AnanthBabu Lakshmanan

Project Manager

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India10 yrs 4 mos experience
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Key Highlights

  • Led automation projects saving significant man hours.
  • Revamped customer online ordering process, increasing usage from 6% to 75%.
  • Implemented sustainability projects enhancing operational efficiency.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Product Management professional with expertise in Supply Chain and E-commerce.

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Skills

Core Skills

Market AnalysisPublic PolicyBusiness StrategyProject ManagementProduct ManagementLeadershipTeam Management

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAnalytic Problem SolvingAnalytical SkillsAndroidCreative Problem SolvingEngineeringGovernment RelationsJavaLocal GovernmentManagementMarketing StrategyMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft PowerPointNew Product Ideas

Experience

Central square foundation

Project Lead

Nov 2023Present · 2 yrs 4 mos · Panchkula, Haryana, India · On-site

Gdi partners

Senior Consultant

Nov 2022Oct 2023 · 11 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

Market AnalysisPublic PolicyLocal GovernmentGovernment RelationsStrategyAnalytical Skills+2

Boston consulting group (bcg)

External Consultant

May 2022Aug 2022 · 3 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Business StrategyMarket AnalysisTeam ManagementAnalytical SkillsMicrosoft PowerPointStakeholder Management+3

I-pac (indian political action committee)

Principal Associate

Dec 2020Feb 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Business StrategyProduct ManagementMarket AnalysisTeam LeadershipTeam ManagementAnalytical Skills+6

Saint-gobain india private limited - glass business

Manager, IT Planning and Supply chain systems

Jun 2018Nov 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Process Automation - Order processing and dispatch
  • 1) Studied entire order to dispatch process by having hands-on experience on each sub-process; identified gaps using a swim lane diagram; identified automation opportunities
  • 2) Captured, documented & communicated the ruleset/algorithm for automation with the development engineers
  • 3) Automated 40% of outbound truck allocation for dispatch saving 800 man hours; implemented across all plants
  • 4) Eliminated manual intervention for 20% of order processing saving 600 man hours a month
  • 5) Optimized truck loading space based on the dimensions and safety concerns; Increased truck capacity by 10%
  • 6) Auto-suggestion of required Frame assembly inside the trucks; saving 400 man hours a month
  • Sustainability projects
  • 1) Implemented electronic order processing by removing paper-based delivery advice to warehouse and logistics team for 100% of orders
  • 2 ) Conceptualized and implemented system to capture and analyze sales opportunity loss & sustainable packaging loss in the system; implemented feedback loop to implement in future production
  • Customer orientation & Mobile Application
  • 1) Led cross functional team of 15 employees; Revamped & Redesigned the web & mobile application portal for customer online ordering process
  • 2) Pared down existing feature list by 50%; Designed & Developed 10+ critical features such as Chatbots, after-sales service, claims portal increasing portal usage from 6% to 75% in 16 months
  • 3) Conceived of & owned a proof-of-concept predictive ordering feature; Reduced ordering time by 150%
  • 4) Managed weekly status reports in MicroStrategy for CEO and Top Management by synthesizing
  • information from cross functional teams
  • 5) Improvised customer service related KPIs increasing customer service index from 18 to 53 (out of 100) and SPOC for all service related KPIs
  • 6) Editor and Publisher of nationwide inter-firm quarterly service newsletter focusing on the improvisations in the previous quarter
LeadershipProduct ManagementMarket AnalysisTeam ManagementAnalytical SkillsMicrosoft PowerPoint+5

Saint-gobain

Management Associate

May 2017Jun 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · Mumbai Area, India

  • Stint 1 : Saint Gobain Glass
  • Loading bay suggestion system
  • 1) Suggestion of outbound truck loading bay optimizing redundant warehouse movements; reduction by 12%
  • 2) Integrated with IT team to develop automatic suggestion mechanism reducing manual intervention
  • Stint 2 : Gyproc India
  • Sales and marketing strategy for Value added plasters
  • 1) Devised the promotion campaign for value added plaster products; presented in Green building exhibition, Mumbai
  • 2) Collaborated with R&D team to provide EN standard certification (BS EN 1015-1018, ASTM E96) for the products
  • Stint 3 : Grindwell Norton pvt lmt
  • Raw material procurement planning system
  • 1 )Forecasted 3 months RM requirement of both MTO & MTS products; formulated the procurement strategy
  • 2) Developed MicroStrategy reports to visualize material visibility, future availability and procurement plan
LeadershipProduct ManagementTeam ManagementMicrosoft PowerPointStakeholder ManagementProject Management+2

Jumia group

Operations excellence intern

Mar 2016Jun 2016 · 3 mos · Cairo Governorate, Egypt

  • Cost reduction initiatives
  • Reduced packaging cost by 20% by introducing cost-effective and sturdier alternative packaging materials
  • Achieved 3% cost savings by implementing multiple packaging sizes to increase safety of the package
  • Saved 4% by designing new sticky Airway Bill(AWB) and standardized bill structure across all logistics providers
  • Instrumental in proposing new tape with hologram features to save upto 5% of the cost in packaging
  • Inbound and inventory optimization
  • Increased efficiency of warehouse operations by 12% using two tier approach (inbound & inventory management) by analyzing the historical sales and inbound shipments data
  • Alleviated inbound traffic; increased efficiency by 25%; reduced backlog by scheduling drop-off suppliers
  • Improved efficiency by 30% through inbound process reconfiguration to reduce bottlenecks caused by QC
  • Incorporated new scorecard for suppliers based on arrival time, % of accepted quality, demand and support by supplier ; ranked suppliers for quality check priority based on respective scores
  • Remodelled inventory shelf by introducing golden shelves to optimize picking time based on demand & season; performed clustering and association on the historical data of sales available using dataminer
LeadershipProduct ManagementTeam ManagementMicrosoft PowerPointStakeholder ManagementProject Management+2

Wipro

Associate Consultant

Jul 2013May 2015 · 1 yr 10 mos · Chennai ,kolkatta

  • Mobile banking application for leading bank in Thailand
  • SPoC for onsite team in a leading public bank in Thailand; developed mobile application for the bank
  • Formulated innovative features in application like ‘shake & transfer’, ‘transfer through contacts’ & ‘QR code’
  • Developed an app which has been downloaded by 500,000 users and is rated 4.0/5.0 on Play Store
  • Improved quality of the code from 67% to 98% as per software metrics by executing 1250 test cases
  • AIR 4773 out of 470000 candidates in Microsoft Virtual Academy for clearing 2 certification courses
  • Android application for telecom firm in Bangladesh
  • Developed an app to automate the process of tracking inventory in Distribution management system
  • Pioneered tracking and mentoring of 30 users & decreased their manual effort by 28% (3 hours)
  • Trained end users of the application to adapt to the new technology by conducting training sessions
Team ManagementAnalytical SkillsMicrosoft PowerPointProject ManagementMicrosoft Office

Centre for collective development

Student Internship

Nov 2011Dec 2011 · 1 mo · Chennai Area, India

  • Interned in an NGO (CCD) under IIMB professor & performed market research for groundnut products, 2011
  • Performed a complete study on the supply chain network in two cities- Chennai & Coimbatore
  • Estimated the market potential & analysed the pricing strategy of the competitors products through primary research(met 3 competitors, 8 distributors & 2 suppliers of machine)
Team ManagementMicrosoft OfficeAgile Methodologies

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

PGDM

Jan 2015Jan 2017

National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) — Instrumentation Technology/Technician

Jan 2009Jan 2013

TVS Lakshmi matriculation higher secondary school

School — Mathematics and Computer Science

Jan 1995Jan 2009

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