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Sagar Yadav

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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

go-to-market strategy
pricing architecture
market sizing
competitive analysis
AI-enabled operational workflows
AI enablement
capex modeling
pilot launch planning
product roadmap development
battery health assessment
user-facing pricing algorithms
QMS (quality management systems)
regulatory approval
EFSA
process patent filing
portfolio expansion strategy
unit economics optimization
partnership development
stakeholder management
team leadership
content strategy
video editing

Languages

English

Full professional proficiency

Hindi

Native or bilingual proficiency

German

Limited working proficiency