Business & Project Execution
· MBA, IIM Ahmedabad · Dubai

Supply chains by profession, puzzles by obsession.

Business and project execution professional in Dubai — five-plus years across supply chain, procurement, and operations at Schneider Electric, London Stock Exchange Group, and a ferro-alloys manufacturer, now completing the MBA at IIM Ahmedabad's first Dubai cohort. I take messy, cross-functional problems — 650k-partner platform migrations, plant-floor ERP rollouts, GCC logistics networks — and turn them into delivered projects with numbers attached.

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What I'm working on

Completing the one-year MBA at IIM Ahmedabad (Dubai) — the programme's first Dubai cohort — with coursework spanning AI tools for managerial decision-making, supply chain digitisation, and strategy.
Serving as Placement Vertical Head for the cohort: building corporate relationships, industry projects, and hiring mandates across the UAE.
Built a Total Landed Cost framework for a UAE chemicals exporter across 18+ export countries — identifying up to 40% reduction in internal logistics costs (graded A).
Designed a 0–1 B2B procurement marketplace for Dubai's SME fit-out contractors — 50+ suppliers, AI-matched bills of quantities, and trade credit via Tabby B2B.

Selected work

Global Partner Platform Migration

Delivery

Owned end-to-end programme strategy and delivery at Schneider Electric: migrating 650k+ partners across 80+ countries to a new platform — scoping the plan, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders, and driving phased execution to €2M in savings per year.

Programme delivery
80+ countries
€2M/yr saved

Enterprise ERP Implementation

Delivery

Scoped, executed, and rolled out a manufacturer's ERP end-to-end — integrating plant and warehouse operations, saving 3.6k+ man-hours a year, cutting audit preparation from 12 days to 7, and training 15+ people on the ground.

ERP
Multi-system integration
3.6k+ hrs/yr saved

Waste Heat Recovery — Capex Delivery

Operations

Owned deployment of a $400K+ waste-heat-recovery system as a capital project: risk assessments, safety compliance audits, and budget tracking — saving $430K annually while improving raw-material scheduling and furnace uptime.

Capex governance
Risk assessment
$430K/yr saved

Distribution & Trading Operations

Operations

Ran distribution and trading operations planning for a ferro-alloys business contributing $4M annual revenue — lifting manganese recovery 2% (~$310K/yr), tightening dispatch sequencing, and releasing $400K of working capital.

S&OP
Inventory planning
$400K capital released

GCC Logistics Optimisation

Analytics

IIMA project for a UAE chemicals exporter: Total Landed Cost framework across 18+ export countries, Fujairah-to-Jebel Ali relocation analysis, and route optimisation — identifying up to 40% internal logistics cost reduction with capacity scaling modelled from 20% to 90%.

Total Landed Cost
Network design
Grade A

Index Governance & APAC Universe

Analytics

At LSEG, conducted liquidity testing for securities universe collation that amended more than 15% of indices, built the APAC equity universe from free-float, pricing, and liquidity data, and improved data-retrieval efficiency 25% with Refinitiv Eikon.

Refinitiv Eikon
Index governance
Equity data

Experience

Sep 2025 – Present
MBA Candidate · Placement Vertical Head
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad — Dubai Campus · Dubai, UAE
- One-year full-time MBA in the programme's first Dubai cohort; international immersion at Esade (Barcelona).
- As Placement Vertical Head, develop corporate partnerships for industry projects, internships, and hiring mandates — connecting the cohort to employers across the UAE.
Jul 2023 – Jun 2025
Project Lead, Strategic Execution
Astha Ferro Alloys — MD's Office · Raipur, India
- Owned distribution and trading operations planning contributing $4M annual revenue; optimised charge mix and slag recycling for a 2% manganese-recovery gain (~$310K/yr).
- Delivered a $400K+ waste-heat-recovery capex project end-to-end — $430K saved annually — and an enterprise ERP implementation saving 3.6k+ man-hours a year.
- Reduced inventory holding period 12–15% through dispatch sequencing, releasing $400K in working capital; built a vendor performance dashboard cutting turnaround ~150 man-hours.
Mar 2022 – Dec 2022
Business Operations Analyst
London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) · Bengaluru, India
- Conducted liquidity testing for securities-universe collation, resulting in amendment of more than 15% of indices.
- Built the APAC equity universe — free float, pricing, and liquidity volumes via Refinitiv Eikon — covering IPO research across the region; improved data-retrieval efficiency by 25%.
Aug 2020 – Mar 2022
Analyst — Project Execution & CX Specialist
Schneider Electric · Bengaluru, India
- Owned programme strategy and delivery for migrating 650k+ partners to a new platform across 80+ countries — €2M cost savings per year.
- Improved CSAT 10% and saved 2.4k+ hours across 20 countries through order-management workflow changes; led Customer Journey Mapping for the Eurotherm subsidiary.
- Received Schneider Electric's "Spotify" and "Electrify" awards; best speaker at the SE Toastmasters club.
2017 – 2018
Engineering & Supply Chain Internships
Maruti Suzuki · Valvoline · Dynatrade (Dubai) · India & UAE
- "Excellent"-graded supply chain work at India's largest carmaker; auto-parts procurement across 160+ global suppliers at Dynatrade in Dubai — inventory planning, lead-time and demand analysis.

Education

2025 – 2026
MBA (one-year, full-time) · Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad — Dubai Campus
2026
International Immersion Programme · Esade Business School, Barcelona
2016 – 2020
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering · Manipal Institute of Technology

Skills

Execution & Operations

End-to-end project delivery
Capex & Opex governance
ERP systems
Multi-system integration
Risk assessment
Customer journey mapping
Vendor & SLA management
Inventory planning

Data & Tools

SQL
Python
Advanced Excel
Refinitiv Eikon
Order management platforms
PowerPoint

Certifications

Supply Chain Digitization (IIMA)
AI Product Management (Duke)
Generative AI Automation (Vanderbilt)
Applied Statistics (DeepLearning.AI)
Agile Supply Chain (UC Irvine)

Beyond the day job

Directed multi-ward waste aggregation in Sohagpur with local government stakeholders — restoring river flow that delivers 350,000 litres of clean water weekly to ~5,000 residents.
Volunteered 70+ hours teaching mathematics to underprivileged girls.
Completed the Jebel Jais Via Ferrata — a multi-kilometre protected climbing route on the UAE's highest peak.
Cleared AFCAT in the top 3% of 200,000+ applicants, shortlisted for the final Air Force Selection Board stage.
Off the clock: geopolitics, football tactics, F1 strategy — and whichever puzzle refuses to be solved.

Contact

Open to conversations about supply chain, operations, and programme delivery — roles, projects, and hard problems — in Dubai and across the GCC.

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