Arvind Charanyan V

CEO

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India16 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Led Flipkart to become India's largest smartphone retailer.
  • Drove Myntra's growth as a lifestyle destination.
  • Expert in e-commerce and FMCG market strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C e-commerce and FMCG growth strategist.

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Product ManagementCompetitive AnalysisBusiness AnalysisBrand DevelopmentBusiness StrategySales ManagementKey Account ManagementStrategySupply Chain ManagementRetailCRMFMCGCustomer InsightCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)

About

A sales and marketing professional with PGDM in Marketing from IIM Lucknow, I have worked with Unilever in India for 6 years and the Flipkart group for 8 years. Currently I lead business for Rocket Growth at Coupang. In my last role, I was the Chief Business Officer at Flipkart Health+, a health tech venture of Flipkart group. Before that, I led the revenue and growth charter for Myntra - aspiring to make Myntra the destination for all things lifestyle in India! Before that, I led the men’s apparel and beauty categories at Myntra. For close to 3.5 years, I led the demand generation charter for smartphones at Flipkart and was successful in making Flipkart the single largest retailer of smartphones in the country. In my last role at HUL, I handled brand building for Vim, HUL's Iconic dishwash brand. Prior to that, I handled the largest modern trade accounts for HUL in Mumbai and Greater Mumbai region. An Electronics and Communication Engineer from the prestigious College of Engineering Guindy Chennai, batch of 2006, I have worked for close to 2 years with a Telecom networking company called Continuous Computing, developing protocol stack solutions for Telecom applications. Specialties: • Strong understanding of ecommerce and category management • Significant experience in handling smartphones category • Knowledge of the Indian FMCG environment • Customer Development – fostering relationships with key customers • Negotiation with Customers • Sales and Distribution management • Developing and executing Micro-marketing plans across channels and customers • Leading large teams, managing change and transitions • Consumer, Customer and Shopper Insights • BTL activation at the Point of Purchase • Brand Strategy, Brand Equity, Media Planning and Brand Activation

Experience

Firstclub technology private limited

Building FirstClub

Apr 2025Present · 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • Democratizing High Quality for millions of Indians!
  • Looking to hire rockstars across Engineering, Product, Design, Marketing, Content, Growth, Quick commerce Inventory planning. If you are keen, write to us at careers@firstclub.co.in

Coupang

Vice President - Rocket Growth

Jan 2024Mar 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · Seoul, South Korea · On-site

Flipkart

Vice President at Flipkart & Chief Business Officer - Flipkart Health+

Jan 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Myntra

3 roles

Vice President

Apr 2021Dec 2021 · 8 mos

Senior Director - Head of Revenue & Growth

Promoted

Nov 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Aspiring to make Myntra the destination for all things lifestyle in India!
  • I head the revenue charter for Myntra and am responsible for topline and bottom line deliverables and for the customer metrics on the platform.
  • Responsible for Customer Lifecycle Management at Myntra – driving the KRAs on acquisition, retention and reactivation.
  • Responsible for CRM – handling the push notification channel, email, SMS, In-App Notifications
  • Responsible for closely working with the product teams to put the roadmap across all charters and drive adoption of the features built across charters.
  • Directly lead the pricing for the platform – and hence responsible for driving GMV and CM for the platform
  • Heading the Visual Merchandizing/Storefront for Myntra – driving the right balance between content and commerce on the platform and responsible for driving storefront commerce and engagement metrics.
  • Leading all the strategic sale events at Myntra – including End of Reason Sale and Big Fashion Festival
  • Responsible for driving the traffic charter for Myntra – responsible for driving the right mix of different cohort of users in the DAU/MAU
  • Responsible for the growth analytics charter which works on building frameworks/models for acquisition, retention, storefront, category teams to build upon for their objectives
  • Responsible for the end to end demand generation for all categories – heading the sellside for all the categories – driving category level GMV/CM goals, go to market for launches and category led events, and finally driving a strong cohort-led approach to category demand generation.

Senior Director, Category Management

May 2019Nov 2019 · 6 mos

Flipkart

3 roles

Senior Director

Promoted

Apr 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bangalore

Director, Mobiles

Jul 2017Mar 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bangalore

  • Making Flipkart the preferred choice for consumers when it comes to buying mobiles!

Associate Director

Jan 2016Jun 2017 · 1 yr 5 mos · Bangalore

  • Category Marketing and Sellside for Smartphones and IOT at Flipkart

Hindustan unilever ltd

4 roles

Senior Brand Manager, Household Care

Promoted

Dec 2014Jan 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo

  • I handle Brand Building for Vim, Unilever's Dish wash brand in India. Responsible for market share and P&L delivery for the Vim portfolio of powders, bars and liquids.

