Paras Sood
Hyderabad
Summary
An NMIMS alumnus with 7+ years' experience across Strategy and Operations leading high performing teams. Currently part of the Strategy & Operations team for the office of CPO at HighRadius (sector leading SaaS software player) with focus on driving Product & Customer Value related strategy initiatives and BizOps. Previously worked in Stragtegy & operations across Swiggy, Instamart and MedPlus, working closely with CXOs on strategy creation and implementation across Product strategy, growth strategy, cost rationalization, business transformation/ restructuring and digitalization.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Director Strategy & Operations
Highradius
Hyderabad
04.2023 - Current
- Established key performance indicators for the top goal of the company and assisted senior leadership team in developing long-term strategic plans for the same.
- Leading Implementation of Gen AI tool for Developer Productivity Measurement & Improvement
- Led and drove collaboration with in different departments to meet Cloud Cost budgetary targets for the company
- Identified opportunities for improvement in Engineering efficiency by improving processes, procedures, systems and services.
Senior Manager (SCM Product Strategy)
Bundl Technologies Private Limited, SWIGGY
Bangalore
04.2022 - 03.2023
- Leading FNV system design and implementation strategy
- Leading Vendor portal system design and implementation strategy
- Leading Integrations of ERP & WMS systems from SCM side with the POS system, booking system and building masters work flow & integrations
Manager Planning & Performance Warehouse (Instamart)
Bundl Technologies Private Limited, SWIGGY
Bangalore
09.2021 - 04.2022
- Expanded business into 20 cities with 42 warehouses (Ambient, Cold and FNV) and 350 + pods
- Expanded Movement planning of SKU's for 42 Warehouses 5000+ rolling assortment for 350+ dark PODs Pan India
- Spearheaded business critical initiative & successfully delivered them in timely fashion be it ERP & WMS product design and Implementation, Movement planning automation and Business entity structuring
- Bridged the business process gaps between various teams
- Provided the teams required support and knowledge transfers for performing their jobs in an efficient and timely manner
Operations Manager (NCR, Punjab & Chandigarh)
Bundl Technologies Private Limited, SWIGGY
Gurgaon
10.2019 - 09.2021
- Responsible for managing the team from hiring and training new recruits to assigning targets and formulating incentive plans as well as career planning for each member of the team
- Perform cost analysis of online spend over various channels used for lead generation, manage & schedule quality initiatives and process change initiatives
- Assist the top management in developing operations strategy for effectively scaling the sourcing requirements of the company with regards to the Delivery Executives aligned with company UE targets
Associate Category Manager
MedPlus Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
04.2018 - 09.2019
- Manage a portfolio of 600+ SKUs of Private Label, Supplements & Sports Nutrition Category
- Expanded the category to Multiple geographies and introduced 200 + products in a span of 1.5 years months
- Engaging with 30+ Suppliers regularly for Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment
- Key responsibilities are Strategic Sourcing, Floating RFQ to Vendors, negotiating with vendors on Pricing, Margins, Consumer Offers & TOTs
- Supplier development, Relationship building and Partnership maintenance
- This includes periodic visits to key suppliers to manage continuous improvement activities apart from new vendor development
Education
MBA -
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Bcom -
D.A.V College, Chandigarh
Panjab12th -
D. A.V Public School, Ambala City
Skills
- Program management
- Product Strategy
- GTM strategy
- Corporate Strategy
- Project Management
- Product Implementation
Certification
- Six Sigma Green Belt
Accomplishments
- Best Manager 2022-2023, Highradius
- Employee of the Year Award 2022-2023, Swiggy Instamart
Timeline
Associate Director Strategy & Operations
Highradius
04.2023 - Current
Senior Manager (SCM Product Strategy)
Bundl Technologies Private Limited, SWIGGY
04.2022 - 03.2023
Manager Planning & Performance Warehouse (Instamart)
Bundl Technologies Private Limited, SWIGGY
09.2021 - 04.2022
Operations Manager (NCR, Punjab & Chandigarh)
Bundl Technologies Private Limited, SWIGGY
10.2019 - 09.2021
Associate Category Manager
MedPlus Healthcare Services Pvt Ltd
04.2018 - 09.2019
MBA -
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies
Bcom -
D.A.V College, Chandigarh
12th -
D. A.V Public School, Ambala City