Headline

Category Management || Bigbasket || Swiggy || Zomato || Snowman || NIFTEM || Food Tech

About

At Hyperpure by Zomato, our team is instrumental in propelling the assigned category's success across South and East India, focusing on procurement, vendor relations, and financial analyses to ensure quality and profitability. With an MTech in Food Supply Chain Management and a foundation in Food Technology, my educational background equips me with the latest industry practices. Previously at Snowman Logistics, my role as Assistant Operations Manager honed my competencies in assortment planning and problem-solving. Committed to enhancing the food supply chain, my aim is to apply my skills in business management to further Hyperpure and Zomato's objectives, ensuring value creation for customers and partners alike.

Location

India

AI stack

openai

Work experience

Category Manager - Buying & Merchandising at bigbasket, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Assistant Category Manager at Swiggy, Mar 2025 - Jun 2025 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Spearheaded the end-to-end development of new business categories, focusing on Dairy, Oils, and Rice, including identifying, evaluating, and onboarding key vendors to ensure optimal supply chain performance. • Drove the creation and execution of GTM strategies and PMF for assigned categories, aligning business objectives with market needs. • Led the design and implementation of SCM processes and warehouse infrastructure, tailored to meet the specific procurement and operational requirements of the business.

Assistant Category Manager at Hyperpure by Zomato, Apr 2022 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Lead a 4-member team managing the Dairy category in South & East India, driving ₹360 Cr in revenue. • Managed 30+ regional and 7 national vendors, including Amul, Nestle, Britannia, Milky mist, Schreiber and key brands and vendors with complete ownership of planning, contracts, finance, P2P/S2P cycles, and marketing. • Improved trade margin from ₹47L to ₹1.24 Cr through data-driven cohort and customer pattern analysis. • Lead the transport vendors and implemented PAN India negotiations, deployment, RFQ for all the categories and finance as well. • Onboarded and managed FM transportation vendors across categories; handled quarterly contracts and billing. • Executed demand planning at customer and item level and track KPI for Vendors/brand/suppliers. • Led pricing, assortment, inventory, RTV, and liquidation; improved ITR with FSN and Markup/Markdown strategies and work with cross functional teams to optimize inventory, delivery schedule and streaming procurement. • Collaborate with Marketing, R&D, Innovation, and Category teams to understand business needs and translate them into sourcing strategies

Assistant Operations Manager at Snowman Logistics Limited, Jul 2020 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Managed 2500+ pallet warehouse as In-charge, overseeing inventory, audits, and last-mile logistics for clients like Faasos, Rebel, Ovenstory, Subway, Licious, and ITC revenue of ₹21.2Cr • POC for CureFoods (CultFit), handling inventory control and route planning. • Supervised 15+ team members, servicing 40+ stores; hands-on experience with Amazon Fresh F&V operations and dispatch. • Key Account Person (KAP) for WMS barcoding implementation across 150+ SKUs with bulk breaking. Handled customer billing as per SLA, pallet MG, and value-added services (VAS). • Managed route planning, vehicle allocation, vendor coordination, last-mile delivery, and POD tracking

Procurement and Operation Intern at DeHaat, Jun 2019 - Dec 2019 · 7 mos, Nasik Area, India, -Procurement plan for Pomegranate, Onions and Tomato and market analysis in Western Maharashtra, -Mandi (APMC) buying & Sourcing, -Building relationship with farmers

Education

Masters, Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management, National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management, Kundli (NIFTEM-K)

BTech - Bachelor of Technology, Food Technology and Processing, shivaji university