Vikas Mandal
New Delhi
Summary
Project Lead with extensive experience at Stellarix Consultancy, specializing in competitive intelligence and market entry assessments. Demonstrated success in driving innovation through ingredient and packaging analysis, while mentoring teams to boost productivity. Skilled in consumer behavior analysis, providing insights that influence strategic decisions in the FMCG sector.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Project Lead
Stellarix Consultancy
Jaipur
03.2025 - Current
- Part of CPG team, working across food and FMCG domain with bespoke research.
- Conducting landscape, competitive intelligence, market entry, innovation scouting and benchmarking studies by using literature (patent and research paper) analysis, consumer analysis, primary research, product analysis, packaging analysis and supplier scouting expertise.
- Led project planning sessions to define scope and objectives.
- Coordinated cross-functional teams to ensure timely project delivery.
- Mentored junior team members on best practices and methodologies.
- Oversaw resource allocation to optimize team performance and productivity.
Senior Research Specialist
Cheers Interactive
04.2024 - 03.2025
- Conduct secondary research for creation of syndicated report, catering industry such as Cosmetics, Personal Care, and Home Care.
- Work on the future of business and innovation reports to analyze industry's upcoming innovations.
- Conducting secondary research (- for ingredients, technology, processing), competitive intelligence, sustainability, circularity, digital innovation, and solution landscape.
- Remote
Business Analyst
Evalueserve SEZ (Gurgaon) Private
04.2021 - 04.2024
- Conduct primary and secondary research.
- Some of the projects undertaken include technology scouting, procurement, ethanol recovery, light-based hair removal devices, amino acid-dependent energy source-based products for athletes, sustainability in beer packaging and circular economy, sustainable packaging, ingredient intelligence in the cosmetic and fragrance industry, competitive intelligence, India GCC market assessment, and consumer insights on negative PR and chemophobia.
- Part of the company - corporate and professional services in consumer goods, working with all types of consumer-based products from Food to CPG.
Research Analyst
Stellarix Consultancy
Jaipur
12.2018 - 04.2021
- I have worked on several project studies, such as landscape, benchmark, exploratory, acquisition, collaboration, contract manufacturing, and patent analysis, etc.
- Projects handled, such as coffee, skin microbiome, microalgae, tamper evident packaging, infant nutrition, package designing, bakery, sugar substitute, meat analogue, chocolate, candy, and confectionery, novel ingredients scorecard, whey protein, essential and non-essential amino acids in poultry and swine, mood enhancement ingredients, and mathematical prediction of emulsion stability.
- Part of my job includes patent analysis, non-patent literature analysis (scientific literature), data mining, insight generation, primary research, secondary research, market analysis, business analysis, report preparation, technology scouting, idea generation, and problem solving.
- Part of company - IP research analyst team. Worked under Food and FMCG domain.
Education
Master of Science - Food Science and Technology
Pondicherry University
Puducherry, India04.2018
Bachelor of Science - Food Technology
Delhi University
New Delhi, India05.2015
Skills
- Competitive Intelligence
- Market Entry Assessment
- Consumer Behavior Analysis
- Ingredient/Technology Innovation
- Packaging Innovation
- Open Innovation Scouting
Certification
SaaS Basic Level, 09/01/18, PowerBI
Hobbies and Interests
- Music
- Arts
- Science
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 04/15/95
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Religion: Hindu
Timeline
Project Lead
Stellarix Consultancy
03.2025 - Current
Senior Research Specialist
Cheers Interactive
04.2024 - 03.2025
Business Analyst
Evalueserve SEZ (Gurgaon) Private
04.2021 - 04.2024
Research Analyst
Stellarix Consultancy
12.2018 - 04.2021
Master of Science - Food Science and Technology
Pondicherry University
Bachelor of Science - Food Technology
Delhi University