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Product & Programme Management Leader | Enterprise SaaS, Supply Chain & AI Platforms | 13+ Yrs (Unilever, Oracle) | IIM Lucknow

About

Product & Programme Management leader with 13+ years building and scaling enterprise platform products across Supply Chain Planning, Logistics, Manufacturing, and R&D at Unilever, where I own product strategy for a €6M+ global forecasting and planning technology portfolio spanning 40+ international markets. I work at the intersection of product strategy, AI/data science, and large-scale platform delivery — translating machine learning and analytics into products that move the bottom line, and leading distributed, cross-functional teams to ship them globally. A few things I'm proud of: - Improved global forecast accuracy by 800+ basis points through a redesigned Demand & Material Planning product charter - Delivered €120M in documented enterprise value leading product strategy for Unilever's global Warehouse Management Systems across 250+ automated warehouses and 200+ factories - Led the product strategy and cloud migration (Azure, SAP S/4HANA, Blue Yonder) for legacy warehousing platforms across multiple international markets - Started my career at Oracle building enterprise ERP (PeopleSoft) products before moving into product leadership at Unilever An alumnus of IIM Lucknow (2016) and CET Trivandrum (2011). I've spent my career turning complex, high-stakes supply chain and enterprise problems into products people actually want to use.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Global Lead Manager - Demand Planning Products (AD / Group PM equivalent) at Unilever, Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, • Product Strategy & Vision: Spearhead the global product strategy and multi-year roadmaps for next-generation forecasting software and automated planning products across 40+ international markets. • AI-Led Innovation: Direct the product development of predictive engines and intelligent anomaly-detection tools, driving a 3% to 10% structural improvement in plan accuracy. • Investment & Portfolio Governance: Own the financial strategy, product prioritization, and roadmap commercialization for a €6M global software technology portfolio. • Stakeholder & Team Alignment: Lead collaborative product definition and stakeholder alignment across distributed business clusters, standardizing user requirements into a unified core enterprise platform template.

Sr Product Manager, Supply Chain Planning Products at Unilever, Nov 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, • Product Strategy & Strategy: Led Demand and Material Planning product charters globally to achieve an 800 basis points (bps) improved forecast accuracy across Unilever business units. • Core Platform Standardization: Formulated a "Golden Template" of harmonized Demand Drivers, resulting in a 30% reduction in manual planner data inputs. • Product Discovery & Pilot: Spearheaded the discovery and pilot of Long-Term Forecasting software capabilities for 2 key markets in 4 months, driving 2% turnover growth across 3 core product categories. • Data & Decision Intelligence: Designed and launched a Material Planning dashboard cockpit powered by Decision Intelligence features, delivering a €500k reduction in business waste. • Portfolio Scaling: Directed the Kinaxis Supply Planning product portfolio for 4 Wellbeing startups, supporting Unilever's fastest-growing business segment.

Senior Product Manager – Global Warehousing & Logistics Platforms at Unilever, May 2021 - Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, • Product Strategy & Template Design: Managed the multi-year product roadmap and core software templates for Unilever's global Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) across 250+ automated warehouses and 200+ factories. • Platform Modernization & Scaling: Directed the product strategy for migrating legacy warehousing footprints onto scalable cloud architecture (Microsoft Azure) and modern enterprise product environments (SAP S/4HANA / Blue Yonder). • Product ROI & Value Optimization: Delivered €120M in documented enterprise value by prioritizing automated inventory management workflows and cross-market feature rollouts. • Product Discovery & Core Governance: Spearheaded user discovery alongside distributed engineering squads and global fulfillment leaders to consolidate disparate market variants into a single, standardized core codebase.

Summer Intern at Hindustan Unilever limited, Apr 2015 - May 2015 · 2 mos, Audited 115 digital assets of 52 UL Asia brands on Analytics, SEO, Digital and Mobile capabilities Google Analytics insights for user engagement; with KPIs and campaign recommendations for brands

Recruitment Coordinator at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, Jun 2014 - Mar 2016 · 1 yr 10 mos, Converted 65 companies across summers and final placements Helped achieve 100% summer placements in a record 3.5 days Responsible for a portfolio of 400 companies, handled campus relations & on-campus events

Applications Engineer at Oracle, Jun 2011 - May 2014 · 3 yrs, Client Engagement Engaged with client’s VP of HR to design an appraisal module for 275,000+ employees Developed and pitched 4 features to an electronics industry client, enabling sales worth $200k Product Ownership Achieved 10% efficiency increase by introducing automation within software delivery process Designed and delivered 8 enhancements for Peoplesoft CRM’s largest selling sub-modules Awards & Recognition Awarded Special Recognition for feature design that led to 30% run-time reduction for clients Part of implementation team cited as Customer Success Story at Oracle OpenWorld, California

Education

Master of Business Administration, Marketing, Systems, Strategy, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Applied Electronics and Instrumentation, College of Engineering Trivandrum