Ankush Agrawal

About Ankush Agrawal

General Manager with complete P&L ownership and accountability for the primed and interiors product categories accounting for over $2 BN in annual sales. Over a decade of experience in progressive roles across business functions including pricing and revenue ownership from cradle to grave for the entire North American business of $3.5 BN annually. Responsible for building business roadmaps, targets & KPIs and subsequently designing commercial strategy & execution gameplan to sustain profitable above the market growth. Leading strategic customer negotiations of over $450 MM in annual spend to attain volume, revenue and EBITDA objectives. Experienced people leader of over 30 people spanning multiple functions with a proven track record of building, developing and successfully leading large teams.

Experience

1. Director of Product Management

   James Hardie

   Aug 2024 — Present · Chicago, IL, US

   General manager with complete P&L ownership and accountability for the primed and interiors product groups accounting for over $2 BN in annual sales.• Responsible to lead, develop and implement the overall strategy for product line growth, strategic pricing, product roadmaps, product line profitability and overall long-term commercial growth• Leading a 5-year NPI roadmap to deliver solutions to address unmet customer needs expected to generate $500 MM in additional revenue. • Lead portfolio and product life cycle management across both value and premium products within the exteriors business category and commodity products within the interiors business category.• Cross functional business lead collaborations with: Sales, Marketing and Segments for long term commercial strategy, go-to-market activities and training support, Supply Chain and Manufacturing to set service prioritization and R&D, Engineering and Insights to develop and deliver strategic roadmaps.• Own the product vision and define the product strategy, long term business growth plans and associated capex requirements. Set market share, sales and profitability targets while executing business plans and product roadmaps to achieve the targets.

Education

• Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  2014 — 2016

• Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Pune University

  Bachelor in Engineering (B.E), Electronics and Telecommunications

  2008 — 2012

Skills

• Risk Assessment
• Telecommunications
• Project Coordination
• Engineering
• Microsoft Excel
• Powerpoint
• Team Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Business Process Improvement
• Technology Management
• Outstanding Time Management Skills
• Leadership
• Project Planning
• Process Improvement
• Cultural Sensitivity
• Delegation
• Distributed Team Management
• Scope Planning
• Business Strategy
• E-Learning
• Program Management
• Management
• Strategy
• Project Management
• Matlab
• Quality Assurance
• C++
• Soft Skills
• Microsoft Office
• Timely Decision Making
• Conflict Resolution
• Vhdl
• Team Leadership
• Strategic Planning