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Pratik Kejriwal shared thisDelighted to be part of Swiggy Instamart next phase of growth!Pratik Kejriwal shared thisPratik Kejriwal’s career has been built around solving what’s next. With 17 years of experience across the CPG industry, he joins Instamart as Vice President – Planning, Design & Procurement. Over the course of his career, he has worked across multiple facets of the supply chain & business , from sales and planning to customer service, logistics, manufacturing, procurement and business development. Throughout his tenure, he has built a strong understanding of the many moving parts that make a business work. An IIT Varanasi graduate, strategic thinker and hands-on problem solver, Pratik enjoys getting to the heart of complex challenges, connecting the dots, and bringing together tech, people, process and innovation to build solutions that work at scale. Outside work, he enjoys exploring new experiences, understanding challenging topics, and engaging in conversations with people with diverse perspectives. We’re happy to have Pratik on board and look forward to what’s ahead. #Swiggy #SwiggyIndia #WeAreSwiggy #Leadership
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Pratik Kejriwal shared this𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗛𝗨𝗟! After 3rd Sept, for the first time in 16+ years, I won't be able to say I work for HUL. It is not a tenure. It is a chapter of becoming. I joined HUL as no one, fresh out of college. I am leaving as someone HUL made — shaped, tested, and grown, year after year. What I carry forward is not just experience, but an enriched way of thinking. I had the privilege of working alongside colleagues who inspired me daily — sharper, more generous, and more purposeful than I could have asked for. Together, we took on assignments that let me create impact that will outlast my time here. 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗛𝗨𝗟 𝗴𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 — mentors and friends for a lifetime, people who shaped not just my career but who I am. To everyone who taught me, pushed me, and stood by me — thank you. You didn't just build my career. You built me. I will be a lifelong admirer of this great institution. 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹. 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱. 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻 𝗛𝗨𝗟 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁.
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Pratik Kejriwal posted this'Do we only notice value when it's gone'. I was reflecting on it lately and reading about it. Psychologists call it loss aversion — losses hit us twice as hard as equivalent gains, so presence stays invisible while absence forces us to finally see it. The people and things constant in our lives quietly fade into the background, not because they matter less, but because our brains are wired to notice change, not state. Reflection alone won't fix this — it only kicks in after the moment has passed. What works better: imagine losing something you already have, on purpose, today. Say the impact out loud to the person, instead of just feeling it privately. Break routine with the people who matter, so your mind reads them as new again. ' Don't wait for absence to teach you what presence already gave you' Thoughts? What are the ways to practice gratitude regularly..
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Pratik Kejriwal posted thisI wonder, Why does one player dominate in operations-heavy industries ( Aviation, Quick Commerce, Food delivery) while rivals with the same playbook struggle to survive? Indigo is a classic example, 66% market share profitable, while industry saw many bankruptcy. Strategy/playbook is very much public but outcomes aren't! So what works? Simple focused strategy, rigor on execution, strong culture of disciplined execution, talent and leadership with clear focus, process innovation? Or is it a mix recipe which these winning companies cracked? Thoughts? What can rivals do to turnaround their game?
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Pratik Kejriwal shared this'Volatility isn't the exception anymore. It's the operating condition' The swings in channel, portfolio, and geography that used to be occasional disruptions are now the baseline. Predictability is structurally declining. Supply chains built for stability will struggle. Supply chains built for agility with resilience will win. At ISCM supply chain planning symposium, I shared what future-ready planning looks like in practice to win in the age of volatility. 1. Demand planning → demand sensing Forecasting alone is losing relevance. Shorter horizons, real-time insighting — reading signals, not just projecting trends. 2. Inventory planning goes cognitive Automated, self-correcting decisions replace static norms. 3. Frozen windows compress to 1 day Production, distribution, and material planning need near-real-time flexibility — enabled by shorter changeovers and lower MOQs. 4. Network design for speed Supplier → factory → DC → customer: redesigned for lead time, not just cost. 5. E2E Visibility + autonomous decisioning Visibility is table stakes. Autonomous, machine-driven decisions are the differentiator. 6. Customer integration closes the loop Direct integration sharpens demand sensing and shortens replenishment — protecting on-shelf and online availability. The technology exists and will keep evolving. The harder, overlooked work is making the physical supply chain —Suppliers, factory, warehouses, transport — just as agile, at the right cost and inventory. That convergence is what I call smart touch planning.
