Built the FMCG business with in house brands from the inception. Built the team, processes & systems -very unique to an FMCG way of working in a predominantly fashion focussed retailer from the initial days. Ensured double digit growths YOY from the first year onwards by continuously enhancing the product portfolio through multiple incremental innovations in product, packaging, and /or promos - culled from first hand consumer insights garnered from stores.

Creating newer opportunities of consumption everyday

Handled procurement & supply chain development of fresh produce and established working models of farm to fork supply chains. In the process also got into QA and warehousing techniques & management of fresh produce, formatted special handling, storage and treatments and devised ways of minimally processing fresh greens to extend shelf life. Got trained in JIT SCM for frozen & chilled goods. Improved my people management skills by interacting on a daily basis with farmers at one end of the spectrum and highly demanding critical customers on the others.

Imbibed in oil technology and worked on many early concepts in foods like multigrain health mixes, etc.

Sourcing of wheat, blend formulations, quality management of wheat, process development & implementation, packaging development, process engineering & line design & fabrication

Started as trainee production executive. Picked up first lessons in hands on management on the shopfloor. Also learnt people management, crisis management and expectation management skills. Operations background in the first few years in my career taught one big lesson - be humble, simple, hard, focussed and tactful in the approach to the job in hand, success soon follows