Sharan L A

Associate Consultant

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India2 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

Led major business transformations in retail sector.
Achieved significant EBITDA improvements for clients.
Expert in supply chain and operations management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Retail and Transportation Operations Specialist with strong consulting and transformation expertise.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business TransformationManagement ConsultingE-commerce ConsultingBusiness StrategyMarket AnalysisSupply Chain ManagementSap GtsProject ManagementLean ManufacturingChange ManagementOperations ManagementStakeholder Management

Other Skills

8D Problem SolvingConfiguration ManagementContinuous ImprovementCost-Benefit AnalysisCross-functional Team LeadershipData InterpretationData VisualizationDecision-MakingDelivery PerformanceFinancial AccountingGlobal trade operationsImpact AssessmentIndustrial KPIsMan ManagementManufacturing

About

Sharan is a MBA graduate from IIM Bangalore, Batch of 2025, showcasing a strong passion for enhancing business performance and driving excellence. He's eager to combine his on-the-ground expertise with strategic insights from his education at IIM-B to drive large-scale business transformations. He led to a supply chain, topline & EBITDA transformation, growth strategy for a leading Indian fashion apparel retailer during his summer internship as a management consultant at Strategy&, resulting in Pre-Placement Offer as a FTE. Prior to this, he spearheaded operations for 10+ international and domestic metro and rail transport projects at Alstom for 2 years, leading teams of 70+. His experience includes across project change management, greenfield, value-stream mapping, digital transformation, process stabilization, capacity optimization, lean implementation, and cross-functional collaboration to achieve SQCD targets. He also gained valuable SAP functional expertise in SD,MM, GTS & S4 HANA procurement at TCS. He holds a bachelor degree in Mechanical engineering from PSG College of Technology

Experience

Strategy&

2 roles

Associate

Apr 2025 – Oct 2025 · 6 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Sector Focus
1. Consumer Retail- Fashion, E commerce
E2E Ecommerce business transformation, topline growth strategy by 500./. with EBITDA upside turnaround in 3 years for a leading Indian Men's fashion & apparel house of brands
2. Consumer Retail - Home Furniture
Unlocked $250Bn opportunity for a Fortune 100 retailer by capturing US' new home movers in early stage of buying journey through integration of retailer's furniture in real estate listings by partnering with an AI player.
3. Consumer Retail - Jewellery
Developed a blue print for a leading Danish player for market entry to India
4. Consumer Retail - Bags & Luggage
Crafted digital marketing strategy, omni-maturity assessment to grow ecommerce sales for a leading Indian legacy luggage brand
5. FMEG
Maturity assessment across listings, omni-capabilities to grow Ecommerce sales for 2 leading FMEG Indian players
6. Value retailer
E commerce & offline retail growth strategy by penetration to North East Indian market.

Strategy ConsultingBusiness StrategyManagement ConsultingRetailE-Commerce ConsultingBusiness Transformation

Summer Associate

Apr 2024 – May 2024 · 1 mo · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Sector Focus - Consumer Retail - Fashion, E commerce
Awarded with Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) for exemplary performance
Comprehensive e-com growth strategy, EBITDA transformation for an Indian women's wear fashion & apparel retailer; Worked with the CEO of the client
Devised & implemented quick-win strategies from sourcing to liquidation, scaled up GMV by 30./. , reduced returns by 15./. & improved cost to recovery by ~35./.
Formulated vendor governance, 10+ metrics for 50+ vendors, consolidated supplier base, launched strategic partnerships, boosted client's capacity by 2X

Management ConsultingBusiness StrategyRetailE-Commerce ConsultingBusiness TransformationStrategy Consulting

Tata consultancy services

SAP Functional Consultant

Nov 2022 – May 2023 · 6 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Sector Focus - Cross country logistics, Global Trade Services
ERP solutions for Sales & Distribution, Procurement management of a US Fortune 500 consumer durables firm

Global trade operationsSupply Chain ManagementSAP GTSSAP S/4HANASourcing and procurementSAP Sales & Distribution+1

Alstom

3 roles

EPU Manager - Manufacturing

Promoted

Oct 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr

Managed business operation team of 100+, ensuring KPIs are in control.
Skilled in workforce management thereby maintaining Manufacturing Utilisation ratio & spent time in correlation with the Process time within the target and achieving the takt/required monthly output.
Enforced Productivity improvement, PT & Cycle time reduction through VA NVA Analysis & Continuous improvements.
Skilled across Manpower planning, Effective utilization, 4M Planning, Lean tools, 5s Adherence, Worst operation analysis, De-bottlenecking & Process Optimizations.
Exposure & Adherence towards APSYS (Alstom Performance System), Digital tools (Advanced Operation System & SAP GSI)
Management of Coradia stream Roof and Underframe Traction, Auxillary Converters manufacturing for major export and Indian projects
Trein Italia (Italy)
InterCity Neuie Generatie (Netherlands & Belgium)
Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM Italy),
X60 SL(Sweden)
XKR (Germany)
Chemins de fer Luxembourgeois (CFL Luxembourg)
Aqua Line 3 Mumbai Metro (MML3 India)
Hanoi Metro (Vietnam)
Power Module assembly for
PALIX Variant modules(WAG12 E-Loco,Indian Railways)
ONIX Variant modules(Export Projects)
Ensuring Safety, Quality, Cost and Delivery fundamental targets are met in line with targets.

Lean ManufacturingTeam ManagementData VisualizationProject ManagementContinuous ImprovementSAP ERP+5

GET - Change & Configuration Management

Apr 2021 – Sep 2021 · 5 mos

Change Implementation and Configuration Management in Retrofitment, Out of Sequence and Serialization mode for "Indian Railways E-Locomotives WAG12" Project
Providing Commercial Cost Impact analysis to the firm, deriving and deciding Rank Of Applicability (ROA) for Change Implementation to product in projects at site level with Change Configuration Board (CCB).

Change ManagementProject ManagementImpact AssessmentConfiguration ManagementCost-Benefit Analysis

Graduate Engineer Trainee - EPU Manager (Bogie)

Oct 2020 – Mar 2021 · 5 mos

EPU Manager, Bogie Production unit (Rolling Stock Division). Managing Bogie team for projects Réseau Express Métropolitan (Montreal), Mumbai Aqua Line 3, Sydney Metro City and Southwest (CSW).
Ensuring On time delivery with high-class quality. Providing lean solutions for spent time optimization in line, enabling continuous improvements in line to reduce NVA.

Stakeholder ManagementStrategic PlanningOperations ManagementUtilization ManagementSAP ERP