Shashank H.

Jain
shashankhj@gmail.com | www.linkedin.com/in/shashankhj | +91-9909969957
Education
Degree / Certificate Institute Year of Passing CGPA/ %
ISB – EY Programme in General Indian School of 2015 80%
Management Business, Hyderabad
(Subjects – Corporate Strategy, Corporate
Finance, Supply Chain Management, Business
Analytics)
Bachelor’s in Business Administration Symbiosis International 2012 3/4
(Finance) University, Pune
Class XII: ISC St. Peters College, 2009 89%
(Science, Maths, Computers) Agra

Work Experience
Demonstrated superior client relationship management skills and established the role of a trusted
business advisor with senior management, and other key stakeholders, in private as well as government
organizations.

PwC, Gurgaon Senior Consultant, Strategy Advisory April 2016 to Present

• Economic study and strategy development for a major industrial corridor along India’s East Coast, with
Asian Development Bank.
o Developed a comprehensive parametric industry selection framework, taking into account current
and future outlook of industries in terms of value addition, trade potential and investor interest at a
regional, national and international level, which was filtered by strengths and weaknesses of the
region in terms of available factors of production and sustainability goals, to arrive at the final list of
focus sub sectors for the region.
o Developed framework for Cost to Serve analysis, which benchmarks performance of a specific
location in terms of cost of manufacturing and supplying goods to target markets, against other
competing locations. The same was used to provide targeted interventions to the client.
o Performed industry consultations and secondary research to map industry value chains and to
identify critical gaps hampering the growth of selected industries, such as metals manufacturing
o Provided a holistic set of recommendations, covering aspects such as infrastructure gaps,
ecosystem requirements, policy measures, and skilling requirements, to enable the region to
become a part of Global Value Chains, capitalizing on its multiple ports.
• Project management and strategy development and implementation support to Department of
Industrial Policy and Promotion (Govt. of India) for increasing foreign investments into the country.
o Developed a framework performing a Country Sector analysis, to identify focus industries for the
growth of manufacturing, and to identify key countries to target companies and investments from.
o Developed investor targeting strategies and assisted in investor handholding efforts for sectors
such as Automotive, Metals and Mining, Aviation, etc
• Preparation of strategic action plan for growth of manufacturing of Medical Devices in India.
o Performed a base case study to analyse current market status in India, including prevalent sub
sectors, key market players, manufacturing and R&D competitiveness. Also assessed future growth
potential considering market enhancement due to advent of health insurance and exports.
o Performed benchmarking studies with leading countries to identify market, policy and regulatory,
skilling and infrastructure gaps, to identify key areas of intervention for the sector’s growth.
o Conducted consultations with senior executives of leading medical device manufacturers, traders,
entrepreneurs, investors and related government ministries to prepare a holistic growth strategy.
• Location Strategy for a global IT conglomerate and a global Food & Beverages major
o Developed a parametric framework for selection of optimum location for establishing a new unit.
o Reviewed industrial policies across key states, including incentives, regulations and taxation.
o Performed stakeholder consultations with senior leadership across multiple verticals of the client
organization to assess the long-term vision for the firm, and their individual business requirements.
This was used to define accurate weightages across various parameters in the framework. For
example, the vertical providing customer support would have very different requirements from the
vertical developing new products.
o Identified top potential locations, and worked with business leaders to arrive at the best fit location
for all verticals.
o The client eventually appointed us to conduct similar studies in other countries of operation.
• Assessment of Transit Oriented Development and Land Value Capture potential for a real estate project
• Worked on and helped convert several large bids and business development efforts.
• Conducted knowledge sharing workshops to enhance collaboration and fungiblity within the team.
• Proficient with MS Office applications and data analytics/ visualization tools, such as PowerBI.

Ernst & Young, Mumbai Consultant, Business Advisory June 2012 to March, 2016
• Gained industry insights while reviewing business models and processes across various industries.
• Metals & Mining – Reviewed processes and business/ system logic, including extensive data
analysis, at manufacturing sites and at the corporate office of the client for process improvement,
cost optimization and risk management. Areas reviewed include inventory management,
procurement planning, sales and dispatch operations, finance and accounts, human resources and
labour laws, and Health, Safety and Environment.
• Pharmaceuticals – Developed process frameworks and reviewed processes related to
procurement and production planning, and Health, Safety and Environment operations, of a global
industry leader.
• Petrochemicals – Worked with senior executives and stakeholders of a USD 100 Billion industry
leader, to define strategy, inter departmental service agreements and key performance indicators
for the Shared Services Centre, which centrally handles business functions across 100+ group
companies. Won additional business for the firm.
• Banking – Financial process design review of Retail Liabilities division of one of India’s leading
private banks.
• Administrator of a virtual knowledge sharing roundtable of CFOs of several major multinational
corporations.
• Sports co-ordinator for the Advisory division of EY at the Mumbai office.

Awards & Recognitions

• PwC Experience Award (Team), PwC Above and Beyond Award (Individual), EY Excellerator
(Individual) and EY Certificate of Excellence, for exceptional performance
• Global Rank 2 in Symbiosis Entrance Test in 2009.

Other positions of responsibility and interests

• Chief Editor and Director at the Rotaract Club, Bombay (youth wing of Rotary International).
Organized and participated in several social and community service projects
• Part of the Editorial Board for the college business magazine, yearbook and monthly newsletters
• Hobbies include mountain hiking and trekking, and listening to music.