Lohith S
Bangalore
Summary
Results-driven Senior associate with expertise in manufacturing and supply chain operations. Proven record in process optimization, team leadership, and strategic implementation. Skilled in data analysis, project management, and fostering collaboration. Strong team management and leadership abilities. Thrives in fast-paced environments, committed to exceeding expectations and driving business growth
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Associate, Management Consulting
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Bangalore
07.2023 - Current
- Developed a comprehensive Go-To-Market (GTM) strategy for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company in India.
- Provided strategic guidance for a $500M new market entry by analyzing supply chain requirements and recommending logistics frameworks across 20 potential distribution centers.
- Suggested adopting demand forecasting tools (SAP IBP, Blue Yonder) to enhance inventory accuracy and reduce costs by an estimated 15%.
- Proposed a roadmap for deploying IIoT-enabled tracking systems to improve cold-chain compliance by 25% for temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals.
- Delivered actionable insights using digital twin simulations to evaluate supply chain performance and identify bottlenecks, potentially reducing disruptions by 30%.
- Facilitated supplier segmentation using Kraljic's matrix, enabling prioritization of high-impact suppliers to improve lead times by 18%.
- Advised on optimizing the distribution network design using SCM tools (Kinaxis, Llamasoft), projecting a 20% reduction in transit times for key therapeutic products.
- Provided recommendations to align supply chain operations with client objectives and regulatory frameworks, ensuring compliance, and efficiency.
- Proposed green supply chain practices, including route optimization and sustainable packaging solutions, project a 12% reduction in carbon emissions.
- Advocated for blockchain-based traceability solutions to enhance regulatory compliance (e.g., CDSCO, DGFT), and ensure product authenticity for over 50 SKUs.
- Assisted in the development of Transition Service Agreements (TSAs), ensuring clear responsibilities and service continuity post-divestment for over 20 manufacturing facilities globally.
- Defined seller-side service provisions, minimizing operational risks for the buyer, while maintaining compliance with internal policies.
- Designed and analyzed operational scenarios for asset and inventory transfer, ensuring the seller's ability to meet transitional obligations while optimizing internal resource allocation.
- Projected cost-saving potential of $50 million by aligning operations across five regions, including India.
- Supported the seller in preparing over 50 regulatory filings across major markets, ensuring that asset divestment complied with guidelines from CDSCO, USFDA, EMA, and all local regulatory bodies.
- Streamlined documentation for the seller’s legacy operations, achieving a 100% compliance rate for critical regulatory deadlines.
- Oversaw the handover of supply chain operations for high-value SKUs, ensuring smooth buyer onboarding, while protecting the seller’s existing supply chain operations.
- Advised on the use of SAP IBP to reconcile supply chain data between the seller and buyer, improving transparency and operational alignment.
- Guided the seller in renegotiating over 300 supplier contracts to support a smooth transition, resulting in a 15% reduction in seller liability for ongoing contracts.
- Facilitated knowledge transfer sessions with vendors to ensure the buyer's seamless integration into the supplier network.
- Supported the divestment of six manufacturing sites, advising on capacity realignment to mitigate the seller's production risks during the transition.
- Ensured compliance with manufacturing standards, allowing uninterrupted production for retained business units.
- Coordinated the transfer of 20+ SOPs, certifications, and audits to the buyer, protecting the seller's reputation for quality, while meeting divestment obligations.
- Enabled the seller’s QA team to deliver post-divestment support as defined in the TSA agreements.
- Advised on EHS compliance for divested sites, ensuring adherence to global and local standards to protect the seller's liability.
- Identified and mitigated potential environmental risks during the handover of two high-impact sites, avoiding regulatory actions.
- Acted as the focal point for aligning quality, supply chain, manufacturing, and regulatory teams to meet divestment timelines.
- Facilitated collaboration between seller and buyer teams, ensuring adherence to contractual obligations, and on-schedule delivery of transitional support.
- Created dashboards using Power BI and Tableau to track seller-side KPIs during divestment, improving visibility into operational metrics across six business units.
- Provided data-driven insights that enabled seller leadership to adjust transition strategies, reducing operational downtime by 20%.
Deputy Manager Maintenance
Varun beverages Limited (PepsiCo franchise)
Bharuch
05.2019 - 10.2021
- Facilitated knowledge transfer of operational practices and compliance controls during the transition period.
- Managed regulatory and statutory filings for the transition, and developed production cutover planning to ensure minimal production disruption during the transition period.
Management Consulting Intern
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
04.2021 - 06.2021
- PPO: Awarded a pre-placement offer as a senior associate in the Management consulting pharma advisory vertical.
- Analyzed market trends, production hubs, regulatory frameworks, and supply chain dynamics in key API markets, including India, China, and Europe.
- Delivered a detailed resource repository, incorporating data on the top 50 API manufacturers, therapeutic segment breakdowns, and pricing benchmarks, enhancing the team’s ability to tailor strategies for client engagements.
- Created a suite of client-ready resources, including market intelligence reports, competitive benchmarking tools, and SWOT analyses, focused on API opportunities and challenges in regulated and emerging markets.
- Facilitated knowledge-sharing sessions that increased team preparedness for client pitches, driving more targeted and informed conversations with pharmaceutical stakeholders.
Central Operations Excellence Analyst
Udaan
10.2019 - 06.2021
- Spearheaded the design and launch of nine new warehouses pan-India, right from the initiation of the pharma vertical.
- Designed supply chain cost models for the category with an ₹800M business outlook, to operate at a 3.5% supply chain cost.
