Naveen Jha

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General Manager - Category @ Swiggy Instamart| Ex- Flipkart| Ex- Mother Dairy @ Swiggy
india
Naveen Jha's Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, India
About Naveen Jha

With experience in the Food space in Modern retail, Ecommerce and now with Quick commerce, I have honed my skills in category management, team building, and supplier management, driving growth and profitability. At Swiggy my focus is on fostering supplier relationships, building great product assortment and creating business opportunities that is pivotal for our success and offering unparalleled convenience to our customers . In past I have also successfully led the Fruits & Vegetables (F&V) team for Suprdaily and Insanelygood, establishing robust Pan India back-end capabilities to meet our dynamic business needs.At Flipkart, I spearheaded the development of 3P packing facilities and expanded the Private Label business into new territories within the grocery platform. I managed multiple categories, including staples and processed food & beverages, and grew the business from 5 cities to 23 cities.My tenure at Mother Dairy involved various roles, from sourcing fresh fruits and vegetables to building branded grocery categories for SAFAL retail stores . Overseeing Pan India sourcing for frozen products like peas and sweetcorn and also playing a key role in launching Private Label categories in staples, snacks (e.g., French fries, tikki), and processed foods (e.g., pickles, jams).

Naveen Jha's Current Company Details
Swiggy

Swiggy

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General Manager - Category @ Swiggy Instamart| Ex- Flipkart| Ex- Mother Dairy
india
Website:
swiggy.in
Employees:
12711
Naveen Jha Work Experience Details
  • Swiggy
    General Manager- Category
    Swiggy Feb 2024 - Present
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • Swiggy
    General Manager - (F&V)
    Swiggy Jan 2022 - Jan 2024
    Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India
    • Leading Fruits & Vegetable category buyside team, managing sourcing, quality, and buy side operations for a new business vertical.• Building robust F&V backend capabilities for short to long-term strategy. • Responsible for Category growth & profitability.
  • Flipkart
    Senior Manager - Private Label Staples And Fresh Category
    Flipkart Mar 2021 - Feb 2022
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    Managed pan India sourcing and vendor based packing facilities for private label staples category. Oversaw 23+ private label packing facilities for 400+ SKUs with a team of 7 regional managers.
  • Flipkart
    Key Account Manager - Private Label Staples & Fresh Category
    Flipkart Aug 2020 - Mar 2021
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
    National Buyer for Pulses category. Contributing to 3X GMV & Margin growth. Also was leading F&V buy side for Quick commerce business encompassing building sourcing strategy for pan India launch, supplier development, Product handelling SOPs and innovating new sourcing models for rapid scale up of business across cities.
  • Flipkart
    Key Account Manager - Private Label Staples Category
    Flipkart Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
    Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
  • Flipkart
    Manager- Private Label Lead For Food And Beverages
    Flipkart Oct 2018 - Jul 2019
    Bengaluru Area, India
    handled Food & Beverages portfolio for Private label business. Leading to launch of new categories in snacks, beverages and processed foods contributing to significant category expansion and business growth.
  • Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd
    Manager- Staples & Frozen Category
    Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd May 2016 - Sep 2018
    New Delhi Area, India
    • Functioned as the national buyer for bulk frozen vegetables and processed foods, overseeing an annual spend of approximately ~100 Cr for the brand. Responsibilities included managing demand planning, inventory, implementing supply risk mitigation strategies, and cultivating vendor relationships.• Spearheaded the innovation and introduction of new product categories such as French fries, aloo tikki, and pickles for the brand. This involved task ranging from vendor identification, audit clearance, to Improving vendor capabilities for compliance, recipe formulation, contract negotiation, and packaging development.
  • Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd
    Deputy Manager - Category ( Branded Food Products)
    Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd Apr 2014 - Apr 2016
    New Delhi Area, India
    • Established a comprehensive portfolio of branded staples categories for over 400 "SAFAL" outlets, originally focused on fruit and vegetables retail. This encompassed activities such as identifying suitable categories and brands, engaging in commercial negotiations, demand planning, and overseeing inventory management.• The introduction of non-F&V branded staples contributed an additional ~40 Cr in revenue to the business within the first year of launch.• Initiated the establishment of a private label staples business, starting from the ground up, encompassing activities such as market research, product selection, manufacturer identification, specification design, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
  • Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd
    Asst. Manager
    Mother Dairy Fruit & Vegetable Pvt. Ltd May 2011 - Mar 2014
    New Delhi Area, India
    Branded staples category management for Safal storesFacilitating demand planning and sourcing of 150+ fresh fruit and vegetable items from 140 farmers Association.
  • General Mills
    Intern
    General Mills Nov 2010 - Dec 2010
    Mumbai Area, India
    To study the existing Bengal gram (for Besan manufacturing) and wheat (for Sooji/Rava) market in the country. To present the opportunities, challenges and threats understood from the study and formulate an implementation strategy for procurement based on findings from the study.
  • Sir Ratan Tata Trust
    Intern
    Sir Ratan Tata Trust Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
    Amravati Area, India
    The objective was to study pre and post harvest practices, marketing channels, major markets and processing of Soybean,Bengal gram and Orange in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.

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Naveen Jha's current role is General Manager - Category @ Swiggy Instamart| Ex- Flipkart| Ex- Mother Dairy.

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Naveen Jha attended Institute Of Rural Management Anand, Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth.

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