Balamurugan V
Director R&D - Mars | Unilever - Dynamic, Passionate & Inspirational leader with focused vision to build successful business through people & for people.
- Role
- Director - Head of R & d and Quality - Mars Snacking India at Mars
- Location
- Bengaluru, KA, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Balamurugan V
PURPOSE STATEMENT: To realize the possibilities that others can\'t ever see on 3Ps (People, Product & Planet).PROFESSIONAL PROFILE • Overall 18+ years R&D experience with 12 years in Unilever R&D Cluster Design (RDC), as CCBT R&D South Asia Beverages Leader, 2 years in Unilever Global roles (S&T and UFS Tea lead) & 3 years as Global Director of Tea Technology Unit (JDA bw Unilever & Lipton T&I) and Unilever R&D Director South Asia for Lipton Ice Teas. Moved to Mars Inc as R&D Director India. • Currently Director - R&D and Quality for Mars Snacking - India from Sep 2024 onwards. • R&D Director South Aisa Unilever, Program leader for Pepsi Lipton JV tea expertise program. • ≈3 years of Global Director - Tea Technology Unit (TTU), leading the team of Scientists and Process engineers in various geographies. Multi-cultural work experiences.• Been a transformational leader with confidence and vision to direct, lead, shape and drive change in bringing science close to market. 15+ Patents for commercialization. • Consistent track record in RDC with OTIF launches of many products in South Asia region.• Building teams is building future leaders. Focused on developing people & encouraged strategic thinking, innovation, actions with agile methodologies.• Deep understanding of consumers & customers for creating robust insights. • In-depth understanding of Product design and deployment for in-home and OOH on all formats & channels. • Strongly believe & demonstrated outside-in logics to build strong business ecosystem.• People person and have excellent rapport with cross-functional teams.• Optimist & Pragmatic individual who loves to work with & for teams.
Experience
Director - Head of R & d and Quality - Mars Snacking India
Sep 2024 — Present · Bengaluru, IN
Embed Mars Culture & 5 Principles to Build World Class R&D \"Consumer Centric Innovation Hub (CCIH)\" with Consumer Science lab (for great Consumer insights) and Pilot plant for making Delicious Chocolates & Gums. These facilities enable to drive Purpose led Innovation, Value creation & Resilience.Responsible to develop \"Future leaders\" for Mars Inc. A winning team - The Team of Champions
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
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