Giridhar Ganesh
Verified Expert in Management Consulting
Management Consulting Expert
Bengaluru, India
Toptal member since July 22, 2022
Giridhar has an MBA in general studies with over six years of experience in research, finance, consulting, and business management. During his time at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), he has advised CXOs and business heads of leading players across industries such as agriculture, automotive, IT services, healthcare, and financial services. Giridhar has also led and managed multi-faceted projects covering go-to-market strategy, new product launch, supply chain cost excellence, and digitization.
Career Highlights
Education Highlights
Case Studies
Operational Efficiency Improvement Strategy for an Agri-input Retailer
Cost-saving Opportunities in Logistics for a Plastic Packaging Firm
Software Expertise
- Microsoft Excel
Other Expertise
- Business Analysis
- Cost Reduction & Optimization (Cost-down)
- Digitization
- Go-to-market Strategy
- Management Consulting
- Operations Management
- Sales Growth
Work Experience
Senior Consultant
BCG
- Managed the program of over 100 growth initiatives with an additional $125 million to the topline base for an Indian agri-input player. I set up a best-in-class supply chain and retail CoE that delivered a 2% value increase in EBITDA in year one.
- Rolled out an assisted D2C digital customer journey for vehicle finance at an Indian private bank. I built an industry-leading 15-minute sanction proposition with custom, risk-based pricing to achieve 30-100 basis points delta return on assets.
- Developed a 5-year growth strategy with a 4x revenue uplift using a "where to play and how to win" roadmap for a global bio AgChem firm.
- Designed a $12+ million diabetes drug launch strategy, the first novel launch for a generics Indian pharma player. I crafted a winning value proposition by interviewing over 20 physician experts and building a patient funnel model and business plan.
- Delivered a 2% value increase in profit before tax by implementing cost-saving solutions in logistics, raw material procurement, and the design-to-value approach for India's largest rigid plastic packaging firm.
- Led the engineering efficiency transformation for the car division of a $40+ billion global automotive original equipment manufacturer (OEM) to reduce the time to market by 20%.
- Identified $1.5+ million of savings in the payroll department of a global IT player by assessing system, process, and behavioral issues.
- Conducted the commercial due diligence of a leading $220 million content technology solution provider for a global private equity (PE) client.
- Performed a diagnostic study on the go-to-market strategy to double the revenue for a leading Indian auto OEM.
- Supported the report publication on the digital adoption of micro, small, and medium enterprises in financial services for a PE client.
Consultant
Auctus Advisors
- Conceptualized eight key sales growth initiatives and delivered $3+ million in revenue growth, working with CXOs of $150+ million travel retailers on strategic interventions.
- Developed a 10% profit-after-tax value improvement strategy by optimizing technology operations and sourcing cost items for a $10+ billion US insurance player.
- Assessed a global investment firm's market entry strategy in the $13+ billion Indian waste management industry.
Analytics Specialist
Opera Solutions
- Achieved 1.2x year-over-year revenue growth for a Fortune 20 retailer by developing targeted promotions driven by big data analytics.
- Improved the promotion execution efficiency by 30% through the process automation and big data analytics of 17+ million transactions.
- Led four offices across different countries for program execution from the client's US headquarters.
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA) in General Studies
Indian Institute of Management - Bangalore, India
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology - Chennai, India
Skills
Finance
Cost Reduction & Optimization (Cost-down), Corporate Finance, Financial Accounting, Due Diligence, Market Research, Pricing, Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A), Profit & Loss (P&L), Data Analysis
Output Software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, Google Sheets
Data & Analysis Software
Salesforce
Other
Competition Research, Operations Management, Sales Growth, Stakeholder Management, Advisory, Project Management Office (PMO), Inventory Management, Management Consulting, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Go-to-market Strategy, Market Entry, Sales Forecasting, Demand Planning, COE, Supply Chain Optimization, Benchmarking, Hypothesis Testing, Change Management, Alteryx, Managerial Economics, Marketing, Human Resources (HR), Business Analysis, Strategy, Linear Regression, Process Optimization, Digitization, Customer Journeys, New Product Rollout, New Product Development, Operations, Project Management, Program Management, Customer Interviews, Survey Design, Proposals, Process Flows, Online Sales, Process Transformation, Root Cause Analysis, Customer Insights, Procurement, MIS Reporting, Analytics, Machine Learning, Big Data, Data Mining, Data Analytics, Modeling, K-means Clustering, Planning, Trend Forecasting, Interviews, Audits, Surveys, Operational Efficiency Improvement, Portfolio Analytics, Workshops, Organization, Process Management, Fleet Management, Schedule Optimization, Trucking, Enterprise Software, Organizational Change Management (OCM), Business Strategy
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