Kabir Mehta

Applied: PMRank #1 of 45 PM applicantssquad_2@pg27.mesaschool.co+91 97200 54318pm_02_kabir_mehta.pdf

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Brief · PM

The candidate is a Product Manager with over three years of experience in supply chain visibility SaaS, preceded by more than two years as a warehouse operations executive managing hub fulfilment and dispatch. The candidate ranked first due to top-rated hands-on logistics operations experience managing peak volumes of up to 8,000 orders daily, alongside a proven record of building from observed operational pain through a shift handover checklist adopted across three other hubs. Although the candidate achieved a maximum rubric score across all criteria, the primary area to scrutinize is the depth and durability of their sole product ownership and operational authority when navigating ambiguity without senior product leadership.

Probe in interview

Can you describe a specific operational breakdown during inbound sorting or dispatch at the hub that threatened daily SLAs, detailing the exact decisions you made on the floor to resolve it?
Can you share a specific example where an operational tool or checklist you introduced encountered initial resistance from hub staff, and how you proved its value to secure peer adoption?
Can you walk through a high-stakes roadmap or feature prioritization decision you made completely independently after the founding PM left, including the data you used and the resulting business impact?

PM rubric (applied role)100.0 / 100Shortlist

Criterion	Score	Weight	Points	Evidence	Rationale
PM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience	5/5	30%	30	Aug 2020 – Dec 2022 — Managed inbound sorting, put-away, and dispatch operations for an e-commerce fulfilment hub processing 6,000–8,000 orders daily at peak	Candidate has 2+ years of direct, hands-on warehouse and logistics operations experience as a Warehouse Operations Executive.
PM-2 Builds from observed pain; peers adopt it	5/5	20%	20	Built a shift handover checklist after a recurring miscommunication between shifts was causing delayed dispatches — adopted across 3 other hubs within 2 months	Built a self-started triage process and a shift handover checklist from observed operational pain that was adopted across three other hubs.
PM-3 Sole ownership with no layer in between	5/5	20%	20	Took over as sole PM when the founding PM departed; owned roadmap, discovery, and delivery for the next 14 months without a manager above in the product function	Demonstrates sole ownership of the product with no intervening product management layer and direct attribution of business outcomes.
PM-4 Discovery directly with operators	5/5	15%	15	Shipped live tracking module for LTL shipments — feature designed after spending 3 weeks with operations teams at 4 FMCG and pharma clients across Maharashtra	Frontline discovery conducted directly with client operations teams resulted in shipping a live tracking module.
PM-5 Candour: kills, post-mortems, owning what went wrong	5/5	15%	15	Killed a supplier portal feature 3 weeks after launch when adoption data showed the problem was not where we thought it was; redirected the sprint capacity to a warehouse exception alert that became the product's highest NPS feature	Explicitly describes killing a feature post-launch based on adoption data, noting the lesson and the successful follow-up reallocation of capacity.

SPM rubric (other role)81.0 / 100Shortlist

Criterion	Score	Weight	Points	Evidence	Rationale
SPM-1 Hands-on logistics operations experience	5/5	25%	25	Managed inbound sorting, put-away, and dispatch operations for an e-commerce fulfilment hub processing 6,000–8,000 orders daily at peak	Over 2 years of hands-on warehouse ops work at Aramex directly informed later supply chain SaaS product decisions.
SPM-2 Senior-most owner, no one above them in the function	5/5	25%	25	owned roadmap, discovery, and delivery for the next 14 months without a manager above in the product function	Served as the sole PM leading product roadmap and delivery with no senior manager above in the function.
SPM-3 Turns fixes into standing practice	4/5	20%	16	Built a shift handover checklist after a recurring miscommunication between shifts was causing delayed dispatches — adopted across 3 other hubs within 2 months	Demonstrated clear, specific evidence of creating a process fix that was scaled across other hubs.
SPM-4 Judgement under pressure, stated plainly	4/5	15%	12	Killed a supplier portal feature 3 weeks after launch when adoption data showed the problem was not where we thought it was	Named a failure and hard pivot decision plainly with data-backed reasoning in the PM role.
SPM-5 Grows people who then get promoted	1/5	15%	3	none	The CV contains no evidence of mentoring, running 1:1s, or developing people who earned promotions.

Interview invite draft

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Professional Summary
Product Manager with a background in warehouse operations and supply chain execution before transitioning to
tech. 3 years in PM roles at a supply chain SaaS startup — the only PM on the product for the first 18 months.
Understand how freight and warehousing teams think because I've worked in those rooms.
Work Experience
Product Manager
TrackEasy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Supply Chain Visibility, Series A), Pune · Jan 2023 – Present
— Took over as sole PM when the founding PM departed; owned roadmap, discovery, and delivery for the next 14
months without a manager above in the product function
— Shipped live tracking module for LTL shipments — feature designed after spending 3 weeks with operations teams
at 4 FMCG and pharma clients across Maharashtra
— Killed a supplier portal feature 3 weeks after launch when adoption data showed the problem was not where we
thought it was; redirected the sprint capacity to a warehouse exception alert that became the product's highest NPS
feature
— Worked with engineering to build a basic integration with CargoWise One — opened up 5 freight forwarder
accounts that had been stalled for 6 months
— Currently managing a 3-person engineering team and a contract designer; first full product hire below me joined in
January
Warehouse Operations Executive
Aramex India Pvt. Ltd., Pune · Aug 2020 – Dec 2022
— Managed inbound sorting, put-away, and dispatch operations for an e-commerce fulfilment hub processing
6,000–8,000 orders daily at peak
— Ran the returns processing team of 12 during an 8-week peak period — designed a triage process that reduced
returns cycle time by 2 days and eliminated the backlog
— Built a shift handover checklist after a recurring miscommunication between shifts was causing delayed dispatches
— adopted across 3 other hubs within 2 months
— Worked directly with the transport team on last-mile allocation and rescheduling; understood the carrier relationship
from the warehouse side
Education
B.E., Mechanical Engineering · Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT), Pune · 2016–2020 · First Class
Skills & Certifications
Product ownership · Warehouse & supply chain operations · JIRA · Figma · SQL · Excel · Notion · Miro
Product Analytics Certification – Mixpanel (2023) · Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt (2021)