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title: "Janardhana Balaji R - Global Fulfilment and Control Tower in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Janardhana Balaji R, Ex- AB InBev, thyssenkrupp | ISB | BITS-Pilani based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code and claude."
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# Janardhana Balaji R on Tal

## Headline

Ex\- AB InBev, thyssenkrupp \| ISB \| BITS\-Pilani

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

claude

## Work experience

Global Fulfilment and Control Tower at Ultrahuman, Dec 2023 \- Present · 2 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru South, Karnataka, India

Personal goal pursuit at Career Break, Oct 2023 \- Nov 2023 · 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka

General Manager \- Supply at Cogoport, Apr 2023 \- Sep 2023 · 6 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Planning and Performance Manager \(PPM\) \- Procurement & Sustainability at AB InBev India, Jun 2022 \- Apr 2023 · 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led strategic projects to enhance profitability through operational improvements; Identified cost\-saving opportunities by benchmarking against global BUs and responsible for ensuring accurate reporting of procurement KPIs of Indian business to the APAC leadership team Key Projects: • Led the 10\-year plan from the procurement function to bring down direct costs to meet global benchmarks by identifying gaps • Collaborated with CXOs to optimize Raw & Packaging material prices and payment terms without impacting BU’s cashflow targets • Led BU’s Design\-to\-Profitability initiative to identify key focus markets by analyzing direct, Ops, Logistics, Sales & Marketing costs of 500 SKUs Stakeholder Management: • Annual budgeting exercise \(Annual Spend \- $ 300\+ Mn \) in collaboration with 7 category managers and counterparts in Shanghai • Designed KPIs and managed the performance of initiatives delivering USD 3 Mn in savings across 7 procurement verticals

Technical Consultant, Cement Engineering at thyssenkrupp, Apr 2017 \- May 2021 · 4 yrs 2 mos, Pune, Maharashtra, India, Offered custom solutions to Cement plants across India, Middle East, and East\-Africa regions\. Involved in bid preparation to commissioning and after\-sales support of cement plants supplied\. Business Development: • Spawned € 20Mn\+ worth of business enquiries in revamp projects during ‘17\- ‘20 from cement plants across India, the Middle East, & Africa • Sold € 2 Mn\+ worth of indigenously developed next\-gen primary kiln burners \(12 Nos\) suitable for the entire range of pulverized fuels • Handpicked by Director to launch and handle LC3 cement, the latest advancement in the industry, enquiries in Asia and Africa region Technical Consultancy: • Saved € 1Mn\+ per annum in energy for the clients by carrying out detailed technical studies and upselling engineering solutions • Generated € 0\.2 Mn\+ per annum in consulting revenues by getting into annual contracts for energy audits with 8 leading plants • Carried out over 20 technical studies with a view to scale up production capacity, reduce energy consumption and reduce emission Stakeholder Management: • Handled 15\+ enquiries of cement plants by managing inputs from the workshop, bought\-out, estimation, project management, and design teams

Graduate Engineer Trainee at thyssenkrupp, Apr 2016 \- Mar 2017 · 1 yr, Pune, Maharashtra, India

## Education

PGP, Strategy & Leadership and Marketing, Indian School of Business

B\.E\. \(Hons\.\), Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani

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