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Akhil Saxena, PCC

Co-Founder

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India34 yrs 11 mos experience
Highly Stable

Key Highlights

  • 34 years of experience in Supply Chain & Logistics
  • Expert advisor to multinational boards and corporations
  • Passionate mentor for underprivileged and women leaders
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Supply Chain and Logistics expert with extensive leadership experience in multinational environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

Executive CoachingLeadership DevelopmentSupply Chain ManagementOperations ManagementCustomer Service Management

Other Skills

5SAnalysisCoachingCoaching & MentoringContract ManufacturingCost ReductionCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer Fulfilment OperationsCustomer ServiceDemand PlanningEPC BusinessEngineeringFMCGFulfilment Centre OperationsISO

About

With over 34 years of rich experience navigating the complexities of Supply Chain & Logistics, Akhil has developed a deep understanding of what drives success—Business leadership and Talent Development. Akhil now consults multinational boards and corporations to support them on complex supply chain challenges as an advisor He has held senior leadership positions in Global and Indian conglomerates such as Amazon (Ex-Vice President of Customer Fulfilment Operations, APAC, MENA & LATAM, and Worldwide Customer Service), RPG Enterprises (Sr. VP, Supply Chain, KEC International), and Unilever (managing manufacturing facilities, engineering projects, corporate quality, and new product innovation deployment in South Asia), among others. He is extremely passionate about nurturing, mentoring, and coaching the next generation. He has a keen focus on mentoring the underprivileged, young adults, and senior women leaders in logistics, supply chain, and manufacturing industries. He is a certified coach, having completed both the Coaching Foundation Program and Advanced Coaching from Coacharya, India. Today, he channels that expertise into his passion for coaching and is an Executive Coach to C-suite leaders globally, helping them unlock their potential, navigate challenges, and achieve their professional goals. His approach is rooted in practical experience, strategic thinking, and a genuine commitment to fostering growth in others. During his stints with Amazon, Akhil was a highly sought-after mentor and an internal coach to several high-performing global Amazon leaders to sharpen their leadership skills, build high-performing teams, and helping leaders to successfully transition to new roles in their professional careers. Specialization: Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain and Logistics, Ecommerce Fulfilment and Technology, Manufacturing strategy development & outsourcing, Manufacturing systems including Maintenance, Costs, Quality, Implementation of Change Management – Technology, Execution in a demanding & high performing environment including labor relations in Unionized environments, Supply Chain Planning, Sourcing & Logistics, Capital & Overheads Budgeting, Cost Engineering programs, Benchmarking & Mfg. Performance metrics, Lean Manufacturing Principles – 5S, TPM, JIT, Capability Building across Supply Chain, Customer Service & Logistics management, Procurement & Supply Management, Business Leadership, Talent Development, Coaching & Mentoring.

Experience

Crossmentors

Mentor

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos

Self-employed

2 roles

Executive & Leadership Coach ( PCC-ICF )

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Certified Executive Coach ( PCC - ICF) with more than 600 hours of coaching experience with Senior Business Leaders globally. Have coached leaders from different cultural backgrounds and across multiple industry segments like E-Commerce, Consumer Goods, Logistics, Manufacturing , Military services, Financial Sector etc.
Executive CoachingLeadership DevelopmentCoachingCoaching & Mentoring

Board Advisor & Supply Chain Consultant

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 9 mos

  • Senior Advisor to Company Boards on Supply Chain - Manufacturing, Operations, Planning and Logistics.
  • Expert advisor to top Management Consulting Firms .
  • Empanelled Expert for On-Demand Knowledge platforms like GLG, Alphasights, etc
Supply ChainManufacturingOperationsLogisticsSupply Chain ManagementOperations Management

Amazon

5 roles

Vice President - APAC / MENA/LATAM Customer Fulfilment Operations and Worldwide Customer Service

Jun 2022May 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • In addition to managing all Amazon Country Fulfilment and Transportation operations outside of North America and Europe, took on additional responsibility of Customer Service for Amazon across all its verticals (Consumer, Digital& Devices, Amazon Business and Shipping & Delivery Services) with > 2 Billion customer engagements per year in 24 languages with a workforce of + 100,000 associates spread across 43 countries while reducing costs by 4 % and improving productivity by 4 %.
Customer Fulfilment OperationsProductivity ImprovementCost ReductionCustomer ServiceSupply Chain ManagementCustomer Service Management

Vice President - APAC , MENA and LATAM Customer Fulfilment Operations

Feb 2020May 2024 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Expansion of existing role to take responsibility for all Amazon Customer Fulfilment Operations in APAC (India, Japan, Singapore and Australia), MENA (UAE, Saudi Arabia and Egypt) and LATAM (Mexico and Brazil) regions with new expansion planned for South Africa.
Customer Fulfilment OperationsSupply Chain ManagementOperations Management

Vice President - Asia Operations, Amazon

Jan 2019Jan 2020 · 1 yr

  • Responsible for Supply Chain, Fulfilment Centre Operations and Transportation Operations for Amazon in Asia ( India and Japan)
Supply ChainFulfilment Centre OperationsTransportation OperationsSupply Chain ManagementOperations Management

Vice President - India Operations, Amazon

Promoted

Jul 2016Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Responsible for Supply Chain, Fulfilment Centre Operations and Transportation Operations for Amazon in India and innovating Last mile Delivery solutions
Supply ChainFulfilment Centre OperationsTransportation OperationsSupply Chain ManagementOperations Management

Director Operations - India

Jul 2013Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 11 mos

  • Responsible for the rapid scaling up of India Operations for Amazon in their 1st three years of launch (Supply Chain and Fulfilment Centre Operations ) and building the Operations Leadership team for network scaleup.
Supply ChainFulfilment Centre OperationsLast Mile Delivery SolutionsSupply Chain ManagementOperations Management

Kec international ltd.

Senior Vice President - Supply Chain & Wind EPC Business

Dec 2009Jun 2013 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Heading the Supply Chain SBU for KEC International, a group company of RPG Enterprises. KEC is a leading global company in the area of EPC in Power Transmission, Distribution, Telecom and Railways .
Supply ChainFulfilment Centre OperationsSupply Chain ManagementOperations Management

Nepal lever ltd.

Unit Manager

Jan 1996Jan 1999 · 3 yrs

Hindustan unilever ltd

General Manager -Supply Chain Excellence

Jan 1990Jan 2009 · 19 yrs

Supply ChainEPC BusinessSupply Chain ManagementOperations Management

Education

University of Kashmir

B.E. — Mechanical

Jan 1985Jan 1989

Holy Cross High School, Dimapur

Jan 1977Jan 1982

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