Avinash Kant Kumar
President, Integrated Supply Chain, Jubilant FoodWorks
Avinash has 29+ years of work experience across a wide range of functions including Supply chain, Procurement and Trading, Manufacturing, General Management, and as an Entrepreneur.
He joined in the current with Jubilant FoodWorks Limited, in February 2015. and is instrumental in transformation of Supply Chain and Quality Assurance, procurement of all direct and indirect products and services, all India manufacturing and distribution of perishable food products to restaurants located in multiple temperature zone from 8 commissaries to 387+ towns and 1,800+ restaurants. Avinash also leads other verticals of the business such as Projects, Quality / Food Safety / Regulatory affairs & Corporate Social Responsibility.
Prior to joining Jubilant FoodWorks, he was associated with in FMCG and Retail industry. Avinash was heading the Supply Chain and International Trade for McCain Foods India Pvt. Ltd.; spent 8 years in P&G in various roles across Planning, Supply Chain & Manufacturing; 5 years at Coca Cola India as a Procurement Head; 2+ years at Reliance Retail, setting up the supply chain for staples category; 4 years at Al Foah Co. UAE, set up their Indian subsidiary; 2+ years in own venture.
Avinash holds a Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering, from IIT Kharagpur and Post-Graduation in Industrial Engineering from NITIE, Mumbai.
In personal front, he is married to Nidhi has a son, Archit.