Aashna Bhardwaj
@aashnabhardwaj
I lead quick-commerce city operations, driving P&L turnaround, customer experience, and fast last-mile delivery.
What I'm looking for
I’m an operations leader in quick-commerce, serving as the de-facto City CEO for 20+ cities in Karnataka. I lead end-to-end in-store operations across 70+ team members and 30+ micro-fulfilment centres (dark stores), improving performance with targets like 16 seconds average picking time per item (PPI) and 80%+ direct handover rate (DH%).
I’ve scaled new cities to 1,000+ orders per day within a month and delivered a full state-level P&L turnaround, moving from -₹40 Earnings Per Order (EPO) to +₹10 EPO in 6 months through cost-leakage analysis, operational fixes, and demand-side levers. Before Blinkit, I built program and operations thinking at SATTVA CONSULTING and grew revenue and insights at Research Informatic through structured diagnostics, stakeholder interviews, and competitive benchmarking.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Operations Head
Blinkit (Eternal Ltd)
Jan 2026 - Present (4 months)
Served as de-facto City CEO for 20+ cities in Karnataka, leading a 70+ person team across 30+ micro-fulfilment centres and last-mile operations while maintaining 16s PPI and 80%+ DH%. Scaled Blinkit in 6+ cities to 1,000+ orders/day within 1 month and delivered a state P&L turnaround from -₹40 EPO to +₹10 EPO in 6 months.
Program Manager
Blinkit (Eternal Ltd)
Aug 2024 - Jan 2026 (1 year 5 months)
Reduced customer complaint rate from 2% to 1% across ~300,000 daily orders by owning the city customer experience program and driving store-level root-cause fixes. Sustained 95% GRN completion within 60 minutes and sub-1% complaints across 200+ dark stores across fruits & vegetables and frozen foods, while designing the new city launch playbook and improving DAU by 15% in 2 weeks.
Business Analyst
Sattva Consulting
Aug 2022 - Apr 2023 (8 months)
Designed a 1-year capacity building program strategy for selected partners and led a diagnostic assessment across 25 partner organizations across 10 states, using dashboards and insights to guide partner selection. Developed a 10-year strategy and operational plan, including organizational restructuring, for an organization serving 1,000+ individuals with neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Senior Research Associate
Research Informatic
Jun 2021 - Aug 2022 (1 year 2 months)
Generated INR 50L+ revenue through conversion of 20+ market research samples and earned a promotion within 9 months for sustained business impact. Led 30+ stakeholder interviews, synthesised insights across 30+ market reports, and drove competitive benchmarking and industry analysis.
Education
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Masters’ Union School of Business
PGP in Technology & Business Management, Technology & Business Management
Completed a PGP in Technology & Business Management at Masters’ Union School of Business in 2024.
Maharashtra Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science, Economics
Activities and societies: Received a 50% scholarship for exceptional academic performance throughout the undergraduate course.
Earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Maharashtra Institute of Technology in 2021.
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