Saurabh Gupta Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Mh, In

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Lead team for delivering innovation to Beiresdorf Near East Region ( India, Russia Africa, Middle East and Turkey) for categories in Deo, Body, Face, Shower, Men etc.

Singapore

• Leading Package development for Head & Shoulders (Asia) brand.• Build packaging innovations to drive top line of business at minimum cost and complexity. Ensure packaging development initiatives met technical criteria and delivered on schedule, within scope and budget through full initiative life cycle.• Develop innovation master plan and packaging development strategy for Head & shoulders. Further, build strategy for head & shoulders supply chain in Asia.• Developed first in-house Asia Shrink Sleeve package and laminates tubes innovation for China market to enabled launch of Supreme variant for Head & Shoulders in Nov’16.• P&G Singapore leader for Records Management – Electronic Lab notebook and Electronic Records Lifecycle management

Singapore

• Led Front End Innovation on developing Softness delivery technology platform for Hair Care and Laundry Care. Designed and developed controlled release and high active deposition Particle technology to provide superior consumer benefits on softness for fabric care (LAUNDRY) and global Hair care (SHAMPOO). Skills developed building Innovation strategies, technology development, IP filings and Scale-ups.• Established P&G Controlled Release Microsphere Program and enabled filing of 2 patent application within span of 2 years of program initiation..• Developed Chemistry Community of Practice at P&G Singapore – building chemistry experts and capabilities in P&G and Singapore Ecosystem. Leader of 80 + researchers community with a mandate to increase chemistry and material expertise in site. Recognized by P&G Chief Technical Officer for outstanding organization contribution to technical community and awarded “Rising Star Award”• Represented P&G Industry Member for Singapore A*STAR Encapsulation and Controlled Release Technology Platform CoreNET. • Awarded 4"POWER OF YOU"AWARDS from P&G leadership for business and organizational contributions.

Bengaluru Area, India

• Managed Global Alliances & Collaborations for innovation and service programs. Lead Open Innovations at India and Singapore to establish various strategic research partnership with both National Research Institutes (Singapore - A*STAR, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technology University and India - CSIR,DST) and Multinational Companies ( BASF, DOW, TATA).• Established multiple research programs with external organisations enabling innovation pipeline for Global Beauty, Fabric and Household care business.• Developed external capabilities on global scale for P&G Product Safety & Regulatory Affairs for Lifecycle management, artwork proof-reading and database management etc. simplifying the business process and generating 2 Million USD savings in 2011-12.• Credited “Procter & Gamble Contribution Shares” award for Best Business Contribution. Only awarded to 1% of employee. Awarded 8"POWER OF YOU"AWARDS from P&G leadership for business and organizational contributions.

Chennai Area, India

• Led development of global financial reporting solution for Paypal catering to different merchant. Develop architecture of Profit and Loss & Inventory Report for Paypal. • Awarded the Paypal Planet Award in Q1-2008 recognizing best business achievement for the quarter.

Master’S Degree, Micro And Nanotechnology Enterprise

Activities and Societies: CUTEC.• MPhil in Micro and Nanotechnology Enterprise from Department of Material Science and Metallurgy..

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech

Bachelor Of Technology, Material Engineering

Activities and Societies: Entrepreneurship, Cognizance• Qualified Bachelor Of Technology in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategy And Organisations

Specialisation in innovation Management and Strategy.