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Anaytics Delivery Lead on US Retail client projects on Promotions Optimization, Customer Targeting, Markdown Optimization, Assortment Optimization, Store Perforamnce Optimization, Digital Marketing OptimizationLed a Product Development team to create an Enterprise SaaS Product for Assortment and Buy Optimization for Apparel Retail Companies, representing the customer, product demos and deploymentProduct Marketing including website redevelopment, product positioning, SEO, and marketing collaterals including product marketing videos, demo videos, flyers, and whitepapers

Created an e-commerce portal (www.handmade.global) for listing and sale of traditional artisan-made handicraft products, connected exclusively to national award winning artisans, currently catering to 10+ crafts including Bidri, Taarkashi, Marquetry, Brass Meenakari, Thathera, Dokra, Mosaic Glass, Blue Pottery and Black Pottery, selling in the domestic and international market through own portal and also other e-commerce platforms through focus on digital marketing and social media marketing, also developed an Augmented Reality based mobile app for the customer which allows products to be visualized in the customers’ living room, 3-D models of products for which were developed in-house through photogrammetry

Team Leader for CRU India from Dec 2014 - March 2017, leading a team of 10 peopleContributed to many consulting projects undertaken by CRU Consulting Worked with the sales team in creating sales leads for both the analysis and consulting businesses. Played a pivotal role in multiple research and consulting project salesFor 12 months, worked the high-level internal task force for migrating from a predominantly product company (selling reports) to a service company (selling research and hand holding clients) (2014)

CRU’s face of steelmaking raw materials in India. Responsible for client facing analysis and forecast of consumption, production, trade flow, inventory, and cost of production of steelmaking raw materials incl. iron ore, metallurgical coal, metallurgical coke, bulk ferroalloys and thermal coal for India and rest of Asia (excl-China) including assessment of spot prices in these marketsEditor, Steelmaking Raw Materials Monitor, a monthly publication covering the global market with around 500 leading clients across mining, steel, logistics, banking, PE and trading sectors and comprised of an in-depth analysis of raw materials trade flow and price movements with a 3-month forecast of the same. The role had focus on reaching out to current and potential clients proactively (with clients often basing their business decisions on our forecasts) and resolving client queries around the analysisPublished multiple Whitepapers including on floor price for seaborne iron ore, export resurgence of Indian iron ore from Goa and Odisha, factors leading to acceleration in coal output of Coal India, trend of Indian ferroalloy producers being the price setters in the seaborne marketRegularly quoted by Bloomberg, Reuters, Business Standard, Mint and Economic Times on steel and mining related news and eventsUndertook a workshop for senior executives of the leading Indian steel producer to handhold them into our Steel Cost Model subscription, a model of 400 global steel plantsUndertook a pan-India travel with South African manganese ore miners on a client meet-and-greetDeveloping strong relationships with market participants. Regular travel, meeting and conferencing with key global clients across UK, S.E. Asia and Australia including Singapore, Jakarta, BrisbaneCRU’s speaker and representative in industry conferences including at Federation of Indian Mining Industries (FIMI), Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Joint Plant Committee.

Developed a long-term strategy for the Steel business involving Demand-Supply analysis, Pricing scenarios, Industry's Cost-curve, Technology route selection, Long-Flat product mix recommendations, Scenario analysis, Market share analysis, etc.IRR projections for our new Steel projects.Identifying synergies for a possible JV with one of the global steel majors.Site visits of deposits in South Australia (Broken hill region and Coober Pedy region), rail and port infrastructure evaluations, financials, etc. successfully leading to company's investment in an iron ore deposit in the region.Successfully negotiated the legal and commercial terms for an Option Agreement to secure port capacity in Queensland, Australia.Involved in a Product-wise market projection of Oil & Gas products in India for a long term strategy and finalizing the product mix for our Coal-to-Liquid plant, a new technology in India.Interacting with industry experts, consultants and bankers on the Steel, Mining and Oil & Gas sectors. Valuation and strategic fit analysis of more than 50 prospects of raw material resources (primarily Coal and Iron Ore) and companies (Steel Mills) across the globe (Australia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, UAE, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, etc.) based in diverse locations. Leading the Joint Venture formation of JSPL with a US co. for moisture reduction technology and minehead plant for our Indonesian coal mines.Developed a long-term strategy for the company in Australia and Indonesia through valuation and analysis of various options currently available.Responsible for handling EOIs, Legal NDAs and non-binding offers for many prospects on behalf of the company.Tracking business operations and projects with Country Heads across Asia-Pacific.Impact analysis on company operations of new tax laws in Australia (Carbon tax, Resource Rent tax, Strategic Cropping policy) and Indonesia (Benchmark Pricing).Reporting to Director, Strategy & Business Coordination.

Organization Transformation - Worked on a detailed Organization transformation exercise with McKinsey. The exercise included aligning the Organization Structure in line with expanded businesses and multiple locations, establishing a Governing Committees system in the company, revamping the Talent management system and its various ingredients, and establishing and running one cycle for the Business Review and Business Strategy formulation processes across the multiple enterprise businesses. The project involved close interaction with multiple departments and the top management across the enterprise.Procurement - Undertook a Vendor Optimization exercise for the Central Procurement Cell, analyzing all the material groups being procured and interacting with Purchasers and established a systematized Vendor Optimization process.Orientation - Underwent a 2 month orientation at steel plant, machinery division, power plant, coal mines, and iron ore mines.Underwent courses on Iron & Steel making and Power generation under faculty from National Institutes.

Department for International Development, UK sponsored research project on strengthening Rural Decentralization. Included two field visits to Gram Panchayat and Zilla Parishad to study the impact of the 4th tier of local governance in West Bengal (2008)Identified the industry and firm level Critical Success Factors for Transport Corporation of India Ltd by a study of strategic impact of information technology on trucking division. Also prepared a Decision Support System on Routing and Scheduling of Vehicles (2008)Term Paper on ‘Infrastructure: Impact on Indian Economy and Future prospects’ with emphasis on Power and Road sectors (2008)Analyzed the Supply Chain of an International retailer, with focus on its Forecasting and Distribution Strategies (2008)

Project on future innovation and business strategy in International Business Development. Also developed an approach for analyzing the major volume streams in food industry.

Worked on organization structure and operations improvement of a leading Telecom service provider to improve its Customer Service.Developed an intellectual property document defining a framework for improving customer service in the service industry with Telecom as the basis for the framework. The document served as an internal reference point for KPMG.

Oil & Gas Exploration related Software Project - Met tough deadlines despite a new and complicated technology and received manager commendationMortgage Project for a Top 6 US Mortgage Bank - Achieved an understanding of the Mortgage Life Cycle, Worked on the Underwriting functionality of the ProjectCode Review Tool - Conceived and developed a tool to aid Project Development which was successfully sold to the Client, Nominated for Cognizant India's Best Practices Award for its innovative featuresProof of Concept - Independently analyzed available technologies and developed a Proof of Concept for a Pipeline Project, Resulted in Cognizant winning the Project from amongst 4 major bidders Mentored new employees and undertook an Orientation program for them