PRASHANT SAHU
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven Program Manager with over 8 years of experience in leading cross-functional teams, and managing complex projects. Proven ability to drive strategic initiatives, optimize processes, and deliver projects on time. Strong communicator, skilled in stakeholder management, and team collaboration.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager
Meesho
Bangaluru
03.2022 - Current
- Designed a playbook for state- and city-level expansion, optimizing coverage, routes, and hubs to scale Valmo across 18.5K pin codes.
- Built redundancy across 50% of the network through multiple partners, ensuring high service uptime, and achieving a 1.7% RTO improvement with performance-based allocation across redundancy nodes.
- Achieved a 2% better RTO compared to Meesho’s best-in-class non-Valmo logistics partners.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams, including Operations, Process Design, Product, Training, Technology, and Suppliers, to align on project charters, and ensure a comprehensive understanding of project goals.
- Refined the Operations Planning process, enhancing forecasting accuracy, and improving requirement planning across operations and supply chain management.
- CPS reduction by ₹0.80 by separating Captain and Pilot payments, improving cost efficiency, and control over the pilot network.
- Introduced and successfully scaled the Pay on Delivery (UPI) feature across the network, enhancing customer convenience, and driving CPS reduction by ₹0.28.
- Led the initiative to diversify CMS partnerships by onboarding multiple vendors, fostering redundancy, and enhancing competition, which resulted in a 30% reduction in costs and improved service quality.
Ops-Tech Manager
Dealshare
New Delhi
11.2021 - 03.2022
- Collaborated with product and development teams to create tools improving warehouse productivity and visibility.
- Conducted UAT to identify product loopholes and ensure alignment with operational processes.
- Developed process notes and user manuals for GRN, inventory, and routing to standardize warehouse operations.
- Monitored tech adoption, troubleshooting blockers through training or product adjustments.
Process Excellence Analyst
Udaan
Jaipur
01.2020 - 09.2021
- Responsible for end-to-end process improvement and change management, driving cost reduction and enhancing customer experience.
- Prioritize, manage multiple projects, and adhere to business-critical deadlines (Priority Picking, RVP Claims, IRN/GRN, PSV).
- Implemented a customer profiling-based dispatch model to identify and suggest optimal dispatch slots, reducing reattempts by 25%.
- Reverse/forward order clubbing was implemented to eliminate extra runs, resulting in a 50% reduction in reverse last-mile cost.
- To reduce CPS, the delivery model shifted from 100% fixed to 70% variable cost, introducing a BPM model and achieving a 30% last-mile cost reduction.
- Flexible SLAs enabled reaching customers twice daily for intracity orders, reducing fulfillment time and boosting the conversion rate by 1.5% (95% to 96.5%).
- Implementation of Road cast Feature for the visibility of routes taken by the FE against delivered orders and optimization of fuel consumption cost reduces by 20%.
Supply Chain Manager
Greenox food and beverages Pvt Ltd
Noida
08.2016 - 01.2020
- Plan and implement the overall supply chain management.
- Procurement of inventory for the upcoming month based on the sales data of SKUs sold in all outlets.
- Provide consistent measuring, monitoring and improvement of supply chain performance and KPIs.
- Manage and develop supplier base to support the operation. This includes locating and developing new suppliers and supplier performance management.
- Identifies opportunities for cost and process improvements with Outside Service Providers - performance improvements.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology
Ghaziabad01.2016
Diploma of Higher Education - Science
Daffodil Glorious Higher Secondary School
Niwari01.2011
Certificate of Higher Education -
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
Jhansi01.2009
Skills
- Stakeholder engagement
- Data analytics
- Strategic planning
- Program management
- Product UAT and enhancement
- Process re-engineering
Timeline
Senior Manager
Meesho
03.2022 - Current
Ops-Tech Manager
Dealshare
11.2021 - 03.2022
Process Excellence Analyst
Udaan
01.2020 - 09.2021
Supply Chain Manager
Greenox food and beverages Pvt Ltd
08.2016 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology
Raj Kumar Goel Institute of Technology
Diploma of Higher Education - Science
Daffodil Glorious Higher Secondary School
Certificate of Higher Education -
Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
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