May 2019 – Mar 2020 · 10 mos · Chandigarh Area, India

• Building India ‘s Largest Wholesale B2B Company selling complete range of appliances including Home and Kitchen appliances , Hardware ,Sanitary ware and Industry Supply. Pumpkart marketplace brings the retailers directly in touch with the Brands allowing the brands to leverage the reach of Pumkart and retailers get the access to better pricing. Pumpkart's USP is its service model where all brands sold from the platform can be serviced at the Pumpkart service centers thus providing the retailer a hassle free sales for all the products they buy on the platform.
• Pumpkart came into Limelight when Google CEO Sundar Pichai cited Pumpkart's success story in his speech before PM Narendra Modi at the 'Digital India' dinner for top tech CEOs at San Jose, California, USA.
• Pumpkart signed up Mr. Kapil Dev (Former Indian Cricketer) as Brand Ambassador of Pumpkart .
• AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
• 1. Pumpkart got best startup company from North by Google India in 2014.
• 2. Pumpkart was also in Top 20 upcoming startups by Times Group in 2014.
• 3. Pumpkart got Flame Leadership award from RMAI (Rural Marketing Association of India) in 2015.
• 4. Asian Retail Congress awarded Pumpkart for Most Top 25 Influential Ecommerce Companies from India in 2015.
• 5. ASSOCHAM Chandigarh – Awarded Pumpkart Startup of the year in 2016.
• 6. Pumpkart is the face of the Digital Unlocked page of the Google launched by Sundar Pichai, in Taj Palace Hotel in January 2017.
• 7. Chamber of Industrial Commerce and Undertaking has awarded Pumpkart as Most promising Brand of Punjab, 2017.
• 8. Amity University awarded Leadership Award to Pumpkart in 2018.
• 9. Pumpkart represented India in SDG business forum organized at United Nations.
• 10. Pumpkart has been listed in the Super 30 Companies from Asia in year 2018.

Oct 2016 – Jun 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Phagwara

• Exhibited leadership in building scalable startup culture and an ecosystem within the University from scratch
• Envisioned, developed and implemented policies, objectives & goals of a startup incubator while ensuring availability of sufficient funds for establishing the ecosystem
• Developed network of over:
• o 25 organizations
• o 30 professionals, angel investors and venture capitalists as Mentor for students across various programs
• Liaised with Consultants and Government Agencies to enable added benefits of various government schemes and interventions for students
• Applied and secured a 7 Crore grant under the NIDHI TBI Scheme for the University.
• Monitored competency grids and identified training needs for competency up-gradation with creation of world class training program that includes in-person workshops, online formats such as self-paced courses and webinars
• Nurtured 25 companies including Alumni of LPU within the Startup Incubator through 3 rounds
• Steered efforts in estbalishing national level proprietary business event – “Indian Entrepreneurship Summit” in coordination with startup community across India & students of LPU

Dec 2014 – Mar 2021 · 6 yrs 3 mos · India

• The Locus Learning Academy is a low cost chain of preschools which is focused on improving the quality of education in Rural India. It is based out of Hoshiarpur in the state of Punjab.
• Accomplishments:
• Identified a key problem in the Indian Education system hidden from the view of most of the agencies working towards uplifting the quality of the Indian Education.
• Have been able to successfully execute the Pilot of Low Cost Rural Pre-schools in record time.
• Developed a curriculum for pre-school which is completely oriented to a rural environment.
• Developed a Rural pre-school at 1/15th of the set up cost of an urban Area
• Turned the project operationally profitable within 6 months as against the target of 24 months even at a fee which is 1/10th of the fee of an urban area Pre-school.
• Failed at 3 other projects which were piloted along with the aforementioned to improve the Learning outcomes of rural students.
• Established 3 schools within 18 months of starting the project.

