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  • PDS onboards Saurabh Saxena as group CIO

    PDS onboards Saurabh Saxena as group CIO

    Mumbai: PDS, a design-led sourcing, manufacturing and supply chain platform has announced the onboarding of Saurabh Saxena as group chief information officer (CIO). The appointment further reinforces the company’s commitment to its ‘digital’ pillar and a future ready PDS platform, it said.

    Prior to joining PDS, Saxena was with IBM for over 10 years where he was the head of analytics, strategy, insights & operations for IBM Cloud (data & AI, automation and security) business in the Middle East and Africa.

    “As a design-led sourcing and manufacturing company, our business is a synchronised function across geographies and skill,” said PDS Ltd vice chairman Pallak Seth. “An agile and creative business such as ours places a strong emphasis on foresight, therefore the pace of technological advancements will be instrumental in charting out the company’s growth story. It is great to have Saurabh join PDS to navigate our digital transformation journey.”

    “PDS’ digital and IT transformation agenda is focused on integrated business processes that enable collaboration for our customers and suppliers alike. Data analytics and insights from our global operations will enable improved visibility, insightful product design & development, and better decisions leading to operational excellence,” added PDS Group CEO Sanjay Jain.

    A seasoned professional, Saxena has over 20 years of experience with management consulting and advisory, P&L ownership, operational leadership including various disciplines like data analytics & insights, project management, sales and business operations, enterprise solutions, and product management. Previously, he has consulted CXO’s and entrepreneurs on data and AI solutions. 

    He holds an MBA (IT systems, strategy and marketing) and a BE degree in computer science and engineering.

  • Pepperfry names Piyush Agarwal as head of supply chain

    Pepperfry names Piyush Agarwal as head of supply chain

    Mumbai: Furniture and home products marketplace Pepperfry on Monday named Piyush Agarwal as the head of supply chain. His appointment is effective immediately and he will be based out of Pepperfry House, here.

    In his new role, Agarwal will be responsible for leading the next phase of growth in Pepperfry’s supply chain agenda across the country, said the company in a statement.

    “Piyush’s appointment is to further strengthen our capabilities and beef up our distribution as we look to significantly expand our reach going ahead and offer our services to more clients in the space,” stated Pepperfry co-founder and COO Ashish Shah.

    Agarwal has close to a decade-long experience in supply chain functions across various verticals like – materials, planning, operations, inventory management, warehousing, forecasting & transportation. Previously, he was associated with Colgate Palmolive where he was instrumental in leading large-scale warehousing projects. He is also an alumnus of NITIE where he pursued an MBA in supply chain.

    “Pepperfry has exhibited disruptive growth over the years and has displayed exceptional abilities in building a highly specialised supply chain for big boxes,” said Agarwal. “I am thrilled to join the team and look forward to making this domain the strongest pillar of growth going forward.”

  • WOW Skin Science appoints Kiran Kumar as VP, supply chain

    WOW Skin Science appoints Kiran Kumar as VP, supply chain

    Mumbai: FMCG personal care brand WOW Skin Science on Monday announced the appointment of Kiran Kumar as vice president of the supply chain.

    Kumar will play a pivotal role in managing the end-to-end supply chain of Body Cupid Pvt Ltd. His responsibilities will also include production and distribution planning, warehousing, logistics, and procurement.

    In his career spanning 18 years, Kumar has worked as senior instock manager at Cloudtail, an Amazon joint venture. He has also lent his expertise as manager- supply chain at Marico where he handled various roles across manufacturing, procurement, distribution planning, new product development, project management, modern trade, and e-commerce supply chain management.

    WOW Skin Science, co-founder, Manish Chowdhary said, “I am pleased to welcome Kiran Kumar to the WOW family. With his vast experience and expertise in logistics, warehousing, and vendor management, we aim at capitalising and redefining our product journey efficiently and economically, thus setting a new paradigm of growth and development.”  

    Speaking about his new role, Kumar said, “Supply chain management plays a pivotal role in the growth of every D2C brand. An end-to-end operation is managed from the time the product is manufactured to the time it gets delivered to the end consumer. This journey is seamless and coherent with an aim of a 96-97 per cent service level coupled with the minimum total delivery cost. It is often said that ‘First impression is the last impression’ and my responsibility will be to amplify this impression by ensuring that the right product reaches the right consumer with the right packaging.”

  • White Rivers Media bags DIZO’s digital mandate

    White Rivers Media bags DIZO’s digital mandate

    Mumbai: White Rivers Media bags the digital mandate of DIZO — a global technology brand and the first brand in the realme TechLife ecosystem. The brand comes with realme’s support in 3 aspects – Industrial Design, Supply Chain, and AIoT experience that works perfectly with the realme Link app.

    Being an independent, full-service digital marketing agency, White Rivers Media will curate the digital strategies for DIZO to promote and elevate user experience in AIoT. The brand will focus on Smart Entertainment, Smart Home, Smart Care, and Accessories for its consumers. The agency has conceptualized the brand launch video with the vision of establishing the brand not just for the young generation but also for those who are young at heart.

    DIZO social media lead Sugandha Varshney said, “With DIZO we aim to break the clutter and offer a discerning young generation of tech enthusiasts with differentiated technology that is aligned to their needs, complements their individuality, empowers them, and becomes an extension of their personality. We are leveraging our years of research at realme and a profound understanding of consumers and their needs. The team at White Rivers Media understands that we intend to keep the consumers at the very epicenter of the technology. They have helped us curate a digital campaign that will help us reach our target audience.”

    White Rivers Media co-founder & right brain Mitesh Kothari said, “With people spending most of their time home, we have witnessed a gradual shift in their mentality — they are now willing to spend more to optimize comfort in their home lives.  With the launch of DIZO during a time when the experience economy has slowed down, we are expanding our horizons towards creating versatile digital tech experiences and creating a sphere of tech-empowered life through AIoT.”

    DIZO, being the first brand in the realme TechLife ecosystem, is launched with an aim of creating a variety of AIoT solutions to meet the varied needs of the young and vibrant generation of the world. The brand’s focus is to provide the latest, innovative, and high-quality AIoT products in Smart Entertainment, Smart Home, Smart Care, and Accessories for its consumers.