Vedansh Gupta Email & Phone Number

Mumbai Area, India

At Coniferous we provide supply chain solutions to our customers across the world in the Hygiene and Packaging Industry. We ensure that Tissue is not your Issue! With a young and dynamic team in place, we are here to ensure that you are well informed about the material you are buying, the financing associated as well as the logistics!

Dubai, Uae

•Established an off shore office for the Narsinghdass Group of companies in Dubai •Built ground up framework of the organization in two months•Break even turn over acheived in 3 months, using activity based costing (ABC)•Negotiated and marketed with prospective clients and understood the opportunities which lied within •Strengthened export’s admin division of NDPL (a part of NDG), to be integrated with the marketing team of Artica International•Started with 4 SKU’s in Nov. 2014, currently the team is marketing over 60 SKU’s in March 2015

India

• Conducted voice of customer (VOC) surveys to understand unmet customer needs. Translated the value proposition to technical specs and developed 1 product for high gloss specialty paper• Led enterprise wide initiative to implement approx. 35% of customer’s recommendations across all functions – technical, supply chain, customer service, procurement. • Improved customer technology adoption rate by 20% thru better articulation of value proposition• Adopted a customer relationship management (CRM) tool across all national sales managers• Used activity based costing (ABC) to analyze true cost of all existing products (120 SKUs). • Using portfolio management to improve profitability by 400 basis points• Developed custom software to estimate cost of new formulated products • Coordinated with the accounts department for billing, and learnt the taxation laws applicable for the domestic and international markets• Negotiated with the suppliers of the raw materials and learnt about the new products they had to offer which could be incorporated

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Researched in the area using heat absorbed by roof panels on a dairy farm to be converted into useful forms of energy and resources • Worked with professor Kevin Janini and Bo Hu to arrive at a commercially viable solution for placing solar panels on dairy farm roofs• Designed a model which would generate a constant source of income for the supplier of the panels while providing the consumer with a range of benefits • Used concepts of heat transfer, material science along with human and animal behavior in designing an apt and economical solution• Presented the finding to the supplier along with the professor and received funding for the project from the supplier

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

As an IT Specialist, I helped the patrons of the university with their IT problems and educated them on increasing their efficiency in their daily computing habits. Also helped the patrons, to get familiar with the Universities intricate IT requirements and systems.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

• Designed a system to dry Micro-Algae for its primary use in the bio-diesel industry• Worked with a multinational team of researchers headed by renowned professor Dr. Roger Ruan• Analyzed current industrial practices using SWOT analysis• Formulated a new process saving 10% energy usage when compared to traditional mechanical drying there by reducing operating costs• Presented the research to an array of professor and industrialists explaining them the findings and clearing some of the questions about the same

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Bio-Products And Bio-Systems Engineering

Activities and Societies: Historian and Brother at Pi Kappa Alpha Indian Student Association University Squash Team Bharat Student.

High School, Ib Diploma