Amal Kiran
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Suraju Dutta
Amal Kiran is surprisingly deep thinking, mature and an outstanding Strategist for his age. His thought process always takes the big picture and effortlessly moves to the horizon rather than immediate or even mid term. He is a true Strategist and has developed formidable skills in putting together long range business outlooks, strategy plans and effective business models that can help a company plan it's direction, infrastructure development and focus on key elements for long term growth. He is a real asset to have on your team, particularly in the e-commerce, supply chain space. I very highly recommend Amal and wish him the best in anything he decides to do. I would go into battle with the competition with Amal at my wings anytime.
Suraju Dutta
Amal Kiran is surprisingly deep thinking, mature and an outstanding Strategist for his age. His thought process always takes the big picture and effortlessly moves to the horizon rather than immediate or even mid term. He is a true Strategist and has developed formidable skills in putting together long range business outlooks, strategy plans and effective business models that can help a company plan it's direction, infrastructure development and focus on key elements for long term growth. He is a real asset to have on your team, particularly in the e-commerce, supply chain space. I very highly recommend Amal and wish him the best in anything he decides to do. I would go into battle with the competition with Amal at my wings anytime.
Suraju Dutta
Amal Kiran is surprisingly deep thinking, mature and an outstanding Strategist for his age. His thought process always takes the big picture and effortlessly moves to the horizon rather than immediate or even mid term. He is a true Strategist and has developed formidable skills in putting together long range business outlooks, strategy plans and effective business models that can help a company plan it's direction, infrastructure development and focus on key elements for long term growth. He is a real asset to have on your team, particularly in the e-commerce, supply chain space. I very highly recommend Amal and wish him the best in anything he decides to do. I would go into battle with the competition with Amal at my wings anytime.
Suraju Dutta
Amal Kiran is surprisingly deep thinking, mature and an outstanding Strategist for his age. His thought process always takes the big picture and effortlessly moves to the horizon rather than immediate or even mid term. He is a true Strategist and has developed formidable skills in putting together long range business outlooks, strategy plans and effective business models that can help a company plan it's direction, infrastructure development and focus on key elements for long term growth. He is a real asset to have on your team, particularly in the e-commerce, supply chain space. I very highly recommend Amal and wish him the best in anything he decides to do. I would go into battle with the competition with Amal at my wings anytime.
Experience
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Coupang
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South Korea
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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Head of Logistics Design, Growth and Innovation
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Dec 2018 - Present
- Responsible for design and scaling of Coupang's biggest growth driver - Rocket Delivery (Last Mile)- Director, SCM Autonomation and Instock Strategy & Planning for Fresh and Grocery - Responsible for design and scaling of Coupang's biggest growth driver - Rocket Delivery (Last Mile)- Director, SCM Autonomation and Instock Strategy & Planning for Fresh and Grocery
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Ola
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India
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Software Development
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700 & Above Employee
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Business Head: Shared Mobility
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Jan 2018 - Nov 2018
- P&L Head for Ola Share(~$160M GMV, 20M+ customers, 100M+ Annual Rides); Executed a turnaround of the category by improving profitability by 67%
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Director & Chief of Staff : Growth and Market Place
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Jan 2017 - Dec 2017
- Head of Pricing and Value Categories (Mini & Micro - 60% of platform GMV) - As COS, headed and program managed multiple critical strategic projects towards making Ola gross margin profitable from -32% to -9% ($ ~5 M savings per week)
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SuperLorry Services Pvt. Ltd.
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India
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Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Operating Officer
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Jun 2016 - Nov 2016
SuperLorry was a marketplace for intercity logistics. The aspiration was to create an Ola/Uber for trucks in India. Was heading P&L, Operations and Product strategy. Had bagged $ 2 Mn contracts from ITC, Marico etc. and set up operations in 5 cities. But we had to fold due to lack of funds. SuperLorry was a marketplace for intercity logistics. The aspiration was to create an Ola/Uber for trucks in India. Was heading P&L, Operations and Product strategy. Had bagged $ 2 Mn contracts from ITC, Marico etc. and set up operations in 5 cities. But we had to fold due to lack of funds.
