About

Devanshi Desai is a highly accomplished Strategy and Product professional with a strong background in developing and implementing innovative solutions that drive business growth. With 2.86 years of relevant experience, Devanshi has worked with some of the top companies in the industry including Accenture, Amadeus, and ESSEC. Currently, Devanshi is working as the Right Hand to CEO/COO at Second, where she is responsible for optimizing book return quality for Fnac-Darty by developing a predictive machine learning model using Python. She is also developing new KPIs to measure bookstore productivity and return efficiency. Prior to this, Devanshi worked as a Business Analyst at Allianz Trade, where she led the switch from legacy ERP to SAP, reducing process redundancies in 3 Business Units by 80% by streamlining tasks. She also coordinated with 13 departments, subject matter experts, and consultants to articulate requirement definition. At Accenture, Devanshi worked as a Consultant - ESSEC Strategic Business Analytics Chair, where she designed a SKU identification nomenclature in collaboration with 4 teams, slashing order discrepancies by 70%. She also implemented 5S, boosting manufacturing and production lifecycle efficiency by 10%. As a certified Total Productive Maintenance Facilitator, she was responsible for the continuous improvement of equipment effectiveness through engaging those that impact on it, in small group improvement activities. Devanshi holds a Masters in Management from ESSEC Business School and a Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology from Manipal Institute of Technology. She completed her ICSE+ISC from Smt. Sulochnadevi Singhania School. Her tech stack includes ML and Python. Overall, Devanshi is a strategic thinker with excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for driving business success through innovative solutions. She is a quick learner and a team player who thrives in fast-paced environments.