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title: "Lokesh Kesiraju - Category Lead in Mumbai Metropolitan Region | Tal"
description: "Meet Lokesh Kesiraju, Shopdeck | Gold Medallist - IR 1, XLRI’24 | IITB’19 | OP Jindal Scholar |ex-Ola | Ex-Piramal based in Mumbai Metropolitan Region. AI stack includes claude, kimi, and langchain."
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# Lokesh Kesiraju on Tal

## Headline

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

## Location

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

## AI stack

claude

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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