Shekar Natarajan
Shekar Natarajan (Chandrashekar Natarajan), born July 23, 1979 in Secunderabad, India currently serves as the Director of Supply Chain for the Pepsi Beverages Company, U.S. He is an internationally recognized supply chain expert, panelist on international forum and a prolific writer in the field of supply chain management, who has presented keynote speech at major international business, supply chain and logistics conference in North America, Latin America, Asia, Australia and Europe. He has shared his extensive knowledge and innovative concepts, which has received worldwide accolade. He is the developer And Co-author of a revolutionary planning methodology "Planning By design," with co-author Richard Muther and Simplified Systematic Network Planning - Six Steps to Effective Network Planning with Lee Hales. He also serves on the board of College Industry Council of Material handling equipment & Material handling Institute of America and is Co-Chairman of Institute of High Performance Planners. He also serves as an advisory board member of “DC Velocity” a leading Supply Chain magazine. He serves on the board of Colalife, a non-profit organization committed to children's health in developing countries by using innovative supply chain concepts to deliver medicine. His current includes Supply Chain Excellence and Dominance Matrix recognized by leading Supply Chain Pundits as Ground breaking. This is believed to revolutionize how companies embrace Supply Chain and its evolution to drive Business excellence and will be published in HBR. He is the key architect and currently leading the Pepsi Beverages Company's DSD Transformation program which was recognized with Supply Chain Innovation Award by Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals for 2010.
A frequent speaker at national and international conferences, Shekar was the keynote speaker at Movimat 2008, the largest Latin American logistics show. The Government of Brazil formally recognized him for the content and insights he provided for developing and managing supply chain processes. His contributions won him the 2010 Medallion Award, the highest honor from Institute of Industrial Engineering. This has been awarded to 20 individuals in the last 60 years who made significant contribution to the field of Industrial Engineering. Shekar received a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology after earning his Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering degree in India.
Education
He received his Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University in India and Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003.
Books
- “Simplified Systematic Network Planning” by Shekar Natarajan and Lee Hales translated in Portuguese and German.
- “Planning By Design” by Richard Muther and Shekar Natarajan(forthcoming).
- “Systematic Logistics Redesign and Optimization” by Shekar Natarajan
Awards and recognition
- 2011 Pros to Know from Supply and Demand Chain Executive
- Next Generation Thought Leaders from Supply and Demand Chain Executive
- 2011 CT Best 40 Under 40
- Institute of Industrial Engineers "Medallion Award" 2010.
- Consumer Goods Technology "Visionary Award" 2010.
- 2009 DC Velocity “Logistics Rainmaker”.
- Top 25 Supply Chain Executives of the year from Global Supply Chain Leaders Group.
- 2010 Pros to Know from Supply and Demand Executive.
- Global Supply Chain Executive of the year award…Top 3 finalist.
- Best of PBG, 2009.
- “Inspirational Speech” for delivering an outstanding keynote inspiring 25000 professionals by Brazil Industry Ministry and IMAM.