus on operations and product management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Product ManagementGo-to-market StrategyEntrepreneurshipOperations ManagementTeam LeadershipProgram Management

Other Skills

Computer-Aided Design (CAD)Creative Problem SolvingCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer InsightIndustrial EngineeringLeadershipManagementManufacturingProblem SolvingRoboticsStrategy

Experience

Urban company

2 roles

Associate Vice President

Promoted

Dec 2023 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos · On-site

I played a pivotal role in establishing Native as a fastest growing D2C brand in India, driving innovation and revenue growth.
Developed customer-centric products with patented technology capturing market leader position
Built a cross-functional team, fostering collaboration across product, engineering, and marketing.
Executed a go-to-market strategy that drove 40% of total sales through a highly effective D2C app.

Product ManagementGo-to-Market StrategyCross-functional Team Leadership

Entrepreneur in Residence

Jun 2022 – Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos · On-site

Worked on revitalising Urban Company’s appliance repair business, which eventually led to the foundation of ‘Native by UC,’ the company’s foray into the D2C home appliances space
Led the zero-to-one journey, from identifying the opportunity to building a scalable business model.
Conducted in-depth customer research to uncover pain points and shape the product proposition.
Drove end-to-end execution, collaborating with product, design, and operations teams to build the proof of concept

EntrepreneurshipCustomer InsightOperations Management

Itc limited

3 roles

Factory Manager- Aashirwaad Atta

Promoted

Feb 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos

Owned a $1.5M factory P&L and led 8 managers and 120+ staff at ITC’s largest flour plant, contributing 15% of total company volume.
Scaled factory capacity by 15% through process optimization and cost reduction initiatives.
Cut quality complaints by 60% by pioneering a heat-based pest control system.
Streamlined procurement through automation, increasing direct sourcing and reducing COGS by 5%.

Operations ManagementTeam LeadershipProblem Solving

Assistant manager: Projects

Jul 2020 – Feb 2021 · 7 mos

Drove large-scale operational, digital, and sustainability initiatives across ITC’s manufacturing network.
Led ITC’s COVID relief task force, converting spare nitrogen capacity into oxygen plants, an industry-first initiative supporting 400 ventilator beds.
Converted waste byproducts into biofuel, reducing production costs by 5%.
Developed a tech-enabled smart inventory management system unifying spare parts across 39 factories, saving $500K through standardization and optimized storage.

Program ManagementCreative Problem Solving

Kites Management Intern

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

worked in the pouch milk packing industry to improve efficiency of the machine, granted full time offer

Inter iit tech meet

Overall Coordinator

Aug 2019 – Jan 2020 · 5 mos · India

Convenor of the 8th inter-IIT tech meet across 23 IITs, fostering a culture of emerging
technologies with 12 industry-led problem statements including blockchain, robotics, and ethical hacking

Enactus, iit roorkee

Founder and President

Jul 2018 – Aug 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Raised $20k capital and launched a waste upcycling venture converting wet organic waste
into protein with insects (black soldier fly); Secured Hult Prize regional win among 150 global teams

Models and robotics section iitr

Mentor

Jul 2017 – May 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos · IIT ROORKEE

Mentored two projects involving 20+ members in annual techno-hobby exhibition of IITR; one of them secured 2nd position.
Built an autonomous badminton playing robot and secured 1st runners-up at ABU
Robocon (Pan Asia robotics competition, 100+ competing teams) and won ‘best innovative design’ title