About

Achint Naveen is a seasoned program manager at Amazon Web Services (AWS), with a wealth of experience in operations, trade marketing, business development, sales transformation, and sales automation. He has over 7 years of experience post-MBA from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management Indore, where he graduated in 2013. Achint has worked on a spectrum of strategy problems across various industries, including retail, FMCG, and consumer durables. During his time at BCG as a specialist consultant, he planned and implemented growth strategies for an Indian MNC, resulting in a direct impact of ~Rs 200 Cr on topline by unlocking key levers of growth. He also focused on other channels of trade, such as e-commerce and exports, and designed a customized commercial plan for distributors to ensure a reasonable ROI. Achint has also worked on sales transformation and automation for a leading Indian manufacturer, where he implemented digital tools for effective salesforce beat planning, tracking sales team's KPIs, and capturing brand's as well as competition's visual merchandising at retailers. He also optimized the annual trade spend budget and planned scheme calendar for all the brands. Portfolio optimization is another area where Achint has excelled. He created roadmaps for each brand, keeping brand positioning, market size, competition, and historical sales in mind. He also modeled and institutionalized an internal category assortment council to discuss new product developments, pricing, and churn process. Achint has also optimized the supply chain management process, resulting in a 40% rent reduction by consolidating regional warehouses and a 30% labor cost reduction intervention at warehouses without a change in the efficiency of inbound and outbound logistics. Achint's entrepreneurial spirit led him to co-found Saachi Designs, a handicrafts startup with a focus on home decor items that are authentically traditional, with a contemporary twist. Achint's educational background includes a PGDM in Finance, General from the Indian Institute of Management Indore and a B.Tech in CSE from JIIT. He also completed his schooling from Delhi Public School, where he studied Physics, Chemistry, Maths with Computer Science. Achint's tech stack includes AWS, web, and Salesforce. With 9.28 years of relevant experience, Achint is a highly skilled and experienced program manager with a proven track record of delivering results.