Nitin Bhandari

About Nitin Bhandari

Accomplished global consumer goods leader with 20 years of experience across foods and beverages driving revenue growth, market share gains, and operational transformation across India, South Asia, and diverse markets across Asia Pacific. Proven track record in full P&L management of scale businesses, delivering sustained double-digit growth, margin expansion, and portfolio reinvention. Adept at orchestrating strategic transformations, operational turnarounds, and digital route-to-market innovations that elevate both topline and operational efficiency. Recognized for building high-performance cultures, developing leadership pipelines, and forging strategic alliances with franchisees, regulators, and supply partners to deliver shareholder value and governance excellence.

Experience

1. VP & General Manager India & South Asia Beverages

   PepsiCo

   Jan 2025 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Full P&L accountability of the beverages business across India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal & Bhutan, managing iconic brands like Pepsi, Mountain Dew, 7Up, Mirinda, Sting, Aquafina, Nimbooz and Gatorade with volume sales of 1 billion cases, bottler revenue of $2 Billion; overseeing 200 corporate employees and more than associates across bottler franchisees.• Designed long-term growth strategy including portfolio, innovation pipeline, pricing, channel priorities, route-to-market, and capacity investments to drive revenue, share, and profitability.• Built Strong Bottler Partnerships to translate joint business plans with seamless execution. • Enhanced commercial capabilities via AI enabled perfect store planograming, digitization of distributor management & sales force automation, Quick-commerce expansion and deployment of an agile “seed & scale” innovation model. • Improved operational efficiencies through stronger S & OP, raw materials localization, and commissioning a second concentrate plant to step-up our supply reliability & margins.• Advanced Governance & ESG by embedding quality, safety standards along with transforming portfolio to low sugar, reducing water usage and inclusion of recycled content in our packaging.• Built a high-engagement, high-accountability culture, rewarding performance and fostering collaboration.

Education

• Indian Institute of Management, Indore

  PGDM, Marketing

  2003 — 2005

Skills

• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Trade Marketing
• Sales Management
• Market Development
• Sales Operations
• Distributed Team Management
• Competitive Analysis
• Fmcg
• New Business Development
• Strategy
• Marketing
• Team Management
• Marketing Management
• Sales
• Brand Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy
• Business Strategy