Karan Kalappa

Karan Kalappa currently serves as a Tactical Product Supply Manager at adidas, focusing on rough cut capacity planning and TLT analysis since May 2024. Prior to this role, Karan worked at IKEA in Supply Chain Operations for Product & Supply Quality from January 2022 to April 2024 and managed a coffee plantation while being self-employed between September 2020 and December 2021. As a Digital Campaigns & Content Consultant at Sportheca in mid-2020 and at Decathlon Sports India from December 2014 to June 2019, Karan specialized in demand and supply planning, category management, and sales forecasting with remarkable accuracy. Karan also held various logistics roles at Decathlon Sports India from 2012 to 2014, improving transport costs and vendor performance. Karan began the career with an internship at LogicaCMG Limited focusing on forex management. Karan holds a Master's degree in International Sports Management from European Sport Business School and a Bachelor's degree from St. Joseph's College of Commerce, Bangalore.