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Pratik Kejriwal reposted thisPratik Kejriwal reposted thisJoin us at the 10th Supply Chain Planning Symposium on 12 August 2026 in Mumbai, where India's leading supply chain practitioners will share how planning is evolving from forecasting to AI-enabled, integrated business decision-making. Hear from industry leaders as they present practical transformation journeys and best practices from some of India's most admired organisations. Featured Sessions • The Rise of the Business Architect: How the Touchless Triangle is Reinventing Planning at Nestlé • Leading Through Volatility: The Future of Supply Chain Planning by HUL Whether you lead demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, IBP, manufacturing, or logistics, this symposium offers a unique opportunity to learn from India's planning pioneers, exchange ideas with peers, and discover the practices shaping the next generation of supply chain planning. To attend, write to: 📧 events@iscmforums.com Nupur Arora Pratik Kejriwal Nestlé Hindustan Unilever (HUL) Unilever
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Pratik Kejriwal shared thisThanks Institute of Supply Chain Management (ISCM) for recognising the technology led E2E planning journey of HUL!Pratik Kejriwal shared thisAt Institute of Supply Chain Management (ISCM), we recognize that disruptions and uncertainty have redefined the way supply chains operate—and plan. To understand this transformation, we undertook a comprehensive assessment of supply chain planning practices, combining quantitative data from balance sheets with qualitative insights from industry-wide questionnaires. We are proud to announce the List of Supply Chain Planning Leaders along with the Top Ten Supply Chain Planning Champions of the year! Congratulations to the organizations leading the way in redefining planning excellence. These forward-thinking companies have embraced uncertainty, adopted advanced technologies, redesigned planning systems, and built robust governance frameworks to stay ahead. Their innovative approaches are setting new benchmarks for agility, resilience, and data-driven decision-making. At ISCM, we celebrate these trailblazers and look forward to seeing how they continue to inspire the next generation of supply chain innovation. Hindustan Unilever (HUL) DIAGEO India Nestle India. Dabur India Limited
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Pratik Kejriwal reposted thisPratik Kejriwal reposted thisDivya Amarnath Joins Lenskart.com as Vice President of Global Human Resources Dr. Sunil Singh Smita Singh Happy Place To Work Institute MindStream Consulting Subscribe to HR TODAY - A Truly International Journal https://lnkd.in/dxKmqXqn https://lnkd.in/gZxqCd2gDivya Amarnath Joins Lenskart.com as Vice President of Global Human ResourcesDivya Amarnath Joins Lenskart.com as Vice President of Global Human Resources
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NP Seetharam thanks for your build. This playbook is also available for Air India .why are they not able to drive this? Will this boil down to leadership, culture and rigor on execution? I always witnessed that indigo people always operate with mindset of very high ownership and discipline? Could they convert broad metrics to individual metrics and actions?
