Udhav Halgeri

About Udhav Halgeri

Udhav is an accomplished commercial leader with 20 years of experience building and leading teams that have delivered multi-million-dollar outcomes through use of AI and Digital. He has led significant business transformation across large global corporations as well as in more entrepreneurial environments. His focus on results and strategic mindset has helped build competitive edge and profitable growth for companies. He has transformed business processes and enabled teams to become data driven by building and scaling AI and Digital solutions. Career Highlights:• Significant experience working with B2C / D2C brands across Convenience Retail, Mobility, CPG and E-commerce companies across functions (Pricing, Marketing, CRM, Loyalty, Customer Experience, Merchandising, Store Layout and Planning)• Founded and ran a bootstrapped fashion retail startup, gaining hands-on entrepreneurial experience.• Built and scaled GCC (Global Capability centre) teams of 150+ AI and Digital specialists across India, Europe and Southeast Asia including leadership roles, within 3 years—driving cost-efficient operationsKey Skills:• Strategic Planning and Execution• Operational Excellence and Cost Efficiency• Senior Stakeholder Management and Cross Functional Collaboration• Leadership, hiring and managing talent• P&L management and Budgeting• Business Development• Coaching, Mentoring and Motivating teamsEmail me on u••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Head - Ai & Commercial Data Science for Retail (Mobility)

   Shell

   Jun 2020 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Heading the Commercial Data Science and AI team globally for Shell’s Retail (Mobility) business spanning 25 markets across Business units: Fuels, Convenience store, EV Charging, Brand & Media Buying, Fleet & Consumer Road Transport, and Loyalty & CRM. • Delivered multi million dollars in margin and cost savings and decision-making capability to business users/month globally• Managing Shell’s Global center of excellence for the Retail (Mobility) business by partnering and collaborating with Global and Regional business stakeholders: Leading a team of 150+ AI and Data Science Specialists, BI Analysts, Retail Space planners (Planogram and store layout designers) across India, Europe and South East Asia• Delivered incremental margin and volumes in Fuel Pricing and Optimized Marketing spends (Media buying and promotions) using advanced data science models• Transformed 4Ps of Retail (Product, Price, Promotion and Placement) using AI and Digital solutions

Education

• National Institute of Technology Calicut

  B.Tech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Kxen
• Business Analysis
• Predictive Modeling
• Strategy
• Segmentation
• Capability Development
• Data Mining
• Capacity Planning
• Customer Insight
• Business Development
• Marketing Analytics
• Managing Database
• Project Management
• Direct Mail Campaigns
• Analytics
• Resource Management
• Business Strategy
• Data Warehousing
• Spss
• Customer Retention
• Crm
• Business Intelligence
• Campaign Strategy Development
• Store Clustering
• Analysis
• Predictive Analytics
• Logistic Regression
• Risk Management
• Management Consulting
• Customer Engagement
• Loyalty Analytics
• Competitive Analysis
• Customer Experience
• Campaign Management
• Space Planning
• Pmo
• Sql
• Building Customer Loyalty
• Lead Generation