Sep 2024 – Mar 2025 · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• As an advisor to People+AI, an initiative housed under the EkStep Foundation , I contribute to the mission of creating AI-driven solutions that make a meaningful impact on people’s lives. People+AI is focused on leveraging its expertise to develop scalable digital public infrastructure (DPI) and AI solutions for India.

Jan 2023 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · India · On-site

• As CPTO and CIO , I led the transformation of India’s largest B2B pharma commerce platform, leading a team of 350 people across Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore, supported by 17 leading pharmaceutical companies. My focus included optimizing supply chain efficiencies, enabling data democratization, and building a scalable commerce platform that boosted industry transactions and visibility. Key achievements:
• Engineered Commerce Platform: Developed a robust, cost-effective platform from scratch, connecting manufacturers, stockists, and pharmacies, enabling 18-20% of India’s pharma transactions.
• Product Innovation: Launched new products like pharmacy learning, retailer incentivization, and loyalty programs to drive ecosystem engagement.
• Integrated Platform for Distribution: Built an industry-first platform integrating principal manufacturers with distributors via SAP-based integration, ERP integrations, web/mobile apps, and AI/ML solutions, supporting master data management.
• Supply Chain Transformation: Established a tech-driven 3P warehouse consolidating distribution centers, driving significant efficiencies.
• High-Performance Teams: Built and led high-performing teams across product, tech, and operations, contributing to sustained success.
• Strategic Partnerships: Collaborated with ONDC and lending partners to enhance user experience and create new revenue channels.
• Operational Optimization: Led cloud and vendor consolidation, reducing costs and streamlining operations.
• This role enabled me to position Pharmarack as a transformative leader in the pharma industry, leveraging advanced technology and strategic partnerships to achieve sustainable growth.

Jan 2021 – Feb 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Bengaluru, KA, India

• As Director and Head of Enterprise Systems for the AMEA region, I led strategic technology initiatives to drive Kellogg’s business transformation and supply chain modernization across Asia Pacific, Africa, and the Middle East. My responsibilities included:
• Digital Core Transformation: Served as Program Director for the Digital Core initiative using SAP S/4HANA, setting the strategy, roadmap, and delivery framework for Kellogg’s transformation across AMEA, beginning with India.
• Supply Chain Innovation: Directed end-to-end digital supply chain initiatives, including integrated business planning, smart factory implementation, logistics, and enhanced visibility for ocean freight operations.
• Warehouse System Integration: Spearheaded digitization and seamless integration with third-party warehouse systems, including Manhattan and Cardinal, optimizing supply chain efficiency.
• Architecture and Delivery Standards: Established solution architecture and project delivery standards across the region, supporting scalable and consistent technology deployment.
• Service Excellence: Defined service delivery standards for the AMEA region, ensuring alignment with global standards and fostering operational excellence.
• In this role, I contributed to Kellogg’s digital strategy by creating scalable, region-specific technology solutions that support growth, efficiency, and enterprise agility across a complex global supply chain.

Nov 2019 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · India

• Drove WMI readiness for realizing the growth ambition of $XX Bn topline and sustainable healthy bottom-line
• Setup a functional Digital council for Walmart India
• Defined the 3 year roadmap and clear funnel of programs across Stores, E-commerce, Customers, Supply Chain, Finance, Compliance and HR with clear business case based prioritization around Cost/FTE reduction, Revenue and customer experience enhancement
• Drove data democratization and data strategy and execution for WMI
• Drove last mile Intelligent automation for Walmart India- on HANA, RPA, and using open stack technologies
• Set up alternate delivery channels, with hackathons startups and creating University E-Cell Connects
• Setup and drove initiatives like Scan and Go, Digital Member Entry, Omnichannel Promotions, and Supply chain end to end visibility making direct impact on toplines and bottomline
• Drove digital and e-commerce initiatives very closely with Labs and deliver formidable firsts across Global C&C business

