Madhu C.

About Madhu C.

Experienced Product Manager with 20 years in IT product management for large enterprise segments. Passionate about driving product vision and creating strategic roadmaps partnering with business, I create value for organizations at the intersection of technology, product, data, and human behaviour, by driving competitive advantage and revenue growth. Proficient in Web, Cloud, Analytics technologies to tackle business problems in innovative and efficient ways. Gained deep understanding of Supply chain ecosystem by implementing multiple SaaS and be-spoke solutions addressing multiple challenges like supply chain visibility, warehouse mobility, resilience and spend tracking. Proven networking skills, building fruitful partnerships internally and externally to deliver lasting value for enterprise and customers.I lead my professional career with this principle - “Be a pine tree in a forest, if not, be a shrub but the best shrub”.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS• Envisioned and led strategy, delivery of Shell’s bespoke CP and Supply chain data analytics platform on Azure, delivering ~200M in value savings.• Embedded “Data as a Product” design thinking with engineering teams reducing time to value from data significantly and increasing platform usage by ~25%.• Led product benchmarking, evaluation, selection, and Implementation of SaaS Vendors for multiple supply chain product categories reporting into business, IT leadership to fulfil Shell’s Supply chain North star vision.• Helped launch commercial version of Shell’s proprietary Inventory Optimizer (SIO) tool generating revenue growth.• Leveraged latest technology trends and replaced AAS with Lakehouse Medallion architecture which helped scale memory and compute capability while not increasing TCO. • Led Gen AI based PoC for structured data allowing direct user access to insights without depending on new power BI reports opening avenues for operating model changes.

Experience

1. Senior Product Manager - Data and Analytics - Contracting, Procurement and Supply Chain

   Shell

   Jun 2022 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Spearhead srategy and delivery of supply chain and procurement data platform for Shell\'s 40B USD supply chain operations targeting ~200M USD (0.5%) of value savings each year. This platform serves as the single source of truth for supply chain data from over 25 data sources, ensuring accuracy and freshness. Notable achievements include - Delivery of platform that catered to usage of data by different types of users - DIY users, Advanced Analytics and pure play consumption of insights - Spend Analytics tracking Shell\'s $40 billion spend and its accurate categorization allowing business GM\'s and category leads take informed decisions and forecast their yearly spend - Establishing single definition and benchmarking for on-time material delivery (MOT) across 3 Lines of business ensuring right materials reach the assets at the right time - Building resilience into shell\'s global supply chain via insights into different types of risks and measures to mitigate the same - Deploying on persona based KPI subway map allowing end users access KPI reports seamlessly to drive operational efficiency. Through innovative technology, product and resourcing strategies, the platform\'s usage has grown to approximately users to utilize data for customized reporting and informed decision making.

Education

• University of Madras

  Bachelor of Engineering (BEng), Computer Science

  2000 — 2004