Anurag Jain Mobile: +91-8892503346 ~ E-Mail: aj.anuragjain@yahoo.co.in

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White Paper on Co/Creation Strategy/Open Innovation: http://goo.gl/ySGjQm

I work where Innovation, Strategy and Entrepreneurship intersect. Seeking roles that are led by

entrepreneurship to deliver Innovation and Growth objectives in an organization of repute.

Core Competencies

Driving growth and transforming organizations through Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Execution

Plan and execute to create new, improve existing. All round business improvement

Multi-faceted, Cross-Industry, Cross functional experience and lead cross-functional teams

Integrate Innovation, Strategy, Consumer, Digital, Entrepreneurship, and Execution. Creative Problem Solving.

Collaborator and Aggregator of all functions Sales, Marketing, R&D, Finance, HR, Supply Chain and CEO‟s office

Domain Agnostic; in depth expertise in retail, cash and carry, FMCG, BFSI, IT, Digital, Food and Beverage

Innovation: Formulating Innovation and Business strategy, Incubation, Innovation Management, Creating and

Managing Innovation Pipeline, Business Model Innovation, Digital plus Physical Business Models, New Revenue

Models, New Category Creation, New Market/Consumer Segment Opportunities, Platform/Systems thinking,

Product and Service Innovation, Consumer Experience, Process Innovation, Channel Innovation, Digital

Innovations, Ideation and Workshops, Marketing Campaign and Sales Process Design, Innovation Culture

Building, Design Thinking, Liaise, collaborate, partner with internal and external stakeholders and agencies,

Taking ideas to commercialization and diffusion, Innovation Frameworks and Tools

Strategy: Business and Growth Strategy, Market Entry Strategy, Digital Strategy, Scenario Planning,

Identifying new business opportunities, Partnerships and M&A, Business/Industry/Category analysis, Business

Model Design, Branding, Positioning, Portfolio Management, Digital and Physical Business Models, Market Sizing,

Market and Consumer Segmentation

Entrepreneurship and Execution: Start-up Experience, Start-Up Founder, New Business Initiatives, M&A,

Due Diligence, special projects, project management, General business management and business growth

initiatives, corporate venture teams, all round business improvement across function, business development,

sales strategy, sales and operations, build consumer centric organizations and translate contextual consumer

and market insights into business relevant actions

Business, Consumer Research and Analysis: Business Model Analysis, Business Analysis, Making Sense of

Data and Numbers, identify gaps in the market, market in the gaps, Market Insights, Consumer Insights(rural

to digital), Ethnography, Business and Market Research, Identifying emerging trends and patterns and their

relevance in overall organization design and strategy, Competitive Intelligence

Creativity

Invention

Entrepreneurship

Professional Experience: Currently on the entrepreneurial journey of launching two businesses.

Innovation Labs, IMRB International (A WPP Company) Apr’ 12-Oct’ 13

Lead Consultant, Innovation and Strategy

Innovation Labs is the Innovation and Strategy Consulting Division at IMRB International.

Accountabilities:

Leading and Managing Innovation, Strategy, Scenario Planning assignments for various Innovation Labs clients

Designing business models that enhance the consumer experience

Leading products, services and experiences innovation projects that compel consumers, inspire organizations

Designing and conducting Innovation workshops for various objectives such as new business opportunities

Business Analysis,Design Thinking, Market Research, Trends Generation, Design Research, Project Management

Infosys Limited, India Nov’ 10-Apr’ 12

Consultant: Digital Innovations and Strategy

Was part of Corporate Digital Innovation Team at Infosys Labs, the unit responsible for creating

Innovative Solutions and Innovation Strategy for clients of Infosys Limited.

Accountabilities:

Champion of organization Innovation Theme “Digital Consumer” that deals with Digital Innovation and Strategy

Understand and analyse global digital business models, insight digital consumers

Develop strategies and principals for Infosys‟ clients to help them design and define their Digital Strategy

Identify gaps in the market and develop ideas for creating new products and platforms

Diffusion of Digital Innovation Strategy within various IBUs and Business Teams in Infosys

Innovation Workshops with Clients and Internal Teams, Build thought capital

Reason for leaving: Team dissolved

Future Group, India Dec’09-Oct 10’

Manager: Strategy, Innovation and Incubation, Retail Business

Handpicked by Mr. Kishore Biyani. Was part of Corporate Innovation Team known as Future Ideas,

Accountabilities:

Business Models, Product, Service, Marketing Innovation for various formats of the group

New Businesses - Identify opportunities and enable strategic innovation and organization growth

Ethnographic Studies, consumer insights, Market Research, Competition analysis, Market Intelligence

Formulate and implement growth strategies for all round improvement of existing business and shop in shops

Reason for leaving: Change of location

Prithvi Information Solutions Limited, Hyderabad, India Apr’08-Aug 09’

Strategy and Business Development Manager, India

Was part of core team responsible for launching Retail Vertical in ITES Domestic Market

Accountabilities:

Design and execute market entry strategy, Business/market research, find gaps and position business

Design and realize Innovative Solutions and Service offerings to market. Forge external partnerships.

