Gaurav Samant
Kearney Activate: Managing Director | Solution Architect @ Imtek - a Kearney Company| ex-Deloitte | SJMSOM, IIT B
- Role
- Managing Director at Kearney
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gaurav Samant
Gaurav Samant is management consultant in Supply Chain Planning domain. As a solution architect, he has experience in understanding of business processes and mapping these processes to the supply chain planning solutions. He has been involved in client interaction to identify business requirements, design holistic solutions, implementation and global roll outsGaurav has worked in Supply Chain management planning projects for more than 9 years. He has worked across industry sectors including Automotive, Hi Tech, Semiconductors and Food & Beverages on assignments related to Demand planning, Sales & Operations Planning Supply Planning, Aggregate Supply Planning and Capacity Management. Over the last 18 months, he has primarily worked on implementing S & OP processes and enabling them using tools like Kinaxis Rapid Response, SAP IBP. He has demonstrated high business acumen during presales assignments and custom product demos of various planning tools including Anaplan, SAP APO, Boardwalktech,Factory Physics, E2Open E2 Planning & Response (formerly ICON-SCM)Gaurav has a Masters degree in Business Management (M.Mgmt) from SJMSOM, IIT Bombay and Bachelors in Engineering (Electronics and telecom) from Mumbai University. Additionally, Gaurav is exposed to client interaction as well as business process study at Castlewood Brush Ind. Pvt. Ltd for all business processes for suggesting possible areas of improvement
Experience
Managing Director
Mar 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN
Kearney Activate combines 100 years of Kearney’s strategy heritage with the execution mindset of proven builders. We are a global collective of data scientists, systems integrators, technology architects, and engineering experts who don’t just support company-wide transformation—we activate it.a. We create intelligent data ecosystems that ensure high-quality, validated data drives your AI initiatives.b. We transform platform investments from cost centers to strategic value generators.c. We design integrated planning frameworks that break down silos and create organizational fluidity.d. We design, build, and scale intelligent product software solutions that not only automate but elevate your team\'s capabilities.
Education
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations Management
2009 — 2011
Thakur College Of Engg & Technology
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Communications Engineering
2004 — 2008
IIT Bombay - Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management
MMgt, Management
2009 — 2011
Skills
- Kinaxis Rapid Response
- Consulting
- Requirements Gathering
- Business Strategy
- Solution Architecture
- Program Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Process Consulting
- Competitive Analysis
- Business Process
- Business Process Re-Engineering
- Project Management
- Requirements Analysis
- Business Analytics
- Business Transformation
- Management Consulting
- Team Management
- Strategy
- Sap Implementation
- Business Process Design
- Pre-Sales
- Sap
- Business Analysis
- Business Process Improvement
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