Hemanth Penmetsa CGPA: 3.

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Indian School of Business (ISB) | Post Graduate Programme in Management | GMAT 770/800 (99th Percentile) Apr’19 – Present
 Selected for ISB’s Young Leaders Program; amongst top 6% from 3000+ applicants
 Alumni Relations Coordinator, Retail and E-Commerce Club (REC)
- Introduced ‘Call an Alum’ (on call Q&A) and ‘Alum Gyaan’ (REC’s newsletter) to help cohort leverage alumni not able to visit campus
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) | Dual Degree in Mechanical Engineering | CGPA 9.35/10 | Rank: 2/75 Jul’12 – May’17
 Recipient of Institute Merit Prize and medal winner for best academic performance in Dual Degree Programme (Thermal Engineering)
 Internship, ITC Limited, Education & Stationery Products Business Division
- Received a PPO; deployed the first Industry 4.0 initiative of the division to access data and control machines remotely from HO
 Co-authored the India Venture Capital & Private Equity Report 2016; report launched at TIECON 2017 to 500+ VCs and entrepreneurs
- Analyzed 12,500 VC & PE deals to generate insights on growth of startups and investment patterns across sectors and geographies
 Handpicked by HoD as the only student delegate among batch of 400 to present at LAMSYS National Conference’16, ISRO
 Competitions: - 4th/1450 teams in National Analytics Challenge ‘16 by NASSCOM – cancer incidence prediction using neural network
- National finalist (4/150) - only non-MBA team selected in Imperium’16, IIM Indore’s business strategy event
- 1st among 120 teams in Junkyard Wars at Shaastra ‘16, IITM – ploughing machine development using a moped
WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Manager – Operations, ITC Limited, Education and Stationery Products Business (ESPB) Jul’17 – Mar’19
Recognitions:
 Only assistant manager rated as ‘Outstanding’ within first year of joining the business division
 Offered a position by the CEO of ITC Agri Business Division; first ever recruit invited for a division shift within 8 months of joining
Leadership & Business Impact:
 Youngest to handle ITC’s notebook operations planning (400 SKUs, Annual revenue - ₹750 Cr, 3 Brands - Classmate, Paperkraft, Saathi)
- Led a team of 3 regional managers (each with 12+ years of experience) and managed production across 24 manufacturing vendors
 Increased production by 8900 tons (11% YoY growth) with no change in capacity, contributing to additional revenue of ₹80 Cr
 Nominated by CEO to be part of a task force to crack large tender orders, won the biggest-ever order worth ₹16.5 Cr from AP Govt.
- Reduced cost by 3% (₹0.4 Cr) through vendor negotiation and waste minimization, enabling sales team to quote lowest tender price
- Realized lowest-ever service time for the tender; achievement presented as case study at ITC’s Annual Manufacturers Conference
 Improved schedule adherence from 90% to 96% for customized institutional orders despite a 40% increase in number of SKUs
- Automated raw material planning, replacing 3-year-old manual process; decreased the planning lead time to 1 day from 3 days
- Reduced execution time to 15 days from 22 days through Kanban lean process implementation - ‘80-ton WIP replenishment’ model
Key Initiatives:
 Introduced 2 new categories and set up their production capacities to penetrate the largest customer segment (high school students)
- Launched exam notebooks to enter ₹10 Cr market dominated by unorganized players; captured 10% of the market within 2 years
- Introduced NEON & UV designs for first time in India (current growth - 20% MoM); adopted by competitors post ITC’s launch
 Initiated ‘Code Track’ and eliminated design mismatch errors that have been leading to average yearly loss of ₹40 Lakh
 Implemented agile processes to accommodate sudden design trend changes and to manufacture within 5 days against 12 days earlier
 Reinstated project on ‘missing pin detection’ that has been previously categorized as infeasible due to development difficulties
- Decreased quality issues from 0.8% to 0.3% by revamping and deploying the mechanism along with ITC’s Technology Center
Stretch Projects (Work taken up beyond defined scope of the role)
 Dual-hatted as process engineer for new notebook factory with 2,400 ton/month capacity; designed storage and raw material flow
 Campus ambassador for IITM; handled end to end recruitment process of full-time hires and interns involving 500+ applicants
 Drove participation from 150+ employees in festivities, events, cricket league as part of the four-membered ‘Fun@Work’ Committee

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES & LEADERSHIP POSITIONS

Media Arts
Photography: - National 2nd of 560 professional participants in Shutterbugs & Streets National Photowalk for best photo-story
- Winner among 85 entries at IITM Lit Soc’s ‘Bring a Smile’ Photography Competition, 2013
Videography: - VFX & sound editor of ‘Fear Less’, a short film supporting LGBTQ+ community; film trended on ISB’s social networks
- Director of Photography of ‘Theory of Everything’, a short film to inspire research scholars; 2500+ views in 2 days
Graphic Design: - Designed 20+ campaign posters for 5 candidates during ISB’s student elections, and 30+ event posters for 9 clubs
Core Member – Quality Management (Media & Design), Saarang’16 Mar’15 – Jan’16
 Headed a 48-membered team across 4 functions; led media & design activities of India’s largest student-run fest (footfall of 50,000+)
 Introduced Media & Design Policy to ensure quality adherence; represented the fest in ISO audit, earning ISO 9001:2008 Certification
Convener, Media Club, IITM Jul’14 – Jun’15
 Increased club accessibility to 250+ media arts enthusiasts by restructuring the 10-member, service-oriented club into a hobby club
Photography coordinator, Media Club, IITM Jul’13 – Jun’14
 Self-taught photographer - covered 90+ events within one year across 3 biggest fests of campus (Saarang, Shaastra and Mechanica)