Tech Mahindra's Head of Supply Chain for Retail & Consumer Goods Vertical, Hanuma Pogaru, boasts an impressive background as a Pondicherry University Gold Medalist with an MBA in Finance from Andhra University. With 18 years of experience in management, Pogaru has expertise in designing, developing, and implementing supply chain solutions for international and domestic organizations. He excels in areas such as supply chain transformation, collaboration, sustainability, and business process improvements. Pogaru is well-versed in stochastic, non-linear modeling, and combinatorial optimization techniques, with a focus on forecasting and demand modeling. Moreover, Pogaru also possesses knowledge in production planning, Lean manufacturing, KANBAN concepts, and processes that add to his skillset. Pogaru's specialties include sustainability, change management, mathematical modeling, people mentoring, product development, business process re-engineering, and supply chain finance.