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Anshul Agarwal

Anshul Agarwal

Summary

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

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Manage

Bain & Company - Bain Capability Network (BCN)
04.2021 - Current

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)

Manager

Bain & Company - Bain Capability Network (BCN)
08.2019 - Current
  • 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

Manager

Harman India
  • Collaborated with Analytics head to steer different analytical streams, led a team of 5 members, and managed global stakeholders

Lead Business Analyst

Harman India
  • Collaborated with Analytics head to steer different analytical streams, led a team of 5 members, and managed global stakeholders

Senior Analyst

Harman India
  • Collaborated with Analytics head to steer different analytical streams, led a team of 5 members, and managed global stakeholders

Consultant

IQVIA (IMS Health)
  • Led a team of 5 members on pharmaceutical projects; Single-handedly led onshore end-client communication

Senior Analyst

Dunnhumby
  • Aligned to the key client – managed end-to-end analysis, planning, execution, and the result of promo campaigns

Business Operations Associate Consultant

ZS Associates
  • Grew from gaining the nuances of analytics and consulting to participating in project requirement elicitation; Led a team of 2 associates

Business Operations Associate

ZS Associates
  • Grew from gaining the nuances of analytics and consulting to participating in project requirement elicitation; Led a team of 2 associates

Education

B.Tech (Computer Science & Engineering) -

National Institute of Technology, Allahabad (MNNIT)
05.2009

12th ICSE Board -

Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Kanpur
03.2004

10th ICSE Board -

Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Kanpur
03.2002

Skills

  • Business Development
  • Operations Management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Complex Problem-Solving
  • Team Leadership
  • Workforce Management

Skillset

  • Tableau
  • MS Excel
  • MS PowerPoint
  • Alteryx
  • SAS
  • R
  • SQL

Timeline

Senior Manage

Bain & Company - Bain Capability Network (BCN)
04.2021 - Current

Manager

Bain & Company - Bain Capability Network (BCN)
08.2019 - Current

Manager

Harman India

Lead Business Analyst

Harman India

Senior Analyst

Harman India

Consultant

IQVIA (IMS Health)

Senior Analyst

Dunnhumby

Business Operations Associate Consultant

ZS Associates

Business Operations Associate

ZS Associates

B.Tech (Computer Science & Engineering) -

National Institute of Technology, Allahabad (MNNIT)

12th ICSE Board -

Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Kanpur

10th ICSE Board -

Seth Anandram Jaipuria School, Kanpur
Anshul Agarwal