Research and Consulting professional with more than a decade of work experience in leading and working at multinational companies such as BCG (Boston Consulting Group), P&G, Hewlett Packard, and RR Donnelley

Boston Consulting Group- Bangalore March 2018 – Till Date
Knowledge Expert and Team Manager – Consumer Practice Knowledge Team (KT)
BCG’s Consumer practice works for clients across all consumer sectors including consumer packaged goods, retail, restaurants, and travel & tourism

• Provide expert advisory and knowledge to project teams- Act as a thought partner, establish credibility with project teams and provide problem solving and insights around industry topics
• Deliver on consumer team consulting projects either directly or by involving other team analysts
• Create thought leadership assets, Identify and develop new knowledge products; refine existing knowledge products including competitive intelligence documents, credentials, Industry primers etc.
• Work with proposal teams and write large portions of proposal/ selling documents
• Share fresh and commercially relevant topic/ sector expertise in support of client work
• Develop content for go-to-market materials and contributes to or co-authors publications
• Resource deployment (staffing) for junior and senior Analysts according to business needs
• Manage recruitment , conduct interviews, design on-boarding schedule, provides day-to-day apprenticeship and coaching for junior staff
• Work on long term professional development of junior and senior analysts
• Evaluate performance and develop career development plans for KT staff

Lead a team of analysts for US based clients from different Industry Verticals including (CPG, Retail, BFSI, IT, Chemicals, Energy). Responsible for project management, client engagement, business development and team management

? Design, plan, and execute complex, best in class research projects for multiple clients.
? Managing multiple team assignments, including scoping of requests, identifying appropriate research strategy, and assigning resources to execute the projects
? Gathering information (using primary/secondary resources) analysing clients' business (competitors, markets, financial statements, consumers, brands, opportunity assessment, claims, innovation, technologies, insights etc.), drawing conclusions, preparing final reports/business cases and giving presentations
? Responsible for managing key CPG and retail accounts to achieve designated growth targets
? Managing recruitment and selection, train and coach junior analysts, provide regular feedbacks to drive performance, doing appraisals and performance management
? Update, and maintain researched data and industry reports on knowledge management repository
? Proactively monitor current and upcoming innovation and business trends using various information sources and update clients by sending newsletters.
? Liaison with clients and sales team to Identify new opportunities, generate leads and capture opportunity for business development
? Prepare responses to RFPs in consultation with the delivery team to drive sales of research services
? Draft FTE proposals and create sales collaterals such as webinars and presentations to support sales activities

Supported P&G’s R&D, New Business Creation (NBC) and Consumer and Market Knowledge (CMK) teams. Provided market research support to various R&D and marketing managers from P&G’s different GBUs. Key responsibilities included executing research projects, client engagement, team management & vendor management

?Lead global delivery of Intelligence/ Analytics Services for P&G out of Bangalore R&D center, India
?Execute high complex market research projects independently for NBC, CMK and R&D groups
?Organize, analyze, synthesize, and summarize the structured and unstructured information
?Analyse quarterly financial reports of key competitors and summarise their overall business performance
?Provide periodic strategic research pieces on upstream and downstream product development
?Competitive benchmarking of comparative brands to identify gaps and provide insights on brand growth
?Identifying consumer insights by analyzing social media content and to drive brand building activities
?Provide recommendations on untapped opportunities, new product launches, and go to market strategies
?Maintaining knowledge repository of industry publications and key deliverables on share point
?Vendor Management: Collaborating with research vendors to help them scope & design research projects, evaluating the deliverables to ensure that they meet set quality standards and timelines, managing research budgets, estimating project pricing and improving overall process

Two year degree with major in finance accounting and marketing from prestigious Delhi university