Umesh Sahu

Category Manager II at Urban Company (2025-08 – Present)

Leading AC Repair Seasonal Category with nationwide supply readiness and service partner deployment

• Leading a 40-member team to ensure nationwide supply readiness for the AC Repair category ahead of each cooling season
• Owning end-to-end supply management across all Indian cities, including planning, forecasting, and deployment of service partners
• Implementing data-driven strategies to improve supply-demand balance, partner utilization, and customer fulfillment rates
• Operating in a fast-paced, high-growth environment, demonstrating strategic ownership, executional excellence, and team leadership

Growth & Strategy Manager, Founder's Office at Qurez (2024-12 – 2025-09)

Spearheading growth initiatives and strategy planning for a fast-scaling D2C startup in the sunscreen and skincare category

• Spearheaded growth initiatives and strategy planning for Qurez, a fast-scaling D2C startup in the sunscreen and skincare category
• Actively contributed to product development, including formulation and positioning of mineral and hybrid sunscreens tailored for the Indian market
• Led end-to-end e-commerce operations across major platforms such as Amazon, Nykaa, Myntra, Flipkart, Zepto, Blinkit, and others
• Designed and executed data-driven marketing and growth strategies, resulting in improved visibility, CTR, and conversion rates across channels
• Managed inventory planning, demand forecasting, and stock allocation to ensure seamless availability across multiple platforms
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams (design, R&D, and supply chain) to support new product launches and promotional campaigns
• Operated in a high-growth, fast-paced startup environment, demonstrating agility, ownership, and executional excellence

Management Trainee Intern, Founder's Office at KGV (2024-05 – 2024-11)

Leading a cross-functional engineering team for a key project converting petrol bikes into dual-mode electric and petrol vehicles

• Led a cross-functional team of 6 Engineers (2 electrical, 2 mechanical, 2 automation) to execute a key project, ensuring seamless collaboration and timely delivery of technical tasks
• Coordinated efforts between the engineering team and a 5-member social media/marketing team to drive product awareness and align marketing strategies with project goals

B.Tech in Production Engineering – Delhi Technological University (2020 – 2024)

Grade XII in CBSE – Shri Daulat Ram School (2020 – 2020)

Grade X in CBSE – Shri Daulat Ram School (2018 – 2018)