Dakar · Senegal

Venkatakrishnan Sankar

Supply Chain & Digital Transformation Leader — Emerging Markets

Open to Country Manager · Head of Operations · Senior SCM leadership · Senegal · GCC · India · Remote

I turn operational complexity into measurable control — through supply chain discipline, automation, data visibility, and digital transformation that holds up in real markets.

Venkatakrishnan Sankar
Dakar · Senegal2026
15+
Years in operations & transformation
$2M+
Efficiency gains delivered
9
Global OEM brands supported
70%
Turnaround improvement via automation
Brands & partners I've worked with
  • Apple
  • Samsung
  • HP
  • Dell
  • Lenovo
  • Motorola
  • Nokia
  • Beats
  • Realme
  • Tecno
  • Infinix
  • Alcatel
  • Foxconn
  • Belkin
  • Timken
  • ELCOT
  • DB Schenker
  • YCH
  • Redington
Who I am / 01

An operator before a technologist. A builder before a consultant.

My career started where execution is non-negotiable — warehouses, customs lanes, vendor floors, distribution chains across India, the Middle East, and West Africa. From there I moved into redesign: dashboards, ERP workflows, automation, WMS/TMS, AI-enabled controls.

Technology does not fix broken operations. It scales the discipline already built into them.
What I do / 02

Four practice areas. One operating logic.

0104

Supply Chain & Logistics Transformation

Country-level SCM leadership. Warehouse optimization. Import/export control. Vendor management. Customs coordination. SLA performance. Cost reduction at scale.

0204

Digital Transformation & Automation

Workflow automation. Power BI dashboards. Power Automate / RPA. ERP process redesign. WMS/TMS deployment. Operational visibility.

0304

Business Systems & Compliance

Process governance. Data protection. Documentation control. Tax/VAT logic. Audit readiness. Risk reduction.

0404

Venture Building

Building practical digital products for West African markets — AfriqueRealty (diaspora real estate, Senegal/WAEMU) and NdaaliDirect (PropTech rental management with local payment rails). Operating and advisory roles in early-stage Dakar ventures.

Selected impact / 03

Numbers that hold up in audit.

  • 0146% reduction in import clearance cost across 150+ annual shipments
  • 0262% freight cost reduction via strategic sourcing redesign
  • 0370% turnaround improvement through automation-first workflows
  • 04$2M+ in measurable efficiency gains delivered
  • 05100% inventory accuracy maintained for 22 consecutive months
  • 069 global OEM brands supported under a single SCM mandate
AI fluency · operational proof / 05

AI usage — daily activity

Operator-level AI adoption

A visual record of AI as working infrastructure across research, writing, product thinking, strategy, and execution.

Claude usage

Deep reasoning & workflow design

364
Conversations
184
Active days
184
Longest streak
100%
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Claude activity reflects strategic reasoning, structured writing, product ideation, and operational decision support.

ChatGPT usage

Daily AI execution layer

418
Conversations
184
Active days
184
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ChatGPT activity is the daily AI co-pilot for business thinking, public communication, code, research, and creative execution.

Claude Code usage

AI-native engineering surface

592
Conversations
182
Active days
182
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100%
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Claude Code activity measured from local session telemetry — automation, internal tools, RPA, dashboards, and SCM systems built directly with an agentic IDE.

The bridge / 04
I build the bridge between boardroom strategy and ground-level execution.

I speak C-suite language. I also know the warehouse, the customs broker, the driver, the invoice, the ERP screen, the dashboard, and the team that runs them.

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