Aravind Mani
About
Aravind Mani is from Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Aravind works in the following industries: "Automotive". Aravind is currently Co-Founder and CEO at River, located in India. In Aravind's previous role as a Vice President - Business Operations and Corporate Strategy at Ultraviolette Automotive, Aravind worked in Bengaluru Area, India until May 2020. Prior to joining Ultraviolette Automotive, Aravind was a Head of Commercial and Strategy at Manali Petrochemical Ltd and held the position of Head of Commercial and Strategy at Chennai Area, India. Prior to that, Aravind was a Head of Commercial and Strategy at Tamilnadu Petroproducts Ltd (TNPP), based in Chennai Area, India from Jan 2013 to Jul 2015. Aravind started working as Student MBA General Mangement at Asian Institute of Management in Manila, Philippines in Sep 2011. From Feb 2010 to Aug 2011, Aravind was Senior Systems Engineer at Infosys Technologies Ltd, based in London, United Kingdom. Prior to that, Aravind was a Systems Engineer at Infosys Technologies Ltd, based in Trivandrum, India from Nov 2007 to Jan 2010.
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Aravind Mani's current jobs
River is an electric vehicle startup backed by leading international investors in the mobility space. River is building high-quality mobility solutions designed to better the livelihoods of people around the world.
Aravind Mani's past jobs
Lead the corporate strategy, business planning and fund raising activity. Evaluate trends in e-Mobility, derive actionable insights, enable strategy development and drive critical decisions.
Responsible for delivering bottom line for a 800 INR Cr ($120 Million) downstream petrochemical business (Polyols and Polyurethanes) by managing selling and purchase. Relationship management with major stakeholders including customers, suppliers and potential partners. Business development through acquisitions, joint ventures, capacity expansion and customer acquisition. Spear headed acquisition of Notedome Ltd (downstream expanion) in the UK in Sep 2016. Managing Notedome in the UK by providing directions, leveraging synergies and ensuring best interests of MPL. Manage around 40 people from various commercial teams.
Responsible for delivering bottom line of 1200 INR Cr ($180 Million) downstream petrochemical business (Linear Alkyl Benzene) by managing selling and purchase. Contract Negotiation with major suppliers (Oil companies) and customers (Global FMCG players) Manage around 20 people from various commercial teams. Headed a sell side due diligence for a deal that did not go through. Negotiated a deal with Huntsman International to exit a joint venture and subsequent purchase of plant assets.
Asian Institute of Management (AIM) is a premier B School in Asia and boasts of a legacy of 38000 alumni across the globe. Established in 1968, in partnership with Harvard Business School and Ford Foundation, AIM is one of the few colleges in the world that uses only case methodology as the medium of instruction. I am currently pursuing my MBA at AIM, with a strong focus on Finance and Strategy Management. Apart from academics, I am involved in the Finance and Consulting clubs which act as laboratories to practice the learning. I have always enjoyed being on the creative side with my camera and AIM photography club provides the right environment to share, collaborate and learn.
Ecommerce Website Development for a major UK Retailer (project size of over 25 million USD) - Involved in End to End Implementation through all life cycle stages of the website development - Led a team of 6 engineers to support transition after e-Commerce website revamp
Online Warehouse Management System - Designed the process to budget the cost of inventory from 4 warehouses to 238 retail sources in a online platform - Optimized the client business process to minimize inventory storage to achieve better cash conversion cycles