Sagar Yadav
Strategy and Product Innovation Consultant for consumer goods and AI-enabled growth
Hamburg, Germany
I advise teams on winning go-to-market strategy, pricing, and execution, with a strong bias toward turning insights into measurable outcomes. Most recently, I have been shaping customer acquisition and AI-enabled operational workflows for a retail grocery app across multiple cities and a 100+ SKU catalog. In prior roles, I built and scaled product and platform capabilities from the ground up. I led plant setup and business planning for a food manufacturing venture, developed a €50K capex model, and coordinated a 9-month pilot launch roadmap for a team of 5. I have also delivered product innovation with defensible advantage. At Infinite Roots, I identified and executed entry into the plant-based steak category, secured €2M non-dilutive funding, and supported scale through pilot facility setup, QMS establishment, and regulatory navigation including EFSA. Earlier, as the first employee at Bioweg UG, I built the lab and production foundation and enabled 50% capacity scale-up. Outside corporate work, I combine execution with momentum. I founded and led a 40+ member running club in Hamburg and built a YouTube channel from my dorm room to 58 million views, funding my education through self-taught video editing and content strategy.
Experience
Independent Strategy Consultant
Independent Strategy Consultant
Jan 2026 – Present · 8 mths
Delhi, India
Provided strategy and operations consulting across consumer goods, manufacturing, and AI enablement. Advised a retail grocery app on go-to-market strategy, pricing, and commercial priorities across 3 cities and 100+ SKUs, shaping the customer acquisition approach and growth roadmap with AI-enabled operational workflows. Guided a food manufacturing venture on plant setup and business planning, including a €50K capex model, production requirements, and a 9-month pilot launch roadmap for a team of 5.
Strategy Consultant
Fyn Mobility
Jan 2025 – Jan 2025 · 1 mth
Bangalore, India
Developed go-to-market strategy and a pricing architecture for a used EV marketplace, including market sizing and competitive analysis. Designed a user-facing pricing algorithm implemented on a live platform serving pan-India customers. Built a battery health assessment methodology and an MVP product roadmap, coordinating technical and commercial teams to support Series A fundraising and expansion into 2-, 3-, and 4-wheeler segments.
Product Innovation Manager
Infinite Roots®
Jan 2021 – Jan 2024 · 3 yrs
Hamburg, Germany
Led product innovation for a fermentation and plant-based FMCG company, driving entry into the plant-based steak category and securing €2M non-dilutive funding from TUHH and EIT Food. Built IP moat through process patent filing and expanded the portfolio across DACH, Singapore, and Korea, launching 5 products to grow the portfolio by 30% with an 18% COGS reduction through scale-up. Secured strategic partnerships with Haribo and Pulmuone, and supported scale-up by building a pilot facility, establishing QMS, navigating EFSA regulatory approval, and coordinating R&D, operations, and commercial execution.
Bioprocess Engineer / Project Implementation Manager
Bioweg UG
Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 · 1 yr
Quakenbruck, Germany
Joined as the first employee at the pre-seed stage and built the technical and operational foundation (lab, production, QMS) to enable 50% capacity scale-up and strengthen institutional funding readiness. Validated product-market fit via early B2B sales to L’Oréal and Henkel, de-risking technical and commercial assumptions for Series A investors. Supported a €12M Series A fundraising from NBank Capital and RootCamp by structuring investment materials, participating in due diligence, and demonstrating operational execution capability.
Education
INSEAD
MBA, MBA
Jan 2025 – Present
Activities and societies: Runner-up in INSEAD Venture Competition (50+ teams)
Runner-up in INSEAD Venture Competition (50+ teams); secured € 15,000 seed funding for an alcohol-free beverage venture in Southeast Asia.
KU Leuven
Master of Food Science, Technology and Business, Food Science, Technology and Business
Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
Activities and societies: Consulting and Entrepreneurship Club
Published thesis at Deutsches Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik (DIL e.V.) sponsored by the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF). Published a scientific research article in European Food Research and Technology.
NIFTEM - K India
Bachelor of Technology in Food Technology and Management, Food Technology and Management
Jan 2013 – Jan 2017
Grade: Distinction (96+ percentile); CGPA 8.56/10.0
Graduated with Distinction (96+ percentile) and CGPA 8.56/10.0; awarded with National scholarship (CSSS) for merit in 2014.
Skills
Languages
English
Full professional proficiency
Hindi
Native or bilingual proficiency
German
Limited working proficiency