Vikas Pakalapati

Business Development Executive

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 6 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Led sustainability programs achieving $10M in annual savings.
  • Successfully transformed procurement processes boosting visibility.
  • Experienced in managing cross-functional teams and projects.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a versatile professional in Consulting and Startup ecosystems with expertise in Strategy, Growth, and Digital Transformation.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

Category ManagementP&l ManagementDigital TransformationProcurement TransformationSustainabilitySupply Chain ManagementClient ManagementMerchandising StrategyProduct ManagementMarketing StrategyContracts Management

Other Skills

E-CommerceRetail Category ManagementProcurementManagement ConsultingBusiness StrategyBusiness InsightsTeamworkTime ManagementProduct DevelopmentOperationsPresentationsBusiness RequirementsReport PreparationBusiness ProcessProduct Service

About

Aspiring VC | Founder-First | Strategy & Growth Enthusiast Areas of interest - B2B, SaaS, consumer internet, climate tech, and health tech. I believe in backing bold, improbable ideas that have the potential to shape industries. My investment approach is collaborative and value-driven, supporting founders without unnecessary interference. Startups need partners, not gatekeepers—and I am here to facilitate growth, not dictate it.

Experience

7 yrs 6 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
1 yr 2 mos
Current Experience

Zepto

Senior Category Manager

Mar 2025Present · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Lead category management for the dairy segment, focusing on supplier relationships, inventory -management, and process optimization.
  • Manage P&L, driving category growth, revenue, and developing assortment strategies.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to streamline operations, leveraging data for continuous improvement.
E-CommerceRetail Category ManagementProcurementCategory ManagementP&L Management

Thoucentric

Digital Transformation Consultant

Sep 2023Mar 2025 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

  • Client Projects:
  • Management Consultant- Manufacturing Analytics – Industry 4.0 - Program Manager
  • Spearheaded strategy for energy efficiency, led Sustainability program for 34 global manufacturing sites.
  • Led integration of IoT & analytics -Power BI, TwinThread to develop an autonomous command center.
  • Built digital twin models for factory energy consumption, aligning with ESG goals & cost-efficiency.
  • Delivered 10M$ in annual savings, positioning the program to achieve 24M$ & 15% energy reduction by 2026
  • Business Consultant- Procurement transformation
  • Led procurement transformation, optimizing strategic sourcing workflows to align with business goals.
  • Led stakeholder interviews to gather buss. req., enabling streamlined, data-driven procurement enhancements.
  • Spearheaded cross-functional collaboration to meet SLAs, boosting visibility with dashboards for KPI tracking.
  • Enhanced Strategic sourcing, SRM, CLM by integrating DocuSign CLM, Scoutbee, ServiceNow and SAP Ariba
  • Drove 200% system adoption, 30% NPS increase, aligning procurement with business & cost-saving targets
  • Management Consultant- Procurement - Financial and Ops Reporting –streamlining and Transition
  • Established Reporting PMO -Capex, MRO, services procurement, aligning with strategic initiatives & goals.
  • Designed dashboards, reports for KPI’s: savings, spend, catalogue utilization, PSL, TAT & sustainability.
  • Streamlined reporting processes, facilitating vendor transition, and improving data accuracy and efficiency.
  • Internal:
  • Business Development: Proposal creation for new business opportunities, partnerships, offering development:
  • Process Flow Design: Designed end-to-end BPMN for yard management, creating a new capability offering.
  • New Partnerships: Lead generation coordinate meetings with C-suite & BD teams, joint GTM strategies.
Management ConsultingBusiness StrategyBusiness InsightsTeamworkTime ManagementProduct Development+9

