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Harjyot Singh Arora gets fizzy APAC promotion at PepsiCo
GURUGRAM: Pop the cap and pour one out—Harjyot Singh Arora has just landed himself a promotion that’s anything but flat. After six years of navigating PepsiCo’s labyrinthine beverage empire, the marketing maven has been crowned head of media, digital and investments for the entire Asia-Pacific region. It’s the kind of career trajectory that would make even Mountain Dew enthusiasts feel caffeinated.
Arora’s ascent through PepsiCo’s Bangkok headquarters reads like a masterclass in corporate agility. Since joining in 2019, he’s ping-ponged between roles with the energy of a shaken fizzy drink. His previous stint as sector lead for media, data and commerce capabilities saw him juggling everything from consumer analytics to thought leadership—presumably without dropping the ball, or the bottle.
But it was his 17-month spell as category lead for flavoured carbonated soft drinks that really showcased his mettle. Leading the charge for 7UP and Mountain Dew across Asia’s business unit, he shepherded innovation pipelines and propped up profit-and-loss statements from Thailand to Timbuktu (or at least the parts of Asia that matter to PepsiCo’s bottom line). Before that, he piloted the launch of functional juices in south-east Asia.
His pre-PepsiCo CV is equally colourful. Stints at Kansai Nerolac Paints, Mahindra Group and Starcom MediaVest Group gave him the chops to tackle brand strategy, media buying and consumer engagement. He even flogged ice cream for Allanasons’ London Dairy brand—proof that selling frozen treats in Mumbai’s sweltering heat requires a cool head.
Now ensconced in his new perch, Arora will oversee how PepsiCo splashes its cash across advertising, digital channels and strategic investments throughout APAC. It’s a role that demands equal parts data wizardry, strategic nous and the ability to keep multiple brands bubbling along nicely. With his track record of squeezing results from tight margins and fizzy categories alike, PepsiCo has clearly bet on the right bottle. Cheers to that.
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Ember Cookware appoints Amit Singh as chief of supply chain
10-year veteran to lead operations as brand scales across D2C, quick commerce and retail.
MUMBAI: Ember just handed its supply chain the perfect seasoning because when your cookware is non-toxic and non-stick, the operations behind it better be fast and flawless. Ember Cookware has appointed Amit Singh as chief of supply chain and Services, bolstering its leadership team at a pivotal growth phase. Singh brings over a decade of experience in supply chain strategy, operations and large-scale network buildouts.
He began his career at Singapore-based retail giant Giant Hypermarket before joining Pharmeasy in 2015, where he played a foundational role in building and scaling its pan-India supply chain across B2B and B2C channels. At API Holdings, he later led supply chain operations for North India, managing end-to-end execution across complex, multi-city networks.
In his new role, Amit will oversee Ember’s complete supply chain and service ecosystem including sourcing, manufacturing coordination, logistics, last-mile delivery, post-purchase support and workforce development. His mandate focuses on building cost-efficient, resilient operations that shorten fulfilment times, strengthen inventory management and deliver a consistently high-quality consumer experience as the brand expands nationally.
Ember Cookware co-founder & CEO Siddharth Gadodia said, “Supply chain is where growth either holds or breaks. As we scale across channels and geographies, we need operations that are efficient, resilient, and built for speed, without ever compromising on the consumer experience. Amit has done this before, at real scale.”
Ember Cookware co-founder & CMO Himanshi Tandon added, “As we scale, supply chain efficiency becomes as important as product and brand. Amit’s mandate is to build the operational foundations that make our promise consistent at scale.”
Amit Singh commented, “Ember is building something genuinely different, a category-defining brand with a clear purpose and the ambition to match. I’m looking forward to building supply chain infrastructure that doesn’t just keep pace with growth, but enables it.”
The appointment forms part of Ember’s broader push to deepen leadership across key functions as it invests in its Innovation Lab, proprietary material technologies and operational backbone to support national expansion.
In a kitchenware world where non-stick promises are easy but delivery is hard, Ember isn’t just cooking up products, it’s cooking up an operation that keeps every promise sizzling from factory to fork.