- Derived and classified ₹50M worth of infrastructural Capex through a bottom-up estimate for pan-India operations.
- Program-managed supply chain cost initiatives across the country, overseeing design, procurement, and automation.
- Independently developed HHD Android applications for accurate and real-time data capturing in warehouses.
- Created live dashboards by routing warehouse ops data from the Azure database using Python and JavaScript.
- Developed simulators using Excel and Python to predict warehouse navigation time, and estimate resource requirements.
- Conceptualized an image analysis tool capable of identifying product attributes digitally, to reduce QC costs.
- Designed warehouse storage to facilitate 20K+ SKUs per site, and created inventory management tools and handbooks.
- Reduced warehouse inventory area by 30% through a differentiated picking strategy and layout upgrades.
- Improved picking productivity by 40% by compacting warehouse picking and implementing directed put-away.
- Achieved a 55% increase in storage asset utilization by volumetric-based allocation of SKUs to storage units.
- Implemented lean supply chain practices, reducing waste and improving process efficiency.
- Conducted capacity planning to ensure resources were adequately allocated to meet fluctuating demand.
- Designed supply chains to support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities or cost reduction strategies.
Assistant Manager Engineering
PepsiCo India Holdings
Gurgoan
07.2017 - 04.2019
- Secured a fast-track promotion within 7 months, against the standard cycle of 12, from GET to AM engineering.
- Provided strategic directions for CAPEX projects worth ₹51M, supervised operational execution, and costing.
- Spearheaded a team of three engineers and twenty-one executives to achieve an approximately 5% increase in equipment availability in the utility.
- Assisted in developing process improvement plans using statistical methods, such as Six Sigma or Lean Manufacturing principles.
- Handled departmental budget of ₹25M per year and statutory compliance while working at the capacity of Engineering Manager.
- Negotiated contracts with vendors to secure favorable terms and pricing for engineering-related procurement.
- Developed annual operating plans and compliance management programs for the plants' engineering division.
- Realized ₹3M/year in production costs by increasing the reliability of equipment and reducing breakdowns by 3%.
- Reduced MRO budget by 5% in overall base spending, through strong kaizen practices in the utility area and lines.
- Saved ₹2M in project costs by redesigning the factory's ammonia cooling system, with a 20% enhanced capacity.
- Reduced engineering stores inventory by 5% by developing vendors to supply crucial spares with less turnaround time.
- Conducted regular Kaizen events with staff members to identify potential process improvements.
- Individually conceptualized and developed an IIoT system and Android application to monitor performance.
- Generated productivity of ₹2.8M by implementing Six Sigma and lean manufacturing initiatives in the assembly line.
- Reduced plants' electricity consumption by 8% through smart monitoring using an IIoT system for analysis.
- Created technical documentation outlining procedures for installation, operation, maintenance, and support of IoT systems.
- Program managed the business transfer from PepsiCo to Varun Beverages and handled the business transfer due diligence for assets worth ₹250 million
Education
MBA -
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
Ahmedabad, India04-2023
B.Tech - Chemical Engineering
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Surathkal, India03-2017
Class XII - CBSE
Demonstration Multipurpose School
Mysore03-2013
Class X - CBSE
Sree Nataraja Public School
Mysore03-2011
Skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office tools
- Project management
- Data Analytics
- SQL, Python, JavaScript, Advanced Excel
- ERP systems proficiency
- Six sigma methodologies
- Continuous improvement initiatives
- Quality assurance controls
- Regulatory compliance
- Engineering design
- Manufacturing practices
- PowerPoint expertise
- Design thinking
- Complaint management
- Financial statements expertise
- Inventory control
Accomplishments
- National finalists, Kotak, 1/6 team out of 178 participating teams, 3rd place | Awarded PPI | Campus Winners 2022
- School Champion Award, For excellent performance in academics and extracurricular activities 2011
- Merit Awards, 3 merit awards in three consecutive years during high school for best academic performance in class 2011
- Prathibha Puraskara, Karnataka state teachers' association for securing school rank 1 in 10th 2010
Extracurricular Activities
- Member of Optima (Operations club of IIM A),Member of Finess (Art club of IIM A)
- Painting, Won 1st and 4th prize in state level drawing competition in 2004 and 2008
- Chess, Secured 1st Prize in district level chess event., 2013
- Quiz, Represented school quiz team in interschool quiz competitions., 2010 - 2013, Secured first place in 3 events
Hobbies and Interests
- Painting
- Photography
- RC Aero modelling
- Automobiles
- Movies
Positions Of Responsibility
- Public Policy Club Member, IIM A, 1/25 of 67 selected | 1/6 members of the Live Project cell, 2021-22
- Junior Coordinator, NITK, Managed 4L budget, organized 6 sports events., 2015-16
- Technical Lead, NITK, Organized gaming events for 300+ students., 2016-17
- EHS TL, Second in line for ensuring operational safety of the plant., 2018-19
Personal Information
- Age: 29
- Gender: Male
Languages
English
First Language
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Kannada
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Senior Associate, Management Consulting
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
07.2023 - Current
Management Consulting Intern
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
04.2021 - 06.2021
Central Operations Excellence Analyst
Udaan
10.2019 - 06.2021
Deputy Manager Maintenance
Varun beverages Limited (PepsiCo franchise)
05.2019 - 10.2021
Assistant Manager Engineering
PepsiCo India Holdings
07.2017 - 04.2019
MBA -
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA)
B.Tech - Chemical Engineering
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Class XII - CBSE
Demonstration Multipurpose School
Class X - CBSE
Sree Nataraja Public School
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