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Flipkart
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India
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Technology, Information and Internet
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700 & Above Employee
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Associate Director - Head, Supply Chain Innovation and Alternate Delivery Models
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Apr 2014 - Jun 2016
Building the Next Generation Ecommerce Supply Chain at Flipkart. Ideation to Execution, Channel Strategy, Customer Experience, Product Design and Scaling up pan India Headed the Innovation Strategy & Execution for Delivery Operations- Conceptualised, scaled up and headed Alternate Delivery (Non Linear Growth) Models for Flipkart Supply Chain (35% of nationwide delivery operations): - Experience Zones (Pick Up Centers), Kirana delivery model, Rural E-commerce (Offline to Online), Solving logistics through crowd sourcing (Service Partner Model), Automated lockers; Solved the two most critical problems for e-commerce supply chain : 40% cost saving by improving the overall utilisation of assets and 3x flex capacity creation for peak management through these models.- Long Range Strategic Planning for Supply Chain (Capex, Resources, Network, Org Design)- Strategic Alliances for Last Mile e.g Dabbawalla's, Retail Tie Ups: Apollo Pharmacy etc. - Strategic Projects and Service Innovation: Design and Execution of pioneer strategic projects e.g Same Day Delivery in 13 cities, The first Sorting Automation in Indian ecommerce, Reverse in a box, Customer Safety charter, Cluster Approach to logistics- Learning and Development Strategy for Last Mile (19 K+ executives)- Customer Experience & NPS Enhancement Initiatives
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Advisor (SM II), Strategy & Center of Excellence
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Jan 2014 - Apr 2014
- Long range strategic planning for Flipkart logistics- Lead, Hub and Line Haul (Transport) Network, Vendor and Contract Management- Organization Design for Supply Chain strategy, CoE and Logistics- Cost Transformations Projects
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Head of Pan India Sorting Centers (Mother Hubs)
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Jun 2012 - Jan 2014
- Organization Planning, Service Enhancement, Planning and Engineering- Led a pan India team of 3000+ people spread across 7 states- Executed a 25X scale up in Capacity, Process, Infrastructure, Systems, People and Resources in Mother Hubs
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Freudenberg Group
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Germany
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Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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Summer Intern
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Apr 2011 - Jun 2011
•Sustainability & CDM analysis of viledon eee.Sy (Project); Identified alternate revenue channel of 30% through CERs •Sustainability & CDM analysis of viledon eee.Sy (Project); Identified alternate revenue channel of 30% through CERs
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STL - Sterlite Technologies Limited
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India
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Telecommunications
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700 & Above Employee
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Manager: Power and Gas
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Jun 2007 - May 2010
• Head Operations: BU head for two Gas Plants ($ 5.5 M) and one 6 MW Power plant ($ 4 M); Managed an operational budget of $1M pa, Capex projects worth $ 4.8 M• Cost Controller: Formulated & Owned Annual Business plan for $ 7.11 mil, 30% of raw material cost• Initiated and institutionalized CDM (Clean Development Mechanism); Devised company’s Climate change policy, did Carbon footprinting and Energy audits, registered for carbon credits with UN • Head Operations: BU head for two Gas Plants ($ 5.5 M) and one 6 MW Power plant ($ 4 M); Managed an operational budget of $1M pa, Capex projects worth $ 4.8 M• Cost Controller: Formulated & Owned Annual Business plan for $ 7.11 mil, 30% of raw material cost• Initiated and institutionalized CDM (Clean Development Mechanism); Devised company’s Climate change policy, did Carbon footprinting and Energy audits, registered for carbon credits with UN
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Education
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IIM Bangalore
Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
HEC Paris
HIEP - Student Exchange Program, Master of Business Administration (MBA) -
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Electrical Engineering (Energy)