Himanshu M.

Associate Partner

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India16 yrs 10 mos experience
AI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Over 17 years of diverse industry experience.
  • Expert in building decision frameworks and customer understanding models.
  • Strong focus on AI-enabled workflows for strategic choices.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in AI-driven market research and customer intelligence.

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Skills

Core Skills

Research Project ManagementManaging AssociatesPricing StrategyQuantitative ResearchProject ManagementNew Business DevelopmentStrategic Planning

Other Skills

Director levelBusiness AnalyticsStoryboardingCustomer Segmentation StrategyInnovation ManagementStrategyPredictive AnalyticsSalesforce.comP&L ManagementDigital StrategyDigital TransformationCustomer ExperienceFunnel OptimizationResearch SystemsAdvanced Reporting

About

I work at the intersection of AI, customer intelligence, product thinking and market research - helping organizations move from intuition-driven decisions to structured, system-driven clarity. Over 17 years across research agencies, aviation, pharma, service commerce and Co-Living, I’ve learned that businesses rarely lack data : what they lack is a way to connect the dots. My strength lies in building decision frameworks, customer understanding models and AI-enabled workflows that simplify complexity and support better strategic choices. Whether it's customer experience, category launches, funnel optimization or research systems, I enjoy converting ambiguity into clear, actionable structures. I’ve led consumer intelligence functions, partnered with CXOs on transformation initiatives, and built multiple reusable frameworks that improve how teams think, decide, and grow. My focus is on building clarity, strengthening decision systems and applying AI in ways that create meaningful value for customers and organizations. I remain curious about how AI, research, and product thinking can come together to improve how organizations understand and serve their customers. That curiosity drives most of my work.

Experience

16 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 6 mos
Average Tenure
1 yr 10 mos
Current Experience

Yukio

Head of Research

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India · On-site

  • Yukio is a community living experiences company powered by managed rental principles.
Managing AssociatesResearch Project ManagementDirector level

Ziki

Head of Research

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region, India · On-site

  • A Futuristic Residential Living App Co. with an AI first principles solving daily & long term needs
Managing AssociatesResearch Project ManagementDirector level

Sirrus.ai

Head of Research

Jun 2024Present · 1 yr 10 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region · On-site

  • A Proptech platform with AI first principles solving problems and providing seamless robust capabilities for real estate and adjacent industries
Managing AssociatesResearch Project ManagementDirector level

Sanofi

Consumer Insights & New product planning Lead

Nov 2021Jun 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • I am leading the Customer Insights team in Diabetes space with a focus on increasing the brand share as well as the category expansion. In line with our philosophy of "Best in the world or first in the world", I am on a journey of uncovering the insights towards the path to growth.
Pricing StrategyProject ManagementBusiness AnalyticsStoryboardingCustomer Segmentation StrategyInnovation Management+2

Freelance consulting

Freelance Consultant

Mar 2021Oct 2021 · 7 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

  • Freelancing as Insights & Analytics consultant, worked with some of the prominent Media houses, research agencies as well as consulting houses.
Business Analytics

Goair

Deputy General Manager

Jun 2019Mar 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • I was mandated y the organisation to establish the in house market research function with a focus on bringing in a cultural shift of relying on data driven decision making. I took the opportunity with both hands by bringing in the immediate changes by showcasing the true meaning of data by mining the internal databases of 45+ million passengers and gave a direction to targeting them. Next set of task included setting up few performance measurement systems in place (Brand health audit, CSAT/NPS) which set the tone of the business spends for the coming years while making efficient use of the money.
  • Giving a strategic shape to pricing the routes and strategic discovery of new routes to fly were some other aspects I actively participated in.
Pricing StrategyProject ManagementBusiness AnalyticsStoryboardingCustomer Segmentation StrategyPredictive Analytics+3

Gfk

Key Account Manager

Jul 2018Jun 2019 · 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • I was tasked with maintaining and developing the business for West and South zone. I worked with some of the biggest eCommerce and Telco players in this role, coincidentally going through transition. I not only held on to the existing business but also built a new stream of revenue by working with some of the Big 4 here which added up to the topline.
New Business DevelopmentSalesforce.comP&L ManagementStoryboardingStrategic PlanningQuantitative Research+1

Tns

2 roles

Senior Account Manager

Apr 2016Jul 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • Independently leading one of the bigger accounts in my current role keeps me busy during the days while planning for the team is what takes my time in any time that I am left with. With a monomaniacal focus towards bringing a cultural shift, the roller coaster ride that I started here is stabilizing and am ready to take my career to a newer trajectory, giving a push towards the cruising heights.
  • Core Sector - Alco Bev, Media & Entertainment, Broadcasting, Consumer Durables
Project ManagementBusiness AnalyticsStoryboardingCustomer Segmentation StrategyPredictive AnalyticsQuantitative Research+1

Account Manager, Brand & Communications

Mar 2015Mar 2016 · 1 yr · Mumbai Area, India

  • This was my first opportunity to lead relationship clients- and the beginning had been impactful. Moving on from my comfort zone to a different organization with the responsibility of leading quantitative research requirements for one of the largest global client for us shaped my career in positive ways.
  • Core Sector - Alco Bev, Retail & Shopper, M & E, Consumer Durables
Project ManagementStoryboardingQuantitative ResearchStrategy

Nielsen

3 roles

Manager, Shopper Research

Promoted

Jan 2014Jan 2015 · 1 yr

  • 1. Taking care of key client relationship from one of the largest Indian conglomerate
  • 2. Lead for non obtrusive shopper observation, data visualization and brand track studies
  • 3. Managing the project life cycle – right from making a business proposal to final delivery of the assignment
  • 4. Mentoring the new members in team on analytics topics and advanced excel.
StoryboardingQuantitative Research

Senior Executive, Shopper Research

Sep 2011Dec 2013 · 2 yrs 3 mos

  • Right from day to day execution of projects to delivering insightful presentation, are part of my day to day work life. I am responsible for working on the briefs , proper costing , field management, data analysis and presentation making. Apart from these I also act as the back bone for advanced analytics models for the whole team.
Quantitative Research

Executive, RMS

Apr 2010Aug 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos

  • 1. Handling some of the global giants in Non FMCG panel .
  • 2. Experienced in Lubricant, Cigarette and Liquor (Spirit & Wine) as a category.
  • 3. Experienced in handling voluminous datasets (million+ records).
  • 4. Expertise in raw level data analysis, trend study
  • 5. Expertise in advanced business reporting
  • 6. Expertise in Top management business dashboards
Quantitative Research

Jasani jewellery

Marketing and Advertisment

Apr 2008Mar 2010 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • 1. Brand Management
  • 2. New Product Launch
  • 3. Business Analysis
  • 4. Sales Forecasting
  • 5. Strategic Account Planning
  • 6. Customer relationship Management

Mahindra & mahindra

Summer Internship :- Management Trainee

Feb 2007May 2007 · 3 mos · Mumbai Area, India

  • I worked with Mr. Mahesh Kulkarni on the project of "MaXX Maxi Truck". It was a real challenging and tough project which i lived upto.

Education

ICFAI Business School

Master of Business Administration - MBA — Marketing

Apr 2006Mar 2008

IBS Mumbai

MBA — Marketing and Operations

Jan 2006Jan 2008

A N College, Patna (Magadh University)

Bachelor of Science — Physics (Hons.)

Jan 1998Jan 2001

Ranchi University

I.Sc.

Jan 1995Jan 1997

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