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title: "Ruchith Bhoopalam Shetty - Zonal Head in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Ruchith Bhoopalam Shetty, Building what’s next! | Zonal Head @ Zomato | P&L, Growth & Marketplace Strategy | GTM • Business Analytics • SQL based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes claude code, codex, and notebooklm."
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# Ruchith Bhoopalam Shetty on Tal

## Headline

Building what’s next\! \| Zonal Head @ Zomato \| P&L, Growth & Marketplace Strategy \| GTM • Business Analytics • SQL

## About

Hi, I’m Ruchith Bhoopalam\. Before you read about me, not shying away from it — ChatGPT rephrased the whole thing\! I started my journey at Zomato as an intern and have since grown through roles across Account Management, Promos & Growth, Ads Monetization, Program Management and P&L ownership\. Today, as a Zonal Lead, I work at the intersection of business strategy, growth and execution, driving P&L and marketplace outcomes while leading and developing high\-performing teams\. I enjoy solving ambiguous business problems, breaking them down to first principles, using data to identify the highest\-impact levers, and turning insights into execution\. My work spans P&L • Growth Strategy • Marketplace Strategy • GTM • Ads Monetization • Business Analytics • SQL • Program Management\. 🧩 Curious \| Creative \| High ownership \| Always looking for the next problem to decode\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

claude code

codex

notebooklm

notion

openai

## Work experience

Zonal Head at Zomato, Jul 2026 \- Present · 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ads Monetization and Promos at Zomato, Mar 2026 \- Present · 7 mos, Benagluru

Associate Program Manager \- Promos & Growth at Zomato, Mar 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Handled Zomato Bengaluru’s promos and growth strategy by efficiently allocating a ₹120 Cr annual budget, contributing to All\-Time High \(ATH\) orders twice in a year\. • Contributed to a 5% MoM sales growth in a highly saturated market, helping increase market share by 100 basis points\. • Optimized promo costs by 20% through TG/CG experiments, saved ₹25 million in monthly while delivering ATL promo cost and ATH monthly orders\. Which Resulted in 10% uplift in city EBIDTA, recognized during the quarterly business review\. • Automated recurring manual tasks outside core responsibilities, reducing execution time by 90% via SOPs and App Scripts; the solution was scaled to 10\+ cities and 2,000\+ employees\. • Serving as the analytical backbone for the Bengaluru team—translating complex data into insights that influence daily operations and long\-term strategy\.

Key Account Manager at Zomato, Sep 2024 \- Feb 2025 · 5 mo, Bengaluru

Business Analyst at UG Advisory, Dec 2022 \- Jun 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos, UG Advisory acquired businesses with high growth potential, built new SOPs, automated tasks, eliminated redundant costs, and developed marketing strategies to boost sales and flip them for profit\. Identified high\-potential businesses with strong cash flow and low debt, targeting acquisitions for profitable flips\. • Built scalable SOPs and cut redundant costs, improving operational efficiency across portfolio companies\. • Automated workflows using Notion, Airtable, and Zapier, reducing manual work and saving hours per project\. • Implemented Jira and project automations, cutting project completion time by 28% and improving delivery consistency\. • Extracted insights via data analytics, leading to a 30% increase in cost savings through better access management\. • Drove stakeholder alignment between business needs and execution, ensuring clarity and improved decision velocity\.

Business Analyst trainee at UG Advisory, Jul 2022 \- Dec 2022 · 6 mos

Marketing Intern at Refurbox\_India, May 2021 \- Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Sales And Marketing Intern at Aaryan rai digital, Jan 2021 \- May 2021 · 5 mos, Pune Division, Maharashtra, India

## Education

Bachelor of Business Administration \- BBA, Accounting and Finance, Jain \(Deemed\-to\-be University\)

PCMB, Physical Sciences, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology

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