KARTIKEY KARNATAK
Bengaluru
Summary
Three years' experience in Management Consultancy where I've developed a 'question everything' approach to uncover key insights and solve complex problems. My projects have spanned across strategy and execution in the sectors of Consumer Goods and Industrial Goods, focusing on themes like Brand Positioning, Sales acceleration, EBITDA uplift and Capex optimization.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Sr. Associate
Boston Consulting Group
08.2022 - Current
- Led the GTM strategy and plan for a BPC product relaunch of an FMCG player. Drove end-to-end execution of sales acceleration initiatives to achieve over 20%+ YoY growth on a base of over 250 cr.
- Led 400+ bps EBITDA growth for a leading Consumer Electricals firm. Built a value pipeline of 110+ cr. for Indirect spends across After-Sales Service and Logistics to deliver PnL savings of 60+ cr. in FY25.
- Designed a Strategy Workshop for an Indian Ecom. player to define Annual Operating Plan for FY25. Built case studies on focus themes like demand clustering, consumer retention, private label GTM, BTL marketing drive.
- Delivered a Growth Project for an Indian CMO for YoY topline growth of 1.3x. Designed 'Where to play' areas in pharma sector and drove execution of 40 cr. project pipeline with R&D and Supply Chain teams
- Drove Project Management for a global steel player to setup Ops plant in Africa on a capex of $1.5+ Bn. Built critical path analysis for risk identification against baseline plan and drove pullback execution with multiple contractors.
Summer Analyst
Ernst and Young LLP
05.2021 - 07.2021
- Evaluated new ventures for 4 DPSUs and drafted policy recommendations to setup DRDO's commercial arm by taking inspirations from defense ecosystem of Israel, UK, USA, Japan
- Identified prospects for defence MSMEs by profiling MoD's indigenization lists across market segments and identified investment opportunities for GoI's defence accelerator programs
Education
B.Tech and M.Tech - Biochemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology
New Delhi06.2022
Indian School Certificate Board -
Seventh Day Adventist School
Mumbai06-2017
Indian Certificate of Sec. Education -
Seventh Day Adventist School
01.2015
Skills
- Brand Strategy design
- Market Pricing models
- C-suite Stakeholder management
- Project management
- Go-to-market framework design
- Competition Landscaping
- Big data Analytics and Visualization
- Executive storywriting
Timeline
Sr. Associate
Boston Consulting Group
08.2022 - Current
Summer Analyst
Ernst and Young LLP
05.2021 - 07.2021
B.Tech and M.Tech - Biochemical Sciences
Indian Institute of Technology
Indian School Certificate Board -
Seventh Day Adventist School
Indian Certificate of Sec. Education -
Seventh Day Adventist School