Engage with senior stakeholders (CPO, Director, Category Managers, Head of CoE) to understand business problems and provide customized solutionClient and project lead for inflation forecasting and commodity market intelligence project for a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical company Managing end-to-end project delivery including tasks such as scoping, work allocation, deliverable review and client follow-upLeading a team of senior and junior analysts on research and analytics projects — handling facets related to their training, feedback and appraisalsActively involved in development and implementation of new client solution for price volatility managementSupporting sales teams in RFPs/RFIs

Built regression/econometric models by analysing the commodity’s value chain and identifying quantifiable variables which impact commodity prices; specialize in agro and metal basketsPrepared market intelligence reports and dashboardsHandled a 5-member team involved in demand-supply analysis and secondary research; actively involved in training of new teammembersPitched forecasting services to prospective clients and created scoping documents

Supported CPO and category managers with actionable market intelligencePresented commodities outlook to the management committee on a periodic basisMitigate price risk by suggesting hedging opportunitiesAnalysed commodity price trends and conducted research to forecast pricesBenchmark inventory holding period with industry peers

Managed INR 30 million for outright and arbitrage trading on international commodity exchanges in bullions, energy, metals and currenciesEstablished inter-market correlations of currencies and their relationship with commodities, bonds and stock indicesPrepared training material for new team membersAssisted in development and testing of in-house algorithm

Traded commodity futures of bullions, energy products and base metal on CME and MCX; identified and executed arbitrage opportunities between the two exchanges and hedging dollar exposure in MCX-SX/NSE

Member - Management Audit Cell (Oil & Gas Division)