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Pratik Kejriwal liked thisPratik Kejriwal liked thisI don't usually post personal moments on LinkedIn, but this one felt special. Last week, we celebrated my mother's 75th birthday in a way that felt deeply meaningful to our entire family. Instead of a conventional celebration, we spent time at Smt. Kamla Mehta School for the Blind, sharing a meal with young visually impaired girls. My mom and our family had the privilege of serving a meal and spending time with these remarkable young girls. Their warmth and spirit were inspiring, but the most touching moment was watching my daughters connect with them so naturally—sharing laughter, stories, and the simple joy of being together. What began as an act of giving became a beautiful lesson in gratitude and joy. It reminded me that empathy is felt most deeply through lived experiences and human connection. We arrived hoping to give; we left having received so much more. The greatest joy was seeing how much my mom cherished the celebration. At 75, surrounded by family and sharing her special day with the young girls, she could not have asked for a better gift—and neither could we. A few reflections I carried home: • The most meaningful celebrations are those that bring us closer—to family, to community, and to what truly matters. • Gratitude finds deeper meaning when we open our hearts to those who face life with courage and joy, reminding us how much we are blessed with. • The values we hope to pass on to our children are best taught through meaningful moments, not words alone. My heartfelt gratitude to everyone at Smt. Kamla Mehta School for the Blind for welcoming us and making the day so special. A birthday celebration we will all remember for a very long time. ❤️ #Gratitude #Family #GivingBack #75Years #Perspective #HBDMOM
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Pratik Kejriwal liked thisPratik Kejriwal liked this5 years, 3 months, and a whole lot of moving parts later—it’s time to say goodbye to the blue U. 💙 From Day 1 (when I thought I knew what supply chain looked like) to this week, Unilever has been one incredible ride. Wearing different hats across roles (sometimes multiple at a time), tackling chaos, transformations together, and celebrating the wins along the way—it’s the people who made every challenge worth it. Huge gratitude to my mentors (Pratik Kejriwal Rashmi Panwar Guramanbir Singh Suresh Kumar K Pradeep D Rohit Pandey Saloni Singhal Vartika Srivastava Karandeep Singh Duggal Sugatha Karthikeyan), peers ( Chutani Rakesh Makrand Bhosale Shivam Sharma Kumar Saurav Varun Singh T.) , and my whole SC gang who turned big targets into memorable milestones and made work feel like family. The memories, the lessons, and the accolades stay with me forever. Signing off with a full heart and a mind permanently wired to optimize everything. On to the next chapter! 🚀 #HUL #Unilever #SupplyChain #NewBeginnings #Gratitude
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Pratik Kejriwal liked thisDelighted to be part of Swiggy Instamart next phase of growth!Pratik Kejriwal liked thisPratik Kejriwal’s career has been built around solving what’s next. With 17 years of experience across the CPG industry, he joins Instamart as Vice President – Planning, Design & Procurement. Over the course of his career, he has worked across multiple facets of the supply chain & business , from sales and planning to customer service, logistics, manufacturing, procurement and business development. Throughout his tenure, he has built a strong understanding of the many moving parts that make a business work. An IIT Varanasi graduate, strategic thinker and hands-on problem solver, Pratik enjoys getting to the heart of complex challenges, connecting the dots, and bringing together tech, people, process and innovation to build solutions that work at scale. Outside work, he enjoys exploring new experiences, understanding challenging topics, and engaging in conversations with people with diverse perspectives. We’re happy to have Pratik on board and look forward to what’s ahead. #Swiggy #SwiggyIndia #WeAreSwiggy #Leadership
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Pratik Kejriwal liked thisPratik Kejriwal liked thisPratik Kejriwal’s career has been built around solving what’s next. With 17 years of experience across the CPG industry, he joins Instamart as Vice President – Planning, Design & Procurement. Over the course of his career, he has worked across multiple facets of the supply chain & business , from sales and planning to customer service, logistics, manufacturing, procurement and business development. Throughout his tenure, he has built a strong understanding of the many moving parts that make a business work. An IIT Varanasi graduate, strategic thinker and hands-on problem solver, Pratik enjoys getting to the heart of complex challenges, connecting the dots, and bringing together tech, people, process and innovation to build solutions that work at scale. Outside work, he enjoys exploring new experiences, understanding challenging topics, and engaging in conversations with people with diverse perspectives. We’re happy to have Pratik on board and look forward to what’s ahead. #Swiggy #SwiggyIndia #WeAreSwiggy #Leadership
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Pratik Kejriwal liked thisPratik Kejriwal liked this22 years of building operations at scale across retail, e-commerce and quick commerce. That is the kind of experience Sebin Thomas brings to Instamart as the new Vice President, Operations. His career spans Ashok Leyland, Spencer's Retail, Trent Hypermarkets, Hypercity Retail and most recently Flipkart, where he led the nationwide scale-up and operations of Flipkart Minutes. Across these roles, he has built grocery e-commerce & quick commerce operations from the ground up, designed supply chain networks for retail formats, established omnichannel supply chains and turned around an entire business at Wadhawan Retail. He holds an MBA from IIT Kharagpur. Sebin has long admired Swiggy and Instamart both as a customer and a professional, drawn to a team that sets the benchmark for customer experience while staying humble and warm at its core. Growing up in a remote hill station in Kerala gave him an early love for exploration that has stayed with him across a career spanning Hosur, Kolkata, Mumbai and Bangalore. Football, tennis and chess get his complete attention outside of work. He loves discovering new cities, staying physically active, and when the world quiets down, his time belongs to his family & friends, though there is usually a sports article open on his phone somewhere. Please join us in welcoming Sebin. #Swiggy #Swiggyindia #WeAreSwiggy
