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Punith Kumar U

Ecommerce & Category Leader | Ex- Nykaa | Co-Founder - Azani Sport (Acquired by Cult Sport)

Greater Bengaluru Area

10+ years of work experience

Newtral.io
Oct 202511 moPresent

Bengaluru

Self-Employed
Jan 20251 yr 9 mosPresent

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Log9 Materials
Jul 20231 yr 6 mosDec 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Nykaa
Mar 20221 yr 1 moMar 2023

I head merchandising and category management for Nykaa's private label brands in the International Markets.
Nykaa
Mar 20221 yr 1 moMar 2023

I head Marketing & Growth at Nykaa PRO - A go-to content & commerce platform for Beauty Professionals
makeO toothsi aligners
Aug 20218 mosMar 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Azani
Mar 20201 yr 7 mosSep 2021

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Driving the product & Growth initiatives for both Azani Active Care and Azani Active Nutrition - Funded by Fireside Ventures & Sequoia Capital. Actively defining KPI's, managing & building supply & demand teams. Developing product strategy, New Product Ideas, Market research, Pilot testing, Vendor Identification, Vendor Management, Setting up and Streamlining the supply chain, responsible for business development, demand & revenue generation Successfully launched over 50 unique and high growth categories in both the verticals in less than 6 months.
Azani
Feb 20164 yrs 1 moFeb 2020

Bangalore

Azani is a Sequoia funded company and I was part of the founding team, my main area of focus was Growth, Process excellence and Revenue generation. Have build the supply & demand teams from scratch, defined KPI's & managed delivery outcomes. Identifying categories with high growth potential, developing products, launching them on market places & Native Platform to scale the business. Managed supply and demand side of the business, scaled the brand to a revenue run rate of $3 Million in less than 4 years from Inception. Understanding operational bottlenecks and designing processes to streamline the backend operational activities to improve fulfilment speeds and reduce returns.

Punith’s AI Stack

claude
claude
gemini
gemini

Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

M.B.A, Visvesvaraya

Visvesvaraya Technological University

20092 yrs2011
bangalore university

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Chemistry, Zoology and Biotechnology

bangalore university

20063 yrs2009

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Headline

Ecommerce & Category Leader | Ex- Nykaa | Co-Founder - Azani Sport (Acquired by Cult Sport)

About

"Ecommerce Growth Leader & Co-Founder of Azani (Acquired by Cult Sport)" A well rounded career with over 14 years of experience in strategizing and scaling consumer focused e-commerce brands in Sports Nutrition, Personal Care, Apparel & Footwear. Delivered high-impact results in Growth Marketing, Customer Acquisition & Retention, New Product Development, Team Building & Management, Brand Building & Business development across categories like Beauty, Apparel, Footwear, Nutrition, Personal Care, Sports Goods and Equipments - Growth Leadership - Digital Marketing - Revenue Delivery - P&L Management - B2C E-Commerce - Brand Building

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

gemini

Work experience

Head Of Growth at Newtral.io, Oct 2025 - Present · 11 mo, Bengaluru

Founder at Self-Employed, Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 9 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Head - Digital Business and Marketing at Log9 Materials, Jul 2023 - Dec 2024 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

AVP - International Marketplaces at Nykaa, Mar 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo, I head merchandising and category management for Nykaa's private label brands in the International Markets.

AVP - Marketing & Growth at Nykaa, Mar 2022 - Mar 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo, I head Marketing & Growth at Nykaa PRO - A go-to content & commerce platform for Beauty Professionals

AVP Products Business (Toothsi & Skinnsi) at makeO toothsi aligners, Aug 2021 - Mar 2022 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Co-Founder & Head of Online Business at Azani, Mar 2020 - Sep 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Driving the product & Growth initiatives for both Azani Active Care and Azani Active Nutrition - Funded by Fireside Ventures & Sequoia Capital. Actively defining KPI's, managing & building supply & demand teams. Developing product strategy, New Product Ideas, Market research, Pilot testing, Vendor Identification, Vendor Management, Setting up and Streamlining the supply chain, responsible for business development, demand & revenue generation Successfully launched over 50 unique and high growth categories in both the verticals in less than 6 months.

Co-Founder, Head of Growth & Operations at Azani, Feb 2016 - Feb 2020 · 4 yrs 1 mo, Bangalore, Azani is a Sequoia funded company and I was part of the founding team, my main area of focus was Growth, Process excellence and Revenue generation. Have build the supply & demand teams from scratch, defined KPI's & managed delivery outcomes. Identifying categories with high growth potential, developing products, launching them on market places & Native Platform to scale the business. Managed supply and demand side of the business, scaled the brand to a revenue run rate of $3 Million in less than 4 years from Inception. Understanding operational bottlenecks and designing processes to streamline the backend operational activities to improve fulfilment speeds and reduce returns.

Education

M.B.A, Visvesvaraya, Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Chemistry, Zoology and Biotechnology, bangalore university