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Lokesh Kesiraju

Shopdeck | Gold Medallist - IR 1, XLRI’24 | IITB’19 | OP Jindal Scholar |ex-Ola | Ex-Piramal

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

5+ years of work experience

ShopDeck
Jan 20251 y 8 moPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Driving Revenue Growth and AI Initiatives
Ola Electric
May 20249 mosJan 2025

On-site

Building Processes around 2W fulfillment & Part of Ola Electric's e-Com Journey!
Unilever
Apr 20233 mosJun 2023

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Strategy for Laundry Giant, Awarded PPI for work during the Internship ● Proposed strategies for positioning a ₹ 1700+ Cr brand against 100+ players covering 25+ states ● Generated Shadow pricing for 30+ local competitor bars, Generated Competitor Personas & Crafted heuristics to understand the cost structure of different competitor personas ● Performed Market research to understand the hierarchy of preferences & position the brand against competitors
Piramal Pharma Solutions
Jun 20202 yrs 1 moJun 2022

Zahirabad, Telangana, India

Technical product management in Pharma setting - Promoted Fast track and Consistently rated "Exceeds Expectations" ● Lead for Technology transfer, planning, execution, continual improvement & troubleshooting of assigned products ● Managed a US$7 Million client portfolio, directly engaging with US & UK based clientele to ensure alignment and hassle-free execution ● Implemented multiple process and product efficiency projects to realize 8Cr+Savings
Piramal Pharma Solutions
Jun 20191 yr 1 moJun 2020

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Change Management - Shift Implementation in Labs ● Implementation of shift-based work across 20+ laboratories - Analyzed 500+ stakeholder responses to identify requirements & synthesized 3-pronged change management plan Program Management - Menu-card for RFP ● Developed a VBA based Menu-Card for RFP evaluation - Ala-Carte breakdown of various structural elements of a Formulation project and enabled Instant Evaluation of Projects Formulation Scale-up Management ● Demonstrated >30% reduction in failures through developing scale-up tool for formulation operations like flow through hopper, granulation, blending Flow Electrochemistry ●Designed an proof of concept flow electrochemical reactor at < 90% of standard cost with common materials & demonstrated working through synthesis of amino benzoxazole
Piramal Pharma Solutions
May 20183 mosJul 2018

Digwal

Lokesh’s AI Stack

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Education

XLRI Jamshedpur

Postgraduate Degree, Business Management

XLRI Jamshedpur

20222 yrs2024
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

20154 yrs2019

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Headline

Shopdeck | Gold Medallist - IR 1, XLRI’24 | IITB’19 | OP Jindal Scholar |ex-Ola | Ex-Piramal

Location

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

AI stack

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kimi

langchain

ChatGPT

Work experience

Category Lead at ShopDeck, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 y 8 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Driving Revenue Growth and AI Initiatives

Program Manager at Ola Electric, May 2024 - Jan 2025 · 9 mos, On-site, Building Processes around 2W fulfillment & Part of Ola Electric's e-Com Journey!

ULIP Intern at Unilever, Apr 2023 - Jun 2023 · 3 mos, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, Strategy for Laundry Giant, Awarded PPI for work during the Internship ● Proposed strategies for positioning a ₹ 1700+ Cr brand against 100+ players covering 25+ states ● Generated Shadow pricing for 30+ local competitor bars, Generated Competitor Personas & Crafted heuristics to understand the cost structure of different competitor personas ● Performed Market research to understand the hierarchy of preferences & position the brand against competitors

Manager - Technical Services at Piramal Pharma Solutions, Jun 2020 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Zahirabad, Telangana, India, Technical product management in Pharma setting - Promoted Fast track and Consistently rated "Exceeds Expectations" ● Lead for Technology transfer, planning, execution, continual improvement & troubleshooting of assigned products ● Managed a US$7 Million client portfolio, directly engaging with US & UK based clientele to ensure alignment and hassle-free execution ● Implemented multiple process and product efficiency projects to realize 8Cr+Savings

Management Trainee at Piramal Pharma Solutions, Jun 2019 - Jun 2020 · 1 yr 1 mo, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Change Management - Shift Implementation in Labs ● Implementation of shift-based work across 20+ laboratories - Analyzed 500+ stakeholder responses to identify requirements & synthesized 3-pronged change management plan Program Management - Menu-card for RFP ● Developed a VBA based Menu-Card for RFP evaluation - Ala-Carte breakdown of various structural elements of a Formulation project and enabled Instant Evaluation of Projects Formulation Scale-up Management ● Demonstrated >30% reduction in failures through developing scale-up tool for formulation operations like flow through hopper, granulation, blending Flow Electrochemistry ●Designed an proof of concept flow electrochemical reactor at < 90% of standard cost with common materials & demonstrated working through synthesis of amino benzoxazole

Summer Intern at Piramal Pharma Solutions, May 2018 - Jul 2018 · 3 mos, Digwal

Education

Postgraduate Degree, Business Management, XLRI Jamshedpur

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

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