Sankara Narayanan
AI Agents for Spend Management | Supply Chain Products | Ex-Ninjacart, TechStory
Chennai
8+ years of work experience
Mar 20268 mosOct 2026
Chennai
1. Architected a self-learning agent infrastructure that automatically incorporates verified user corrections, with a human-in-the-loop layer for edge cases which reduced latency by 30% and improved accuracy by 10%
2. Running live client prototyping sessions using an internal agent studio, closing the loop from discovery to production faster from 3 weeks to 2 days.
3. Actively engaged with Chennai's product community, exchanging ideas with peers on solving applied AI challenges in enterprise contexts.
Feb 20251 yr 1 moFeb 2026
Chennai
1. Building AI agents for multi-modal freight procurement, extending platform capability across new modes and workflows.
2. Built an AI-driven invoice reconciliation agent that resolves exception-bucket invoices without manual intervention.
3. Continued as pre-sales SME and implementation partner, supporting client go-lives on the rebuilt platform.
4. Led a cross-functional pod through discovery, delivery, and rollout for enterprise freight clients
May 20231 yr 10 mosFeb 2025
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
1. Building Pando Procure - a multi-modal freight procurement platform shippers.
2. Managing roadmap and prioritizing backlogs while working with a team of engineers+QAs on sprint grooming, planning and delivery process.
3. Enabling the pre-sales team with platform capabilities during demos and function as subject matter expert during client calls.
4. Supporting the implementation team in blueprinting and quickly addressing gaps to ensure timely client go-lives across projects.
Dec 20211 yr 6 mosMay 2023
Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
1. Managed the internal supply chain product suite for the International Partnership Program.
2. Conducted market research to understand product opportunities in agri-reseller ecosystem.
3. Designed and developed neobanking web app that enables users to manage contacts, make bulk payments, create contracts in bulk and also have team management flows.
4. Managed commerce enablement platform that helps users in search and discovery of agri products in cross border trade.
5. Built order managing system for importers and exporters to have visibility over their inventory, documents and payments flow in a single platform.
7. Developed TradeDesk as a platform for traders to negotiate and digitize the unstructured information during creation and execution of orders.
Apr 20218 mosNov 2021
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
1. Reduced asset losses by addressing gaps and arresting leakages in existing product flows.
2. Business process re-engineering in B2C business unit by introducing new warehouse management products to build visibility, track and improve supply chain performance metrics.
3. Drafted the NLML Playbook which is used as logistics cost attribution guide for company's P&L calculation.
3. Developed Network optimization models and ran simulations which resulted in 10% reduction of overall supply chain cost for B2B business unit.
4. Benchmarked last mile route planning product by sourcing, planning and testing against third party vendors.
5. Defined the transportation cost rule book for supply paths across India and set the ceiling price for individual lanes.
Jun 202010 mosMar 2021
Managed P&L projects that are key to the organization.
1. Ensured OTIF metrics were above 90% for regrading project in 45+ centers across India.
2. Changed over 150 distribution centers to 3 feet capabilities, to reduce unloading time at each facility by 60% on an average.
3. Implemented Route Planning tool which resulted in 10% cost saving in middle mile logistics.
4. Redesigned supply chain processes through new product implementations to ensure 100% on time dispatch and also maintain fulfilment rate over 99%.
Apr 20162 yrs 2 mosMay 2018
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
1. Created a standard operating procedure that would ease the decision making process and ensure scalability of the organization.
2. Planned and implemented the content strategy and ensured that the deadlines are met by the content team.
3. Oversaw the digital marketing activities across platforms.
4. Increased the number of articles under guest contributor platform.
5. Identified potential clients, nurtured them and engaged with the customers at different buckets of the sales pipeline.
6. Actively worked on client projects to ensure that the customer service expectations are met.
7. Launched and managed TechStory's proprietary events wing that increased the number of touch points with the audience.
8. Partnered in major entrepreneurial events attended by influencers in the startup ecosystem and actively networked to grow the TechStory community.
Jun 201510 mosMar 2016
1. Created and curated content for the target audience.
2. Distributed the content across social media channels to drive audience for the portal.
3. Attended events to promote visibility for the company and networked with people from relevant industries.
Sankara’s AI Stack
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Operations Management
Symbiosis Institute of Operations Management - SIOM
20182 yrs2020
Master's degree, International Business
Leeds Beckett University
20192019
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