Infosys consulting

Business Consultant

Mar 2021Mar 2023 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • Responsibilities
  • Driving SCM Transformation: by coordinating with Internal & external, Business & Tech stakeholders
  • Client Management: Primary POC for clients, Finalizing deployment plan, timelines, architecture and
  • SLA’s. Ensuring continuous delivery through iterative solutions to maintain business continuity.
  • Internal stakeholders: Weekly reporting for- PMO, Steer-co., monitoring KPI’s, dependencies & risks
  • BA: Daily review, coordinating with 4 tech teams for bug resolution through iterative solutions, Proactive measures to identify and mitigate risks: adhering to SLA, escalations for priority and resource allocations.
  • Firm building: Designed training modules to facilitate training sessions for SCM -process decomposition for
  • on boarding new consultants into respective projects in manufacturing domain.
  • Achievements
  • Successful deployments in 6 Global markets: 2 Asian ,1 Europe market, and 3 North & South America’s
  • Identified, tracked, and facilitated resolution for 5 critical incidents,10 product bugs & 100+ deployment bugs
Management ConsultingBusiness StrategyBusiness InsightsTeamworkTime ManagementProduct Development+8

Licious - born to meat

Category Merchandising Intern

Jul 2020Sep 2020 · 2 mos

  • Managing merchandising strategy: Product placements, discounts, promotions and banner advertisements.
  • Revenue planning: Revenue planning on a weekly and daily basis targeting aggressive growth.
  • Achieving revenue targets: Defined and streamlined process to achieve revenue targets planned on a daily basis.
  • Wastage reduction: reduced the wastage by 10% from 5L to 4.5L per week by streamlining the process the process
Business InsightsTeamworkTime ManagementOperationsPresentationsStartups+3

Mwoke

Founder

Apr 2020Apr 2021 · 1 yr

  • Hypothesis Idea- Giving News Through Memes Targeting GenZ, Insta. page- MWoke, MVP failed to achieve PMF
  • 0-1 PM: Product Vision, Market Research: Built a B2C Android app, managing from idea validation to marketing.
  • Conducted user research, prioritized MVP features & designed go-to-market strategy for early adopters.

Reculta

Product Management Intern

Jun 2019Jun 2019 · 0 mo · Gurgaon, India

  • Product Improvement & Business Development for Reculta placement management software
  • Converted 2 clients worth sales of 6 Lacs by Pitching placement management product to 10+ clients
  • Managed a tech team of 3, prioritized and implemented 10+ product improvements and 50+ bug fixes
  • Managed 2 clients, prioritized their requirements and delivered customized products in 2 weeks
Business InsightsTeamworkTime ManagementProduct DevelopmentPresentationsStartups+3

Info edge india ltd

Marketing Intern

Apr 2019May 2019 · 1 mo · Noida Area, India

  • Marketing Strategy to Increase Owner Acquisition on 99 acres
  • Benchmarked & analyzed Website, Msite & App with 3 competitors & suggested 10+ product changes
  • Surveyed 2L+ cust. digitally; interviewed 100 owners to calculate NPS, prioritize features & pain points
  • Designed a dashboard to monitor the Budget, CTR, CPC, CPL of 9 campaigns deployed in GA & FB
  • Achieved 650K+ impressions, 4K+ clicks by designing & deploying 3 creatives with value propositions
  • Created 2 consumer personas; suggested the ideal timing and new packages to pitch to the customers
Business InsightsTeamworkTime ManagementPresentationsReport PreparationGrowth Strategies+1

Indian oil corp limited

CONTRACTS OFFICER

Jul 2015May 2018 · 2 yrs 10 mos · BARODA, GUJARAT · On-site

  • Responsibilities:
  • Tendering: lining up of agencies, coordinating with bidders & tender committee, evaluating bidders
  • Organizing & leading negotiations and pre-bid meetings with sr. management and placing Work Orders
  • Worked with 2 staff & 5 contract labour for 3 months in On the Job Training in Electrical Maintenance
  • Achievements:
  • 71 Contracts awarded with total Awarded Work order value of ₹ 33.77 Crore to various PLC and MNC’s
  • ₹ 1.59 Crore savings through Negotiations in 15 contracts for a total tendered value of ₹ 15.13 Crores
  • Increased productivity of contracts department by 10% through outsourcing & by introducing checklists
  • Headed 10+ pre-bid meetings, lined up 5+ consulting firms and Communicated with 200+ firms
NegotiationTeamworkTime ManagementOperationsContracts Management

Education

Faculty of Management Studies - University of Delhi

Master of Business Administration - MBA

VC Lab

VC Fellow — Venture capital

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Stackforce found 100+ more professionals with Category Management & P&l Management

Explore similar profiles based on matching skills and experience