Jan 2019 – Nov 2019 · 10 mos

Oct 2014 – Nov 2019 · 5 yrs 1 mo

• Leader for all consumer and customer programs, under the Digital Consumer agenda connecting Distributor, Retailer, Salesmen, Modern Trade and E-commerce for HUL
• Led programs under the Digital Supply Chain Agenda of Unilever
• Defined and delivered complex engagements on Supply Chain transformation, delivering more than __ M EUR + of benefits across Inventory reduction and Efficiency improvement in 2015 and 2016 and 2017
• Delivered Global transformations in Supply chain with Programs across- S&OP, Capacity Planning on Anaplan, APO, Machine learning based Demand Planning /Micro segmentation
• Led reimplementation/correction Supply Planning and Demand Planning across APO
• Defined and delivered large scale training and change management on Inhouse Plan Business School- defining Onboarding, License to Operate and License to Succeed
• Leading the Next generation Global Program of “One Day Planning” with Kinaxis Rapid Response as the concurrent planning with potential benefits for __ M + EUR across 2018-2021
• Defined and leading Devops for global Supply Chain Planning Support function
• Recognized as Top Talent in Unilever

Feb 2011 – Oct 2014 · 3 yrs 8 mos

• Enterprise Architecture and Solution Management for multibillion Conglomerates from all perspectives of Solutioning and IT Strategy, devising complex SAP Architectures and Landscapes, managing Implementation partners and Account teams for Proof of Concepts and Reviewing implementation during Steering Committees.
• Manage Customers from all perspectives for Supply Chain solution strategy, End to End Solution Architecture building up and delivering proof of concepts and managing support turnarounds for high priority problems.
• Anchoring the customer relationship with C-Level from a solutions perspective, deriving the best value proposition for a customer based on the business needs, existing processes and the future business plans
• Contribute to SAP Global Financial hub with innovations, ideas on COPA and finance
• Engage C-level customer executives in discussions understand Business and consultative solutioning
• Manage and guide Partners for engagements, Conceptualizing and delivering PoC scenarios. Attend Steering committees as SAP representative to ensure on time delivery.
• Manage creation and delivery complex concept solution Proof of concepts for customers.
• Host Marketing events as SAP key Speaker for different Industry lines
• Received 1st Prize in SAP Presales Premier League– 2014 Best Solutioning perfect multicontinental stakeholder Management

Feb 2011 – Jan 2014 · 2 yrs 11 mos

• Solution and Landscape Architecting
• Business Analysis
• Build Multi Year IT Strategy and Roadmaps
• Lead multi functional, multi Geography Virtual account teams for sales engagements , prototyping, proof of Concept,demos and closure
• Collaborate and oversee channel partners for Solution prototyping and Solution Presentations. • Coach Partners on effective product demonstration techniques and tools
• Collaborate with Marketing as Speaker in Events
• Deliver in Competitive Sales Engagements

Jun 2001 – Feb 2011 · 9 yrs 8 mos

• Project Management and Program Management
• Managing P&L and Delivery for Systems Integration Projects
• Sales and Pre Sales for New SI Assignments
• Relationship building with CXOs of client organizations
• Representative Projects:
• Worked in Accenture Consulting as Manager (SAP implementations) prior to this. Deft in Relationship Management, planning, managing and executing complex projects and multi Geography Teams, process mapping, process improvements, scope management, resource management and transition management.
• Led a 40+ member team, managing Senior stakeholder – CFO/CIO/ CSCO for the Big Bang end to end SAP ERP, COPA, BI, SEM,HR and CRM Implementation across geographies (India, US, UK, Canada and Europe) for a Uk based Pharma company. Was also the Finance lead and designed a robust financials and reporting architecture for Goldshield.
• Landed The project “Dabur Global Rollouts Program” which was an Endeavour to put into place globally the frozen Dabur India processes as per the Global template, streamline and map the delta processes pertaining to the country into SAP. The Global Rollouts included rollouts for Dabur Egypt, Dabur Nepal, Dabur Pakistan, Dabur Nigeria and Dabur Bangladesh based on Global Template created by Accenture
• IBM
• Project: IS Retail implementation | Role: FI and COPA team lead
• Client: RK Foodland Pvt. Ltd
• This was the first IS retail implementation in India, across FICO, WM, MM, SAP-ISR, BW and PI. I led the FI-CO and in this program. This implementation was awarded the Best SAP implementation in 2006 by SAP.
• Client: Nestle | Role: Consultant & FICO team Member
• Project: SAP R/3 rollouts, Migration and support
• Nestle is the biggest SAP implementation in the world and a feather in the cap of IBM.
• C-DOT
• Research Engineer( Aug 2001 - June 2003)