Customer Development Manager, Modern Trade

Promoted

May 2011Nov 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Managing Key Accounts for the largest Modern Trade Area - Mumbai - for HUL - with an annual turnover of INR 500 Cr.
  • Responsible for fostering and managing customer relations with leading domestic retailers including Big Bazaar, D Mart, ABRL, Reliance Retail, Hypercity and international retailers like TESCO, Walmart etc.
  • Responsible for setting up Distribution infrastructure in Mumbai and Thane to service the Modern Trade clients in Mumbai and Greater Mumbai regions
  • Leading a team of 12 Field Sales/Key Account Executives handling 4 distributors and 14 Key Account customers - responsible for delivering HUL market Share, HUL sales delivery and terms of trade negotiations with customers
  • Activating HUL brands at the Point of Purchase and ensuring better merchandizing for HUL products in-store through an extended team of 2 Field Managers, 12 Field Supervisors and 300+ merchandizers.
  • Responsible for driving HUL growth in key customers through conceptualization and execution of Joint Business Plans
  • Development and execution of Trade Promotions in the MT Independents channel
  • Development of micromarketing plans for MT Channel and deploying shopper based channel strategies across key customers
  • Involved in Planning and Forecasting of sales for Key Accounts in the region

Business Leadership Trainee - Sales & Marketing

May 2010Apr 2011 · 11 mos

  • Customer Development:
  • Managed General Trade Sales for Rural Vijayawada and Rajahmundry in Coastal Andhra for 5 months handling 14 distributors directly with an annual turnover of INR 120 Cr
  • Responsible for driving HUL growth across all Product categories in Rural Andhra through the Rural RTM and Shakti Channel - handling 14 distributors, 50 Salesmen and 5 Rural Sales promoters to cover 100+ Shakti Entrepreneurs
  • Increased coverage by 50% in Rural AP – through the mahaCoverage project and the Shakti channel, appointing Shakti Entrepreneurs in 16 villages with less than 5000 population
  • Customer Marketing:
  • Devised ways of winning with the Shoppers at the point of purchase – by designing a visibility program for our brands at the point of purchase across 2 Lakh outlets in the country - called "Better Stores", this program was implemented across the country in the GT Channel within 2 months
  • Brand Building:
  • Launched the Lipton Ice Tea brand in India working closely with the parent Pepsi Lipton International - was responsible for developing the mix for deployment in India.
  • Devised the media plan for the launch liaising with Mindshare
  • Developed the launch plan for MT & GT Channels in India basis the consumer trials based volumes
  • Consumer Insights:
  • Worked with the Asia-AMET Deos Team in Manila, Philippines – to develop innovation ideas for different Deo Benefit platforms
  • Understood the Deos Category and the different Benefit Platforms in which Unilever operates and could operate in future – including Natural Traditional Medicinal Platforms, Whitening platform etc.,
  • Studied the habits and attitudes of Low Income Consumers across Asia w.r.t. Skin Health & Beauty and personal hygiene which helped me funnel ideas relevant for the low income consumers in Asia.
  • Came up with innovative ideas for the Deos category which will be rolled out over the next 5 years in Asia, post Supply Chain feasibility study.

Summer Intern - Brand Marketing

Apr 2009Jun 2009 · 2 mos · Singapore

  • Worked in Unilever Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore in a Brand Development Role in the Fabric Cleaning Category for Indonesia - worked on a Detergent Brand, with focus on sachets to enable an increase in the market share.
  • Studied the detergent brand and the Indonesian Detergent market, developed hypotheses for sachets and washing behaviors of consumers.
  • Qualitatively and Quantitatively analyzed habits and attitudes of the Indonesian consumer - to gain insights on the washing, consumption and purchase pattern of the Indonesian Households.
  • Prepared the consumer panel brief for Nielsen and obtained Consumer Panel Survey (CPS) data related to penetration, consumption and purchase trips for detergents.
  • Processed the CPS data, reinforced observations from the qualitative study and derived the specifications for a SKU to be introduced in the market, prepared the business case for the same with the Gross Margins % and bench-marked it against the current portfolio of detergent SKUs in the Unilever portfolio.
  • Received a Pre-Placement Offer from Hindustan Unilever Ltd to join as a Business Leadership Trainee in May 2010.

Continuous computing

Software Engineer

Dec 2006Apr 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • Developed Media Gateway Protocol and Diameter Protocol Software on the Trillium TAPA Platform

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

PGP — Marketing and Finance

Jan 2008Jan 2010

College of Engineering, Guindy

B.E. — Electronics and Communication

Jan 2002Jan 2006

Sri Vidya Mandir, Salem Steel Plant Campus, Salem, Tamil Nadu

Jan 1988Jan 2002

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