Jan 2010 – Mar 2014 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Mumbai

• Accountability:
• Provide executive leadership as head of Operations for the largest Office Supplies Organization serving over 1200 large Enterprises a month.
• Responsible for Heading Merchandising for 4 Verticals – Basic Office Supplies, Technology, Managed Print Services and Corporate Gifting.
• Designing and implementing the pricing Strategy across all verticals to align them to the Budget requirements of the Organization.
• Responsible for Managing Warehouses across 10 Cities and Logistics across 350 cities across India so as to meet the customized SLAs for each of our customers.
• Interfacing with the Finance, IT, HR and Sales Team Leaders and ensuring that the strategic operations roadmap is progressing as per the plan.
• Enforcing performance indicators for each role in operations as well as ensuring greater focus on business results and 100% involvement.
• Leading 24 Supervisors and a staff of 135 employees spread across 10 facilities in India.
• Driving strategic initiatives for the organization to propel it ahead of the competition in operational excellence.
• Carrying out continuous audits to ensure compliance and sound functioning of the process.
• Supervising the development and installation of operations focused modules in the ERP and in the CRM tool – Salesforce.com.

Dec 2006 – Jan 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo

• Accountability:
• As Head - Operations (Projects)
• Handled the budget, ensuring financial accountability and set-up operating procedures for the projects.
• Lead the Sourcing effort for all the Projects and Contracts.
• Served as Merchandising & Operations Head for interacting with all the International Gifting Council (IGC) Group Companies.
• Interfaced with Local, State and National Agencies for successful program development and execution.
• Liaised with various departments during incubation stage of projects for accessing the resource requirement and completion schedule.
• As Head - Operations (e-Tail)
• Conceptualization and Implementation of a unique Brand-Store concept for Corporate Gifting and Merchandising.
• Established the processes for e-Tail from product sourcing to delivery.
• Facilitated the up-gradation of product portfolio by adding new categories and products.
• Sustained high quality standard of products supplied to the end consumer.
• Addressed 3rd level escalations, developed the operations structure and delivered all orders (bulk / online) within the SLAs.
• Conceptualized the job descriptions, reporting formats and KRAs as per the approved structure.
• Leading the Merchandising and Sourcing effort for all the Brand Stores.
• Recruiting and training the operations staff for etail operations across all levels.
• Overseeing budget and ensuring financial accountability of various projects.
• Developing methods to ascertain vendor efficiency and quality and work towards improving them.
• Design and implement the Order management, fulfillment and Delivery Mechanism for all the Brand Stores.
• Inventory Management for all the Brandstores and maintain a healthy inventory turnover cycle.

May 2006 – Nov 2006 · 6 mos

• Leading a team of Functional and Technical experts towards conceptualizing and designing a SAP based RFID solution for the Retail vertical.
• Undertaking resource requirement analysis and resource allocation.
• Designing the roadmap of the project with objectives and schedule.
• Bridging the gap between the technical and functional perspective of the various facets of the Project.
• Attainments:
• Successfully cleared various internal analysis examinations including the Sales and Distribution module in the ERP product of SAP R/3.
• Selected by the SAP vertical head to be a part of the New Product development team.
• Accredited to work along with a Global team on a project on Pepsi.

Jan 2004 – Jun 2004 · 5 mos

• Developing the theoretical assessment methodology and curriculum for both NDA and CDS beginner and advance batches.
• Overseeing operations scheduling and Premises management.
• Networking with Local authorities to fulfill the requirements of conducting simulated tests.

Jan 2003 – Dec 2003 · 11 mos

• Acting as a mentor and Career counselor to 40 students.
• Handling office operations and managed a staff of 6.

Sep 2001 – Dec 2002 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Handling 150 workers per shift on the shop floor.
• Responsible for planning, quality control and supervision of Yarn Manufacturing process.
• Functioning as member of TQM team, successfully implemented two critical projects aimed at increasing the productivity and efficiency of the “Melange Production Line”.
• Developing “Machine set up formulae” for 37 old non-automatic machines.