Shailesh K Khurana

About Shailesh K Khurana

Shailesh is a seasoned Foods/Beverages/FMCG professional with 3+ decades under his belt, post management qualification, from a premier business school ( IMT Ghaziabad) and business certification from Harvard business school Has been successfully handling and driving,complex and large P&L responsibilities, for the past 15 yrs, in different roles and capacities, with rich experience of handling, managing and guiding, cross-functional teams, like Sales & Distribution; brand marketing; plant operations; supply chain; trade marketing; sourcing; HR; commercial; finance etc. CORE COMPETENCIES• Foods/Beverages/FMCG; S&D, Brand Marketing and P&L expert• Large & complex P&L building and management expertise(> Rs 8500 crs Turn Over)• Has launched, built and managed large brands like Dabur Amla Hair oils(>Rs fmcg brand today), Nature Fresh & Gemini edible oils & fats portfolio (Rs. 8500 crs+ TO), Dabur Vatika Shampoo, Mother’s Recipe brand portfolio, Pan Vilas, Tea city, Vodafone/Hutch etc • Alternate and institutional channel expertise{i.e. Modern Trade, CSD,CPC,HORECA, PDS(public distribution system, HTS etc.)• International markets/Exports exposure• Plant operations (Have handled factories-own & third party)• Supply chain management, including complex logistics • New product development and its successful management• Strong new business, brands and infrastructure development experience• Sales & Distribution infrastructure builder• Certified sales & leadership training and development professional• Certified Marketing and business development trainer • Cross functional team management under matrixed environmentCan be reached at 09•••••••33email : s•••••••@rediffmail.com

Experience

1. Senior Director & Business Lead at Cargill Food Solutions South Asia -b2c,food Services & Bakery

   Cargill

   Sep 2024 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Thanks to the larger leadership team, for trusting me with even higher impact business role, as I take on the bigger portfolio and the business of approx. USD 1 billion of Cargill Food solutions South Asia’s complete B2C portfolio ( Includes General trade, Organised retail, Govt. institutions, and E-commerce) plus Branded Food services and Trade Bakery

Education

• Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad

  Master of Business Administration (MBA), Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

  1993 — 1995

• Harvard Business School Executive Education

  Market leadership thru innovation

• Harvard Business School

  Executive education, Driving business growth through innovation

  2014 — 2014

Skills

• Key Account Management
• Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (Fmcg)
• Retail
• Business Strategy
• Talent Acquisition
• Management
• Distributed Team Management
• Sales Management
• Market Planning
• Business Development
• Account Management
• Key Account Development
• Fmcg
• Competitive Analysis
• Sales Operations
• Team Management
• Marketing Management
• Ceos
• Trade Marketing
• Brand Management
• Market Research
• Marketing Strategy
• Customer Insight