Tata Steel (Leading global steel producer with integrated operations) | Jamshedpur

• Area Manager, Strategy Planning
  • Owned strategic planning and execution for 24+ critical raw materials (~6 Million tons), partnering with CXOs to ensure uninterrupted operations and continuity of ~1 Million tons of annual steel production.
  • Delivered ₹10 Cr value creation in coal blend optimization by evaluating techno-commercial trade-offs, running pilot trials, and scaling process improvements through data-backed recommendations.
  • Acted as single-threaded owner for plant-wide material flows, defining and tracking KPIs, escalating potential risks and presenting contingencies to CXOs during high-impact supply disruptions.
  • Designed and operationalized an inter-plant distribution model for ~0.5 Million tons of Sponge Iron, leveraging internal synergies to improve supply resilience and execution efficiency.
  • Established structured daily reviews, aligning internal and external stakeholders on material priorities, and drove execution rigor to reduce variances of plan vs actual while delivering under tight timelines.
     
• Manager, Outbound Logistics
  • Owned a ₹1,700 Cr logistics portfolio supporting ~11 million tons of annual dispatch, balancing cost, service levels, and execution trade-offs across multiple stakeholder groups.
  • Implemented Transportation Management System (TMS) - a Cloud based Blue Yonder product, translating business needs into product requirements (PRDs/BRDs), driving feature prioritization, and steering UAT & change management.
  • Enhanced end-customer experience through a customer-facing digital product (a Tableau-based Control Tower platform focused on addressing customer pain points & increasing consignment tracking visibility).
  • Coordinated with external vendors to deploy special rakes and co-led process redesign initiatives with downstream partners to optimize loading efficiency & deliver ₹10 Cr savings in FY '24.
  • Drove ₹8 Cr freight savings through root cause analysis of cost leakages, optimizing network design, and presenting data-driven strategic recommendations to leadership team.
  • Led cross functional initiatives with Operations, Planning, Marketing & Customer-facing teams to deliver timely to customer commitments and drive business results.
     
• Manager, Logistics Planning
  • Conducted structural cost analysis for ₹4,300 Cr outbound logistics portfolio, generating executive-ready insights to inform long-term strategy formulation and cost optimization techniques.
  • Defined and tracked key cost performance metrics, proactively monitoring cost leakages through data-driven analysis and surfacing insights via structured daily and weekly business reviews to support executive decision-making.
  • Analysed customer pain-points through Customer Satisfaction & Experience Study (CSES) data and recommended process improvement initiatives to deliver service requirements and address Voice of Customers.
  • Spearheaded the digital integration of Indian Railways’ IT systems with Tata Steel, to build a unified logistics visualization dashboard on Tableau, optimizing user experience and enabling agility in decision making.
  • Embedded a customer-experience lens into logistics planning decisions, designing dispatch planning and responsiveness levers that improved delivery consistency and overall customer satisfaction.

• Gold Medalist: Awarded Gold medal for graduating as the batch topper in Production Engineering, BIT Mesra (2016–2020).
• Entry Scholarship by IIM Ahmedabad: Received a 25% Fee Waiver in PGPX Course 2025-26 at IIM Ahmedabad.
• Bravo Award by Chief Logistics, Tata Steel: Recognized with appreciation for exemplary performance in the year 2023.
• National Winner, Mind Over Matter: 1st position & PPO in Mind Over Matter (Season 6), a case competition by Tata Steel.
• National Winner, Mind Rover: 2nd position in Mind Rover (Season 7), a case study competition by Tata Motors.

• BE (Production Engineering), Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra (Gold medalist)

• Foundations of Project Management, Google (2025)
• Excel Skills for Business: Advanced, Macquarie University (2025)

• Successfully completed Outdoor Leadership Course organized by TSAF (Tata Steel Adventure Foundation), culminating in a high-altitude trek to Siari Top at 11,800 feet in Uttarakhand.
• Social volunteer at National Service Scheme (NSS), BIT Mesra from 2016 to 2018.
• Winner of Apoorv Dramzest (2017) - A cultural fest of Ehsaas Dramatic Society, BIT Mesra.