Amit Shukla
Project Leader at BCG | ex-Amazon, Nestlé
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Financial Operations💻
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Stakeholder Engagement
Bengaluru, India
Experienced marketer with a strong background in financial operations, project leadership, and concept generation. Worked with top companies like BCG, Amazon, and Nestlé. Skilled in business strategy, P&L improvement, and due diligence. #MarketingExpert #ProjectLeader #BCGAlumni
Project Leader, BCG
September 2024 - Present
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Working in Consumer-Goods, Consumer-Tech, Ecom & Quick-com space
- Consistent Top performer
- Consistent Top performer
Consultant, BCG
September 2022 - August 2024
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Worked with Quick-com, Ecom, Consumer goods & D2C clients in areas of Strategy, Growth, 0-to-1 Biz set up, P&L improvement
Senior Associate, BCG
September 2021 - August 2022
India
- Market valuation - Conducted due-diligence, evaluated market-cap potential & developed 5X valuation increase plan for an IT service company
- Cost reduction - Reduced SG&A cost for mid-tier IT service company; generated 20%+ incremental margins
- Cost reduction - Reduced SG&A cost for mid-tier IT service company; generated 20%+ incremental margins
Category Manager - Consumables Business, Amazon
December 2020 - September 2021
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
- Headed P&L management for ₹1500 Cr+ portfolio in Consumables business
- Led business planning, growth, deals & commercials to deliver revenue & profitability growth
- Led business planning, growth, deals & commercials to deliver revenue & profitability growth
Category Planning Manager - Maggi (Foods Business), Nestlé
September 2018 - December 2020
Gurgaon, India
- Category planning lead for Nestle India's core brand – Maggi noodles
- Managed growth acceleration, capacity planning & long-term supply strategy
- Managed growth acceleration, capacity planning & long-term supply strategy
Demand Planning Manager - Foods Business, Nestlé
May 2018 - August 2018
Gurgaon, Haryana
Management Intern, Procter & Gamble
August 2017 - October 2017
Goa, India
- Analyzed Fem-care and Hygiene business' supply chain (Brand 'Whisper'), to identify productivity improvement opportunities and implement solutions for generating target Net Structural Savings of 100,000$
- Achieved 162,000$ Net Structural Savings – 60% over target – through process modifications, Productivity Improvement and supply-chain optimization
- Increased Contract Site Productivity by 20%
- Increased Warehouse Productivity by 14%
- Reduced General Operational Spending by 12%
- Received ‘Execution Excellence’ commendation for implementing 75% of proposals in contract sites
- Achieved 162,000$ Net Structural Savings – 60% over target – through process modifications, Productivity Improvement and supply-chain optimization
- Increased Contract Site Productivity by 20%
- Increased Warehouse Productivity by 14%
- Reduced General Operational Spending by 12%
- Received ‘Execution Excellence’ commendation for implementing 75% of proposals in contract sites
Program Manager - New Products, Tata Motors Ltd.
September 2013 - May 2016
- Worked as a Project manager in Program Management function of Tata Motors Commercial Vehicle Business Unit – handling NPI projects in Tata Ace and Super Ace vehicle platforms
- Led a cross-functional team of 14 to mass-produce 5 new variants of mini-trucks for domestic and international markets (Middle East, Philippines & Vietnam), ensuring delivery of 4 key KPIs – Cost, Quality, Delivery & Time
- Executed Critical path analysis for planning & scheduling project activities, from prototyping to ramp-up
- Initiated & Lead Engineering team in product analysis, monitored prototype and pilot-batch building activities
- Resolved 100% critical production issues before ramp-up
- Achieved 98%(+) quality compliance as per market benchmarks for pre-launch vehicle Quality Audits
- Managed over 1000+ Engineering changes and ensured 98% BoM accuracy in new vehicles
- Provided support & inputs to Facility planning & Ancillary Development functions for early vendor integration
- Led a cross-functional team of 14 to mass-produce 5 new variants of mini-trucks for domestic and international markets (Middle East, Philippines & Vietnam), ensuring delivery of 4 key KPIs – Cost, Quality, Delivery & Time
- Executed Critical path analysis for planning & scheduling project activities, from prototyping to ramp-up
- Initiated & Lead Engineering team in product analysis, monitored prototype and pilot-batch building activities
- Resolved 100% critical production issues before ramp-up
- Achieved 98%(+) quality compliance as per market benchmarks for pre-launch vehicle Quality Audits
- Managed over 1000+ Engineering changes and ensured 98% BoM accuracy in new vehicles
- Provided support & inputs to Facility planning & Ancillary Development functions for early vendor integration
Student Program Head, Lockheed Martin
June 2011 - May 2013
Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi
- Led a 350,000 USD student project for Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in India for designing, developing and marketing the 'Next-Gen Urban Unmanned Aerial Vehicle'
- Public demonstration of the UAV done by Dr.VK Saraswat (advisor to Defense Minister, India)
- Named ‘Aarush-X1’, the UAV has been successfully developed and Flight Tested
- The design and performance attributes were acclaimed by officials from DRDO and Indian Defence Forces in its recently conducted Public Flight (3rd November’12)
- Public demonstration of the UAV done by Dr.VK Saraswat (advisor to Defense Minister, India)
- Named ‘Aarush-X1’, the UAV has been successfully developed and Flight Tested
- The design and performance attributes were acclaimed by officials from DRDO and Indian Defence Forces in its recently conducted Public Flight (3rd November’12)
Summer Internship
June 2012 - July 2012
Dallas/Fort Worth Area, USA
- Development of Unmanned Aerial System for AUVSI Student Unmanned Aerial Systems Competition (2011&2012), Maryland, USA
- AUVSI 2012: 4th in Technical Paper, 3rd in Oral Presentation and 3rd rank overall and a Cash Prize of $5100 among 35 Universities from US and Canada
- AUVSI 2011: 3rd in Technical Paper, 4th in Oral Presentation and 7th rank overall and a Cash Prize of $3300 among 32 Universities from US and Canada
- AUVSI 2012: 4th in Technical Paper, 3rd in Oral Presentation and 3rd rank overall and a Cash Prize of $5100 among 35 Universities from US and Canada
- AUVSI 2011: 3rd in Technical Paper, 4th in Oral Presentation and 7th rank overall and a Cash Prize of $3300 among 32 Universities from US and Canada
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Education
PGDM (MBA)
2016 - 2018
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research
Operations, Consulting, Marketing
International Immersion - Advanced Analytics
2017 - 2017
Michigan State University
MBA
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.)
2009 - 2013
Delhi College of Engineering
Mechanical
ICSE | Higher and Senior Secondary
1995 - 2009
St. Francis' College
