Ninad K. - Strategy Consultant, Business Development

Düsseldorf, Germany

Experience

Apr 2025 - Present

9 months

Essen, Germany

Working with the Commodity Flow Desk Global team to expand sales trading activities through market, customer and data analysis
Understanding the global energy markets and commodity trading setups in Europe and APAC to support customers’ needs and broaden product offerings
Sales trading expertise across commodities like Gas, Power, Coal, Oil, Carbon certificates etc. in both financial and physical trading environments
Analyzing customer, trading and market trends to create robust trading lifecycle flowcharts to be highly competitive in the global energy market
Developing continuous reporting structures by considering GenAI tools (KPI monitoring, big data analyses)
Supporting internal stakeholder management within the European and APAC teams
Adapting software solutions to foster further growth and organizing IT infrastructure strategy for CFDG’s activities

Oct 2022 - Mar 2025

2 years 6 months

Düsseldorf, Germany

Engaging in post-merger integration (PMI), carve-outs, rapid value creation, and synergy management projects, initiatives and knowledge creation activities
Industry projects across the globe in automation, industrial goods, energy and automotive (both long and short-term)
Conducting comprehensive due diligences encompassing operational (ODD), commercial (CDD), financial (FDD), and IT (ITDD) aspects, as well as FDD add-on financial value chain assessments
Managing workstreams involving IT and financial initiatives
Developing business proposals, conducting case research studies, and overseeing internal and external initiatives, including recruitment efforts for the DSO team
Specialized trainings on deals offerings like M&A, value creation, post-merger integrations, carve-outs, due-diligence, financial modeling, data analysis along with soft-skills trainings in the consulting domain
Serving as a ‘Digital champion’ within the DSO team, leveraging digital assets for enhanced efficiency and effectiveness

Sep 2021 - Apr 2022

8 months

Cologne, Germany

Creating and adapting new processes to integrate KPMG Illuminate (iTONICS-based innovation management platform) into the SR&I departments and building new entities to support various in-house investment initiatives
Collaborating with member firms in the USA, UK, Germany, Netherlands, India and Australia and working with the multicultural ‘Portfolio and Investment Strategy Steering’ team
Handling and transforming large volumes of confidential data to create reports, presentations, frameworks and dashboards for C-suite executives
Constructing improved and sustainable structures for international projects with SAP and IBM to integrate with the existing setup and supporting the creation of SR&I investment decision tools
Studying global advisory frameworks and playbooks and adapting them for the SR&I team
Nurturing and steering investment initiatives according to the SR&I process while maximizing synergies within teams and departments
Participating in specialized trainings for MS Office, MURAL and PowerBI