Poornima Nair

Applied: SPMRank #1 of 15 SPM applicantssquad_1@pg27.mesaschool.co+91 94952 71038spm_19_poornima_nair.pdf

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The candidate is a Senior Product Manager with 6 years of experience in supply chain and logistics SaaS, preceded by over 3 years in supply chain operations at a national 3PL. The candidate ranked first because of top scores in hands-on logistics operations experience and autonomous senior ownership, evidenced by 3 years in operational roles directly informing product development and serving as the sole PM who built a logistics platform from scratch. The candidate's biggest gap against the rubric is in growing team members into promotions, as there is evidence of managing two junior PMs through weekly 1:1s and reviews but no documented promotion outcomes.

Probe in interview

Can you share a specific example of how you coached and developed one of the junior PMs you manage, including tangible milestones in their growth and any advancement in their scope or level?
Can you describe a specific instance during your product management tenure where you took a recurring issue or one-off operational workaround and successfully codified it into a company-wide standing practice or systemized product workflow?
Can you provide a specific example where your hands-on experience in 3PL operations directly caused you to push back on a proposed product design or workflow that looked good to engineers but would fail in real-world warehouse or freight conditions?

SPM rubric (applied role)90.0 / 100Shortlist

Criterion	Score	Weight	Points	Evidence	Rationale
SPM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience	5/5	25%	25	Spent 3 years in supply chain operations at a national 3PL before moving into product.	Over 3 years of hands-on 3PL operations experience directly shaped ownership of carrier and exception management product areas.
SPM-2 Senior-most owner, no one above them in the function	5/5	25%	25	Sole PM for the platform's first 2 years; now leads a 2-person PM team as the team has grown	Served as the senior-most product owner building the platform from scratch and leading the PM function.
SPM-3 Turns fixes into standing practice	4/5	20%	16	Redesigned the delivery exception escalation matrix after a recurring delay in routing critical issues; new matrix adopted by the regional ops team	Clear evidence in one role of turning a recurring operational delay into an adopted standing practice.
SPM-4 Judgement under pressure, stated plainly	5/5	15%	15	Shipped 15 features in 4 years; killed 5 — two were killed at PRD stage after discovery showed the assumption was wrong, three were killed post-launch within 30 days	Plainly describes hard calls and failed assumptions with clear reasoning on why features were killed.
SPM-5 Grows people who then get promoted	3/5	15%	9	Manages the PM team of 2 junior PMs; runs weekly 1:1s and bi-weekly product reviews	Manages junior PMs and conducts regular 1:1s, but mentions no promotion outcomes.

PM rubric (other role)86.0 / 100Shortlist

Criterion	Score	Weight	Points	Evidence	Rationale
PM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience	5/5	30%	30	Managed carrier allocation, capacity planning, and exception management for 4 enterprise client accounts across the South India region	Over 3 years of hands-on logistics operations experience at Mahindra Logistics directly doing supply chain planning and execution.
PM-2 Builds from observed pain; peers adopt it	3/5	20%	12	Redesigned the delivery exception escalation matrix after a recurring delay in routing critical issues; new matrix adopted by the regional ops team	Provides a single concrete example of an independently redesigned process adopted by operational peers.
PM-3 Sole ownership with no layer in between	5/5	20%	20	Sole PM for the platform's first 2 years; now leads a 2-person PM team as the team has grown	Sole product owner for 2 years with clear platform outcomes (scaled to 60+ freight forwarding and logistics companies).
PM-4 Discovery directly with operators	4/5	15%	12	Built the platform's core architecture in the first 6 months: data model, module structure, and integration priorities — based on 8 weeks of field research at 10 logistics companies across Bengaluru, Chennai, and Mumbai	Clear, specific evidence of direct field research with logistics companies directly determining the platform architecture.
PM-5 Candour: kills, post-mortems, owning what went wrong	4/5	15%	12	Shipped 15 features in 4 years; killed 5 — two were killed at PRD stage after discovery showed the assumption was wrong, three were killed post-launch within 30 days	Explicitly details killed features and incorrect assumptions, though specific feature names and post-mortem follow-ups are omitted.

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Senior Product Manager
[REDACTED] · [REDACTED] · Bengaluru · [REDACTED]
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Senior Product Manager with 6 years in supply chain and logistics SaaS. Spent 3 years in supply chain operations
at a national 3PL before moving into product. Sole PM at a Series A logistics SaaS for 2 years — built and shipped
a platform that is now used by 60+ freight forwarding and logistics companies. Ship fast, use data to validate, kill
ideas with the same discipline used to generate them.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Product Manager
Logi9 Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Supply Chain SaaS, Series A, 70 employees), Bengaluru · Jul 2021 – Present
— Sole PM for the platform's first 2 years; now leads a 2-person PM team as the team has grown
— Owns the multi-modal shipment tracking, carrier management, and exception handling product areas
— Built the platform's core architecture in the first 6 months: data model, module structure, and integration priorities —
based on 8 weeks of field research at 10 logistics companies across Bengaluru, Chennai, and Mumbai
— Shipped 15 features in 4 years; killed 5 — two were killed at PRD stage after discovery showed the assumption
was wrong, three were killed post-launch within 30 days
— Manages the PM team of 2 junior PMs; runs weekly 1:1s and bi-weekly product reviews
— Has sat in on 100+ customer discovery, onboarding, and check-in calls — no filtering through a customer success
layer
Senior Supply Chain Analyst
Mahindra Logistics Ltd., Bengaluru · Apr 2019 – Jun 2021
— Managed carrier allocation, capacity planning, and exception management for 4 enterprise client accounts across
the South India region
— Led a cross-client carrier consolidation initiative that saved n22L annually in freight costs across the managed
accounts
— Onboarded 2 new client accounts onto the TMS platform — coordinated between client teams, Mahindra's IT, and
the platform vendor
Supply Chain Analyst
Mahindra Logistics Ltd., Bengaluru · Jan 2018 – Mar 2019
— Demand planning, carrier scheduling, and delivery exception coordination for 2 FMCG client accounts
— Redesigned the delivery exception escalation matrix after a recurring delay in routing critical issues; new matrix
adopted by the regional ops team
EDUCATION
B.E., Chemical Engineering · NIT Surathkal · 2013–2017 · CGPA 8.0/10
SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
Product strategy · Supply chain & logistics operations · Multi-modal freight · JIRA · Figma · SQL · Tableau · Mixpanel ·
CargoWise (working knowledge)
APICS CSCP (2020) · Product-Led Growth Certification – OpenView (2022)