Nikhil Dhuper

Associate @ Bain & Company

Delhi, India

About

Currently an Associate at Bain & Company, contributing to cost transformation and operational excellence across global industries, including retail, petrochemicals, FMCG, and private equity. Leveraging expertise in benchmarking, procurement diagnostics, and organizational design, the team crafts actionable strategies to drive sustainable performance improvement. A graduate of Delhi College of Engineering with a BTech in Engineering Physics, focusing on electronics, the work combines analytical rigor and collaborative problem-solving to deliver tailored, impactful solutions. Passionate about data-driven decision-making, they build interactive dashboards and visualizations to empower executive insights and enable measurable outcomes.

Experience

  • Bain & Company (Full-time · 4 yrs 2 mos)
    • Associate
      Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

      Drive cost optimization and operational excellence initiatives across global clients in sectors such as retail, petrochemicals, FMCG, and private equity. Key responsibilities include: Conducting SG&A benchmarking, procurement diagnostics, and inventory analysis to uncover strategic savings opportunities. Leading headcount optimization through Spans and Layers assessments, identifying structural efficiencies across large organizations. Supporting development of actionable cost-reduction strategies across procurement, maintenance, and organizational design. Building interactive dashboards and data visualizations to provide executive-level insights and track performance. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to translate analysis into results during both diagnostic and implementation phases.

    • Analyst
      Jun 2022 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Placement Coordinator at Delhi College of Engineering
    May 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Responsible for handling internship and placements of 200+ final year and pre final year students. Onboarded many new companies for the placement session 2021-2022, and handled complete recruitment drive of 30+ companies throughout the year, which resulted in boosting the placements for DCE. Was awarded for exceptional service to the institution.

  • Research Intern at Indian Institute of Management, Shillong
    Apr 2021 - May 2021 · 2 mos