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Pratik Kejriwal liked thisPratik Kejriwal liked thisSunny mornings, a backpack, and a name card. Back to school. ☀️ After four wonderful years at Unilever, I've started my full-time MBA at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business! One week in, and the highlight has been my classmates, who've arrived here from just about every industry and corner of the world. Orientation was a blast, and settling into the Bay Area has been its own kind of fun!! Now I'm excited to be a student again - to sit in a classroom, take my time with hard questions, and explore tech from the heart of Silicon Valley! Two years, a new coast, and a lot to learn. If you're nearby, I'd love to catch up over coffee! 🌲 ☕ #newbeginnings #stanfordgsb #mba
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Pratik Kejriwal liked thisPratik Kejriwal liked thisWe go miles to deliver convenience and now we have stretched into the one place maps never could. Every delivery partner knows that moment. The GPS says ‘arrived’ but the customer lives deeper inside a complex where lanes have no names, buildings all look the same and the signal drifts between towers. Delivery partners have been navigating this stretch on memory and instinct for years and, honestly, most of them got really good at it. The team asked a simple question. If thousands of delivery partners have already figured out the best path through a complex, why not learn from all of them at once? The system started collecting real GPS traces from past deliveries inside gated communities, found the patterns and served the best proven route to the next delivery partner approaching the same complex. The result? A simple overlay on the app that says "see how other delivery partners reached here" and shows a route drawn entirely from successful past deliveries. Now, the most confusing stretch of every delivery has become one of the most guided paths, with 92 per cent of delivery partners following the suggested route. And the best part is the system gets smarter with every delivery that follows. Read the full story on Swiggy Bytes to see how the team pulled it off in the first comment. Aarav Nigam | Meghana Negi | Sri Charan K. #Swiggy #SwiggyIndia #WeAreSwiggy #SwiggyBytes
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Pratik Kejriwal liked thisPratik Kejriwal liked thisThe headlines are exaggerated, but not wrong. We did raise a round. It was at a haircut to our peak valuation. We're back to building. I'm truly grateful for all our customers, partners and friends who have been messaging in solidarity, but Kaushik Mukherjee and I are not getting pulled down by the criticism on social media. When you get more than your fair share of the applause, you have to be ready for the boos when you make mistakes. It's part of the deal, and we did sign up for it :) My team and I are back in the arena and I'm taking the liberty to reword Roosevelt for them as I always do: The credit belongs to the woman/ man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again; but who, if she/ he fails, at least fails while daring greatly. Picture abhi baaki hai…
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Economic Times Young Leader 2017
Economic Times
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Brilliant Execution- Supply Chain Blueprint Award
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For Driving Customer service in HHC Category
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Best Branch- Supply Chain Blue print Award
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Outstanding delivery in all segment be it Customer service, cost . business waste, forecast.
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End to End Cost Improvement- Supply Chain Blueprint Award
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For Developing Customized warehouse model to deliver 2 Mil Euro+ Savings
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Logistic Excellence Award
CII
Presented on behalf of HUL logistics and won logistic excellence award for Unilever
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Best Quality in Warehouse- Supply Chain Blue print award
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For improving go to market quality in East warehouses
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Best Branch- Customer Service Award
HUL Sales Director
For Effective business partnering by improving customer service by 300 bps
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Best Branch- Supply Chain Blue Print Award
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Outstanding delivery in all segment of customer service and customer development
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CEO award - Winning through Continuous Improvement
CEO HUL- Nitin Paranjape
For Effective collabaration with Haldia factory team. The Delivery of 50 by 15 in Home Care Category would be driven by how volumes growth is handled and capacities created ahead of time to handle the growth. To achieve the 1500 Tons per Week of Target from Blown Output from Haldia Unit in Post Pygmalion Setup. As result we have sold highest ever volume in Sunlight and Rin
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Greentech Environment Award
Greentech Foundation
For Driving Unilever Sustainable living plan in Orai factory
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