ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

BE/BTech: West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, India

MBA/PGDM: Vlerick Business School, Brussels, Belgium

PROFILE SUMMARY

A cross-functional transformation leader who brings operations, supply chain, technology and P&L leadership together, with experience across Agristo, OMP and Sterlite Technologies. Built and scaled Agristo India from a USD 25M to USD 100M business, led 150+ people and delivered a USD 85M brownfield expansion alongside a SAP S/4HANA transformation. Brings hands-on expertise in operational excellence, supply chain transformation, ERP/IT strategy, post-merger integration and CapEx, helping businesses improve performance while building scalable operating models.

CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

13 years

EXPERIENCE HIGHLIGHTS

Visolvys PartnersDirector - Operations, Technology & Transformation Advisory Feb 2026 - Present- Own advisory practice serving industrial, food processing and technology clients on operations, supply chain, technology and transformation mandates.- Delivered 350 bps of EBITDA uplift through end-to-end operating model redesign, margin mix and cost-to-serve reduction, and cut SG&A overhead by 12% via organisation simplification and shared-service design.- Lifted client OEE by 14 points (68% to 82%) and plant throughput by 16% through bottleneck analysis, changeover reduction and a shop-floor performance cadence.- Released USD 15M of working capital and cut inventory DIO by 16 days through inventory segmentation and coverage policy, alongside a 17-point lift in forecast accuracy to 85%. - Delivered 18% IT OpEx reduction through application rationalisation and managed-services restructuring, and 20% less unplanned downtime via EAM deployment and criticality-based maintenance.- De-risked USD 50M+ of CapEx through stage-gate governance and business-case challenge, and unlocked USD 12M+ of CapEx avoidance by proving latent capacity in existing assets.- Provide ERP selection and implementation assurance - vendor evaluation, scope and cost challenge, go-live readiness gates and stabilisation review - and advise on market entry and capacity expansion for clients targeting Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

Agristo NV (Agristo India)Head of Operations, IT & Digital Transformation Oct 2023 - Feb 2026- Held full P&L accountability for an India business unit grown from USD 25M to USD 100M, and led the India market-entry build-out - entity operations, organisation design, headcount planning and management operating system.- Directed a team of 150+ across production, quality, engineering, maintenance, planning, warehousing and IT, building the operating structure, KPI cascade and governance cadence from start-up.- Delivered 100,000 MT of finished goods annually at 95%+ OTIF across raw-material intake, processing, freezing, packaging, cold storage and despatch.- Spearheaded a USD 85M brownfield capital expansion from business case and stage-gate governance through construction, commissioning and capacity stabilisation to full commercial readiness.- Architected and delivered a USD 2M IT strategic roadmap across ERP, manufacturing systems, infrastructure and cybersecurity, approved on a modelled three-year payback, and owned SAP S/4HANA implementation.

OMPProduct Roadmap & Supply Chain Innovation May 2021 - Oct 2023- Advised C-suite executives at Fortune 500 manufacturers across food and beverage, chemicals, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals and metals on operations, supply chain and digital transformation.- Co-created enterprise software product roadmaps through structured customer discovery and 100+ hours of executive and end-user interviews with clients including Nestle, Johnson & Johnson, BASF and Bayer.

STL - Sterlite Technologies LimitedManager - Digital Transformation & Post-Merger Integration Mar 2019 - May 2021- Directed the operational, IT and organisational integration of a EUR 47M Italian acquisition, delivering ERP, CRM and planning rollouts across two countries within 12 months.- Captured synergies including a 25% faster financial close and a 60% reduction in master-data errors through cross-border ERP and data-warehouse migration and master-data harmonisation.

STL - Sterlite Technologies LimitedDeputy Manager - Key Accounts Transformation & Strategy Nov 2017 - Feb 2019- Shaped global key-account strategy across the top 15 strategic customers representing USD 1bn+ in revenue, including regional telecom operators du, Etisalat and Omantel across the UAE and Oman.- Transformed key-account management from relationship-led to data-led - governance framework, voice-of-customer intelligence, account analytics and executive dashboards.

STL - Sterlite Technologies LimitedHead of Production - Optical Fibre Jun 2013 - Nov 2017- Headed the optical-fibre draw operation with 70 people across a continuous three-shift plant, stabilising newly commissioned capacity through OEE improvement, yield recovery and 100% SOP compliance governance during a 1M-to-7M fibre-km ramp.- Cut scrap and customer complaints through structured root-cause and continuous-improvement programmes, recognised with two CEO Quarterly Excellence Awards.