Sayak Panja — Director of Engineering
I am currently the Director for Home-care and Pest Control categories at Zepto, responsible for scaling these categories 1-100 on the platform. With an overall ~9 years of experience including ~8 years in e-comm/quick-comm, I have been driving both top-line and bottom-line growth initiatives as well as spearheading supply-chain activities across diverse roles within FMCG and Fashion categories. Being part of launch team for Amazon Fresh and early category leadership team at Zepto, I have been working along with multi-org leadership to drive full P&L charters as well as roll-out different CX/VX product initiatives working closely with tech, product and program teams. Passionate and constantly learning about the ongoing tech disruptions like AI and its impact on economy, business and ultimately human lives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C e-commerce and FMCG growth leader with strong P&L management skills.
Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 9 yrs
Skills
- P&l Management
- Strategic Leadership
- Category Management
- Leadership
- Retail Category Management
- Financial Analysis
- Inventory Management
- Process Optimization
- Software Testing
- Agile Methodologies
Career Highlights
- Led P&L growth initiatives at Zepto and Amazon.
- Spearheaded supply-chain activities across diverse roles.
- Developed automated processes improving sales efficiency.
Work Experience
Zepto
Director- Category Head- Home Personal Care and Pharma (1 yr 10 mos)
Amazon
Senior Category Manager (2 yrs 4 mos)
Cloudtail India Private Limited
Senior Program Manager (9 mos)
Vendor Manager (1 yr 2 mos)
Instock Manager (1 yr 10 mos)
Autumn Intern (2 mos)
Society for People's Awareness(SPAN)
Management Intern (1 mo)
PwC India
Technology Consultant (1 yr 1 mo)
Education
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research
Digital Strategy at Carnegie Mellon University - Tepper School of Business
Bachelor in Engineering at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur
Summer Internship at University of Windsor
High School at Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Narendrapur