Arun Krishnan

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Senior Vice President , Global Supply Chain & Strategy at AstraZeneca

Parsippany, New Jersey, United States

Overview

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Personality Overview

Features Driven

Objective Thinker

Quality Focused

They prefer to be the ones controlling the conversation or defining the terms.  They take a lot of pride in personal achievements. More than the product, they care about the impact of the product.

Topics They Care About

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Work History

12-2025
Senior Vice President , Global Supply Chain & Strategy at AstraZeneca
6-2025 - 12-2025
Interim Leader ( Head ) - Global Supply Chain and Strategy at AstraZeneca
1-2022 - 5-2025
VP, Global Supply Chain (Planning ,Strategy, Digital Supply Chain Transformation and Operations ) at AstraZeneca
6-2021 - 1-2022
SVP, Head Global Supply Chain Management at Strides
7-2018 - 6-2021
VP Global Supply Chain Planning ( Strategy and Operations ) at AstraZeneca

Education

1-2025 - 4-2025
Mini MBA from Rutgers Business School
2016 - 2016
Mini-MBA from Rutgers Business School

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Insights For Selling To Arun

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Hold your ground without indulging in one-upmanship
  • When negotiating terms, help them build an impression that they are the ones calling the shots
  • Speak about competitive differentiation that your product offers

DONT's

  • Do not back off when challenged, respond with a confident, objective answer instead
  • Do not hesitate from asking counter questions, just avoid challenging their authority
  • Don't try too hard to forge relationships with them

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Arun is

  • Conviction around the impact matters the most to them, followed by a sense of achievement and ROI.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Arun

  • If they decide not to use your product, they will say no clearly.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Arun move?

  • They can reach decisions fairly quickly if they are convinced.
  • Can Arun take some risk or not?

  • They don’t mind risks but can be quite binary about them.

You And Arun

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