14+ years of experience in consulting/analytics/strategy spanning CPG, FMCG, retail, and pharmaceutical industries. Proficient in managing multiple teams with 35+ headcount on challenging projects, delivering high-quality on-time results to clients. Advising Fortune 500 clients in the CPG/FMCG and Retail domain on complex business problems around where to play and how to win. Corporate case experience developing growth strategy , commercial excellence, business due diligence, sectoral analysis, and brand portfolio optimization which involves running data diagnostics involving large datasets and creating the right visualizations across the globe, especially in Western Europe, the US, and the Middle East
o Commercial & brand portfolio strategies: Advised ~£30B+ pharma on the global roll-out of their 3yr strategic plan , tailoring business units strategies across geographies, led to commercialization of 20+ cases & 40% CoE revenue in 2 yrs
▪ Piloted and successfully delivered the first direct-to-client training engagement - Helping train 35+ client members at their newly set up analytics center (won inaugural Lighthouse award – Top 1% of BCN teams )
o Established KAM capability in India and grew it 3x in teams. Led creation/development of cross-retailer dashboards, which are part of the product pitch and key deliverable for the clients, which helped expand the global KAM offering
▪ Advised CPGs on optimizing their annual negotiation terms with the retailer by creating long-term win-win scenarios
o Promo strategy: Guided global consumer dairy firm on the effectiveness of their promotion strategy, delivered sustainable profit improvement driven by optimizing on the right combination of promo mechanics, timing, and SKU combinations
o IP Creation (Inflation) : Built an IP providing a one-stop solution for CXOs to analyze cross-country performance and form fact-based decisions on global cost inflationary trends
o OTC PoV: Developed a PoV by codifying the best practices into a toolkit from various OTC pharma case experience
● Key Recognitions/Initiatives:
o Started as manager(Aug'19), worked closely with leadership to expand offerings, build sponsors, & grow team(30 to 100+)
o Led multiple automation initiatives with efficiency gain: customer segmentation (~40%), NielsenEMEA data processing (80%)
o Envisioned and built a Learning & Development team within the CoE of ~200 consultants, focused on curating and delivering customized trainings across different hierarchy levels both internally and via external vendors
o Pioneered a cross-office working model, firstly Warsaw (2021) and now helping to set up the Bangalore office (2023)