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# Kavya Gupta on Tal

## Headline

Godrej Consumer \| BCG \| XLRI \| DCE

## About

Strategic leader driving growth and transformation for multinational businesses\. Expertise in developing and executing long\-term strategies, spearheading new category entries, and optimizing operations\. Proven ability to identify expansion opportunities, lead annual planning, and execute M&A assessments\. Awarded star performer at Godrej Consumer Products \(₹13,000 Cr\+ business\)\. Prior experience at BCG delivering sales acceleration, digital transformation, and product management solutions\. Passionate about building brands and driving sustainable growth

## Location

Gurgaon

## AI stack

claude

gemini

Julius AI

Luma AI

Pinecone

## Work experience

Deputy General Manager\- Global Category Direction & Innovation at Godrej Consumer Products Limited, Apr 2026 \- Present · 7 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, • Curating strategy for the largest global category for GCPL\- Home insecticides • Leading agile product development & GTM strategy of multiple innovations under the brands\- HIT and Good Knight

Manager\- Global Category Direction & Innovation at Godrej Consumer Products Limited, Mar 2025 \- Apr 2026 · 1 yr 2 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, · Undertook market & consumer assessment for identification of new categories for portfolio expansion to add 200Cr\+ · Defined product & pricing play via whitespace identification in market & translating insights into actionable R&D briefs · Launched 2 products delivering INR 60 Cr topline; owned gate approvals, P&L sign off, GTM strategy & brand proposition

Manager Strategy at Godrej Consumer Products Limited, Mar 2023 \- Mar 2025 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, • Awarded the star performer award for being the best performing employee • Responsible for driving strategic initiatives across geographies for the growth of 13000 Cr\+ business • Developed 3000 Cr\+ topline expansion plan by identifying 10\+ high\-potential categories • Led the annual operating plans \(AOPs\) for FY25\-26 to build growth strategy for 25\+ brand formats • Drove business expansion by identifying INR 25Cr\+ product cross pollination opportunities via exports • Assessed 500 Cr\+ M&A opportunities and led market scans across 2,00\+ digital companies to drive portfolio growth • Added INR 15Cr sales by designing geo targeted sales & marketing campaigns enabling sharper media & trade deployment • Unlocked INR 20 Cr working\. capital saving by optimizing inventory norms in supply chain via statistical modelling

Senior Associate at Boston Consulting Group \(BCG\), Jun 2021 \- Feb 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos, •Developed Go\-to\-market strategy for an Indian manufacturing conglomerate client by focus market selection, channel & logistics design & branding strategy outline •Responsible for design & end\-to\-end UAT execution encompassing across 3 regions with 1000\+ KPIs for client's landmark project •Spearheaded sales acceleration through lead management, resolving financier & delivery issues and liaising with the client's sales team for lead tracking & conversion\. •Responsible for parameterization of manufacturing process to reduce time & raw material consumption through digital model development

Summer Associate at Boston Consulting Group \(BCG\), Apr 2020 \- Jun 2020 · 3 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Summer Intern at Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, May 2017 \- Jul 2017 · 3 mos, Gurugram, Haryana, India, Worked in Engineering Transmission Lines department \|\| Studied the mechanical aspects during power transmission, identified various factors of tower erection and calculated loads on different towers

Campus Specialist at HT Media Ltd, Sep 2014 \- May 2018 · 3 yrs 9 mos

## Education

PGDM, Human Resources Management, XLRI Jamshedpur

Engineer’s Degree, Mechanical and Automobile Engineering, Delhi College of Engineering

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