With over 5 years of experience in the online pharmacy sector and overall 10 years experience, I am a seasoned professional who lead the P&L and operations of Saveo.in, India's fastest-growing B2B e-commerce platform for pharmacies. Currently, engaged in building Silvercross, Saveo's own generic pharma brand. My role involves managing a team of 50+ members across operations, supply, and logistics, as well as overseeing the inventory and darkstore of the assigned region.I also excel as a category manager for generics and high margin brands, where I leverage my data analysis and vendor negotiation skills to drive cross-functional collaboration, market insights, competitive pricing, and marketing strategies. I have successfully launched and nurtured 15+ major generic pharma brands, initiated high margin brands, and conducted training for field staff across 4 regions. My mission is to enhance the category performance and customer satisfaction for Saveo.in, while reducing costs and optimizing inventory.
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Marketing & Procurement HeadSilvercross Dec 2023 - PresentBengaluru, Karnataka, India- NPD (New Product Development) - Ideation to the actual product in medical stores.- Category Management for 150+ products.- Brand marketing ideation to execution. -
Category ManagerSaveo.In Mar 2022 - PresentBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaCategory Manager - Generics and High Margin brands- Drive Cross-functional collaboration with sales, marketing and tech teams for better visibility on app and offline marketing promotion.- Getting insights of the assigned category by data analysis using SQL and Advanced Excel and using the same to enhance the category performance and minimal inventory.- Initiating high margin brands under the generic category and negotiating better schemes and marketing budget- Managing the assigned category for 4 regions.- Building darkstores and managing the inventory.- Conducting knowledge based and sales strategy training for field staff across 4 regions.- New Product Development of Saveo's own generic brand 'Silvercross', heading procurement and marketing for Silvercross having 100+ product portfolio. -
City HeadSaveo.In Oct 2022 - Dec 2023City Head & Category Manager- Managing P&L.- Heading 50+ members of Operations, Supply and Logistics team with direct reportees of 5.- Managing inventory and darkstore of the assigned region.
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Assistant Category ManagerSaveo.In Feb 2021 - Mar 2022Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India- Launched 15+ major generic pharma brands along with sourcing, planning, market analysis, competitive price benchmarking, inventory management and initiating marketing strategies to enhance category performance.- Launch, develop and nurture strategic relationships with seller partners and growth opportunities through data analysis, process enhancement, and issue resolution.
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Operations ManagerSaveo.In Aug 2020 - Feb 2021Bengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaGreatful for the oppurtunity of setting up the foundation of operations.- Built the physical infra to minimize the footsteps of store executives and run the operations efficiently..- Hired and built the operations, billing and logistics team from scratch with proper documented SOPs to follow.- Leading the warehouse operations and logistics team to deliver 800+ orders per day to 300+ pincodes in Karnataka.
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Co-FounderGx Startup Feb 2018 - Apr 2020Bengaluru, Karnataka, India-- Serving 100+ customers across Bengaluru.-- Automated credit payments collection follow up through excel and whatsapp business.-- Strategized the workflow of operations using technology and inventory management software.-- Handled deliveries to prominent locations of Bengaluru.-- Handled day-to-day operations ensuring on-time delivery.-- Achieved revenue of 1Cr+ in FY19-20.-- Handled wide range of 3000+ products from 15 different pharmaceutical companies.
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Deputy ManagerKotak Mahindra Bank Jul 2017 - Jan 2018Bengaluru Area, India-- Handling portfolio of a diverse customer base.-- New customer acquisition.-- Relationship management-- Cross-selling and up-selling banking products. -
Business Development ExecutiveJust2Trade Pvt. Ltd. Apr 2016 - Apr 2017Bangalore-- New customer acquisition-- Relationship management for growing the existing business.-- Giving training to the clients on stock market trading.-- Handling customer queries.-- Cold calling with 2-3 percent conversion rate. -
Assistant ManagerJindal Steel & Power Ltd. Jul 2013 - Mar 2016Raigarh, Chattisgarh, India-- Operational In-charge in Plate mill.-- Handled a team of 33 members.-- Finalizing the costing and budget of the production line.-- Modified traditional MIS reports by using VBA and macros to reduce the data input and minimize human error.-- Modified the traditional operating procedure according to the safety standards and installed cameras to new spots for more visibility from the pulpit station to improve the efficiency of work done and increasing the production capacity.-- Executive of the month award in Raigarh plant.
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Prashanth B Karnal Education Details
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Mechanical Engineering
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What company does Prashanth B Karnal work for?
Prashanth B Karnal works for Silvercross
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Prashanth B Karnal's current role is Building Silvercross @ Saveo.in.
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Prashanth B Karnal attended National Institute Of Technology, Rourkela.
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