Jagadeesh Kunchey

Jagadeesh Kunchey
Joined ITC: 2007

Jagadeesh's journey in ITC:

I am a graduate of Engineering, after which I completed my PGDIE from NITIE, Mumbai. I joined ITC in 2007 after working for 10 years with 3 reputed FMCG companies. The two things that attracted me to ITC were its diversified portfolio coupled with a quest for growth and growth and the fact that ITC is a professionally managed company with an Indian soul.

I joined ITC when we had just launched Bingo and were trying to stabilize our supply chain, post-implementation of SAP. It was quite a challenge as well as a brilliant opportunity in terms of understanding the customer better, thinking and designing a supply chain structure to meet their requirements, and the freedom to build a team and create a performance culture. With a young and energetic team coupled with support from highly demanding yet encouraging seniors, I have created a team that runs all our Supply Chain operations today. After succeeding in this challenge we moved on to a new one which was to integrate Supply Chain across FMCG Divisions which meant integrating 3 businesses and people to enhance synergy and value creation. As a part of this, we took some tough calls, built systems, questioned the traditional models, created new models, and were able to deliver value to the Company. I headed the logistics function for the Trade Marketing & Distribution network and currently I am the Executive Vice President for Supply Chain & Logistics.

When I look back over the years, I had an opportunity to create and test different service models, and freight buying models, integrate companies, create infrastructure, design organization structures, and build a Performance Management System besides managing a huge spend which would not have been possible in any other Company. The rich experience across different areas in strategy coupled with execution experience has helped me grow as a business manager and a leader rather than just as a functional expert.

Jagadeesh's thoughts on ITC as a Workplace:

At ITC if you have a good idea, believe in the same and are willing to reason out, there is always a way to implement the same. You will never feel out of place if you can adapt to change. What ITC offers anyone is 3 unique features besides the ability to dream and think big - Freedom at work, Respect for individuals, and Recognition for talent.

Jagadeesh believes ITC offers you:

ITC doesn't offer fancy job titles but offers you a meaningful job and a rewarding career. It gives an individual an opportunity to work in different areas, functions, and businesses. The Company places high importance on training employees & focuses on constantly improving the skill sets of the individual. As a result, the employee gets a chance to excel at his work & grow as an individual as well.

ITC puts immense trust in its employees and it's a privilege to work for this world-class organisation.

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