Hitesh M.

About Hitesh M.

I work with committed procurement, innovation and marketing leaders and their cross-functional teams to improve technical parameters (shelf life, total plastic consumption, size, scale, structure, cost, etc) diagnose supply inefficiencies build transparency in the industry explore environment friendly business opportunities execute on long gestation projects Many procurement, R&D, packaging and finance managers are successful, looking to improve their portfolios and innovation funnels to an entirely new level with a growth mindset and looking to ensure they ensure themselves and their teams with the right group of partners - Here are some common issues and challenges they will share with me Complexity in decision making : Although they have put into place the right teams in packaging and innovation, there are too many mystifying claims out there and fragmented knowledge systems Finding the right people in roles to support long term change projects: Although senior teams are committed and thinking long term value, they fear that second and third line execution teams are transient and that leads to a \"bias for inaction\" in their supply chain Sorting through plethora of claims on sustainability: Although every major corporate team in this function has a viable 2025 and 2030 plan, there is a bit of a cacophony around claims resulting in sustainability FOMO Are you a decision maker in procurement, supply chain, innovation, sustainability or marketing, at a Food including Meal Kit/ Ready to Eat Candy including Protein/Nutrition/Snack/Speciality Bar Snack - large format including chips, popcorn, specialty Hygiene/Beauty - Nutrition, Health, OTC pharma Personal care company with existing North American manufacturing (incl. 3PM) operations using flexible packaging or considering a rigid - to - flexible conversion, you can book some time to speak via https://calendly.com/meethitesh

Experience

1. Account Manager

   Sonoco

   May 2020 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• Columbia University in the City of New York

  Bachelor’s Degree

• NYU Stern School of Business

  MBA

  2020 — 2023