Summary
Nachiket Kulkarni is a supply chain and operations leader with eight years of experience driving S&OP, demand and supply planning, new product launch readiness, and procurement analytics for global hardware businesses. Currently a Program Manager at Google, he has a track record of creating repeatable planning cadences and tools—such as Demantra rollouts, a Salesforce-based “Ranging” workflow, and an air-freight approval tool—that reduced manual work, improved forecast quality and controlled freight costs across thousands of SKUs. He excels at cross-functional and cross-cultural stakeholder management, having led global teams and trained regional planners from Singapore to the Americas. Known for a strong analytical mindset, he couples hands-on data mining with process mapping and change management to close process gaps and mitigate revenue risk. His background combines an engineering degree, an MBA in Supply Chain (3.9) from ASU, and early systems engineering experience, which helps him bridge technical systems and business decision-making.
8 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
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Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication, Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunication at University of Mumbai
MBA, Supply Chain Management, 3.9, MBA, Supply Chain Management, 3.9 at Arizona State University, W. P. Carey School of Business
Hindi, Marathi, English