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title: "Harshita Udaya Kumar - Senior Product Manager in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Harshita Udaya Kumar, Senior Product Manager | Building 0→1 Products | Platform & AI | Driving Growth at Scale based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, claude, and openai."
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# Harshita Udaya Kumar on Tal

## Headline

Senior Product Manager \| Building 0→1 Products \| Platform & AI \| Driving Growth at Scale

## About

I build products that solve complex problems at scale—where systems, data, and decision\-making intersect\. Over the past 8\+ years, my journey has spanned manufacturing, MSMEs, freelance entrepreneurship, health tech, retail, and enterprise platforms\. Working across these diverse environments has given me a unique perspective on building businesses—from understanding operations and supply chains to driving growth, scaling products, and solving customer problems through technology\. Whether it's launching a product from 0→1, scaling platforms, optimizing business processes, or leveraging AI to improve decision\-making, I'm driven by creating products that deliver measurable outcomes for both customers and businesses\. I enjoy navigating ambiguity, connecting business strategy with technology, and building products that create long\-term value\. I'm a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and have completed the SVPG \(Silicon Valley Product Group\) Product Masterclass, which continue to shape my approach to product thinking, operational excellence, and customer\-centric innovation\. Beyond my role, I enjoy mentoring aspiring product professionals, building communities, and creating spaces for learning and collaboration\. I've led career development and wellness initiatives and organized product events that bring together practitioners and industry leaders to exchange ideas\. Outside of work, I believe in making time for a digital detox\. You'll usually find me gardening, building LEGO sets, or reading about animal behavior and psychology—reminders that curiosity and creativity often come from stepping away from the screen as well\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

openai

perplexity

ChatGPT

Microsoft Copilot

## Work experience

Senior Product Manager at Target, Feb 2026 \- Present · 8 mos, Hybrid

Product Manager at Target, May 2023 \- Feb 2026 · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Product Operations Associate at HealthifyMe, May 2021 \- May 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Supply Chain Operations Consultant at Cosmix, May 2020 \- Nov 2020 · 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, A Startup that focuses on plant\-based mixes having 7 varieties of products based on creating holistic health and serves across India\. In charge of managing a smooth supply chain from suppliers to customers for every customer order across India Planning: • Strategic planning, Production planning, Demand Planning, and Supply planning Operations : • Resource Procurement based on EOQ, Order Management through Shopify, Inventory management based on reorder point, Risk assessment • Handled more than 6000 orders – from the website, Instagram, Amazon, LBB, and Influencers • Manage smooth last\-mile delivery through different logistics platform – Amazon, Shiprocket, DTDC, India Post, Bluedart and LBB Kaizens: • Implemented 5S, Kanban Cards, FIFO system, SOP’s for every operational process, checklists, continuous training; and optimized operational costs up to 10% New Product Introduction : • Led 2 NPI based on Sales process and Business development strategies, category management; also led procurement, testing, production planning, prelaunch, launch, and post\-launch order management of the new products\.

Supply Chain Planner at Hi\-tek Engineers and Techno Services, Dec 2019 \- May 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Ownership of leading the entire Project Life Cycle of cranes and hoists for both Public and Private sector organizations across India; Focus on new project planning and management until the product is delivered to the customer\. Planning: • Project Planning – Strategic planning, demand and supply planning with the immediate stakeholders Operations: • Quotation, Purchase Order, Material Requirement Planning, Procurement, Data analysis, Outsourcing, Inventory management, Sales process, Business development, audits, and delivery of the product • Collaborate cross\-functionally with different departments to focus on meeting the project KPI’s Kaizens : • Cost\-optimized up to 2% for MTS components • Currently working on knowledge\-based Sourcing principles with the local suppliers

Research Intern at A\*STAR \- Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Oct 2018 \- Sep 2019 · 1 yr, Singapore, To work on my research, a dissertation titled " A Case Study on the improvement of Warehouse performance by implementing Lean principles " with Dr\. Allan Zhang Nengsheng guidance at A\*STAR SIMTech To research and analyze the gap caused theoretically and practically in warehouse operations\. Considering a Case study from India the research focused on identifying the challenges faced in warehouse operations and resolved to implement the Lean warehousing model and low\-cost technologies\. The warehouse layouts are modeled and simulated to find the loopholes and to improve warehouse operational performance by using CLASS \- Warehouse Design and Simulation software by Cirrus Logistics

Project Engineer at Hi\-tek Engineers and Techno Services, Nov 2017 \- Sep 2018 · 10 mo, Bengaluru

Graduate Engineer Trainee at Toyota Kirloskar, Jul 2017 \- Nov 2017 · 4 mo, Bengaluru

## Education

Master's degree, Supply chain and logistics management, University of Warwick

Bachelor's degree, Industrial Engineering and Management, RV College of Engineering

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