Sales Strategy and Ownership of the entire sales cycle from prospecting to deal closure

Reason for leaving: Company ran into financial crisis

Mast Lanka Private Limited, Colombo, Sri Lanka Jun’03-Mar’05

Merchandising/Account Manager (International Marketing)

Accountabilities:

An entrepreneurial role that entailed managing key Global Retailer‟s Trade Account for Garment Outsourcing

Managing global Apparel Supply Chain, Business Development, Product Development, Client Management

Sourcing and Vendor Management of Raw Materials(Fabric and Accessories)

Production Planning and coordination with intercontinental production base

Academic Credentials

2005-7 MBA (Strategy and Marketing) from IIT Kharagpur, Vinod Gupta School of Management with CGPA

8.16

2001-3 PG in Retail and Fashion Management from National Institute of Fashion Technology, with CGPA 7.3

2000 B.E. (Electronics) from Devi Ahilya Vishwavidhalaya Indore with 63.24%

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Career Highlights and Key Projects

Founded a start-up, consult others on execution, innovation, strategy

Developed Quality-Equality Framework for Business Model, Product, Service Innovation

Wrote two white-papers; „7 Steps for successful Co-Creation led Open Innovation‟ and „Lazy Innovation and

Lousy Sales(Innovations in Indian Retail Industry)‟

Deep Understanding of Indian Consumer Market, Rural, Tier I, II and III and Metros. Retail and Wholesale

markets in India and global

„Design Thinking‟ expert

Understand both Digital and Physical business landscapes. Digital-Physical Business Models

Undertaken and executed roles across Sales and Marketing, Operations, Strategy, Supply Chain Innovation

Cross-Function, Cross-Domain understanding and leading teams with varied backgrounds

IMRB (A WPP Company)

Recipient of Ramesh Thadani Thought Leadership Award

Co-Lead Future Scenario Planning for Fortune 100 Company in India

Business Model Innovation for one of the world‟s largest tea producer and retailer

Lead Disruptive Product Innovation for rural market for a an FMCG major in House Hold Insecticide Business

Lead Consumer Experience, Sales Process and Service Innovation for a global finance company

Marketing Campaign Design for a FMCG leader in Food and Beverage

Conducted Innovation and Design Thinking Workshops in various organizations and academia such as Indian

School of Business, Hyderabad

Infosys Limited

One product/platform ideas selected by the Innovation Lab and incubated

Innovation Strategy developed for the growth of Digital Innovation theme considered to be replicated in other

six themes

Co-Created Sales and Marketing events with various SBU teams and collaborated with external agencies

Expertise in “Co-Creation Strategy” led organization growth, marketing campaigns and innovation

Future Group (India’s largest retailer)

Designed Business Model for the new Modern Wholesale(Cash and Carry) format

Proposed at least 2 new Business initiatives and new 5 Product Ideas for the group

Designed and conducted a Consumer Price Perception discovery for Big Bazaar (Super Market format of the

group with more than 200 outlets across India) versus the competition More, D-Mart and local trade

Conceived the Green and White business innovation model and marketing campaign for the group

Formulated Growth Strategies for existing business and shop-in-shops

Developed strategy for converting Big Bazaar into a wholesale format

Piloted Shelf, Floor and Space Optimization program for the outlets using JDA Intactix

Prithvi Information Solutions

Developed an end-to-end Loyalty card design and maintenance offering, probably first in the industry

Identified key markets addressable through internal competency and external partnerships

Alliance with Micro-Strategy for a complete Analytics solution offering

Driven focus towards sub-vertical specific offerings and taken initiatives for Pharmacy chain Analytics offering

Personal Dossier

Date of Birth: 12th April 1979

Address: A-505, May Flower Block, Brigade Millennium Apartments, J.P. Nagar 7th Phase, Bangalore, India-

560078

Marital Status: Married