Ankush Jain

About Ankush Jain

Currently working with Hindustan Unilever as Sr. Finance Manager for South Asia Supply Chain Performance Management leading logistics finance, budgeting, savings programs, driving disruptive transformation projects, capex, creditors, Factory Controls and translating P&L data into actionable insights for leadership.Worked with Colgate-Palmolive as FP & A Manager for Toothpaste category managing category profitability, business growth, pricing, costing, budgeting and RGM initiatives. Previously worked as E-Commerce Finance Lead driving business growth, profitability, customer negotiations and controlling category investments for Ecom B2C business.Worked with Cloudtail India as Business Finance partner to Amazon India Private Brands business managing portfolio of categories across Hardlines, Consumables, Large Appliances and Furniture.Previously worked with Amazon in the FC Finance team partnering FC operations team to drive controllership of FC fixed and variable costs.Interned with J. P. Morgan in Asset Management where the project scope was to optimize operational performance of the prime broker for CFDs and mapping SWIFT messages with trade life cycle stagesWorked as a Business Technology Analyst with Deloitte Consulting for clients in the Life Sciences & Healthcare industry

Experience

1. Senior Finance Manager, Supply Chain Finance

   Unilever

   Sep 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Lead the Performance Management function for South Asia Supply Chain driving Cost Productivity for improving Gross MarginsHead Finance for the Logistics function for India leading warehouse & freight cost optimization, savings governance & shape future-fit distribution networkEstablish and drive the Internal Controls to protect assets and maintain financial integrityOversee the annual budgeting and forecasting processes for South Asia Supply Chain costs, savings and P&L delivery across five distinct Business Groups and drive governance of actualsDrive disruptive transformation projects in Supply Chain M&A and Digitization to land 300+ cr savingsLead the Restructuring & Capex program for HUL governing an annual budget of crDrive working capital efficiency by establishing new business models for Supply Chain processesControl Overheads spends through tight budgetary guardrails and effective system hygieneReduce SLOB inventory generation through close collaboration with supply planning teamsAnchor all performance reviews with Global leadership and create holistic narrative of overall performanceBuild cross roles capability within the team and support in creating efficient ways of working

Education

• St. Blaise High School

  SSC

  1996 — 2005

• Bhavans College

  HSC, Science

  2005 — 2007

• University of Mumbai

  B.E., Electronics & TeleCommunication

  2007 — 2011

• Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), International Business

  2013 — 2015

Skills

• International Business
• Sql
• Team Management
• Microsoft Office
• Etl
• Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Retail Sales
• Business Intelligence
• Data Analysis
• Financial Markets
• Research
• Valuation
• Analytics
• Business Strategy
• Microsoft Excel
• Equity Research
• Financial Accounting
• Corporate Finance
• Oracle