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Plano, Tx, Us

Boise, Idaho, Us

Responsible for building product model and leading product vision across 2 of 4 Ps of merchandising. - Enterprise Vendor Onboarding and Management - Enterprise Omni Item Management- Omni Channel Assortment & Space PlanningManaging team of 20+ Product Architects, Managers and Designers

Mooresville, Nc, Us

I was responsible for technology transformation of $1.3 Billion payroll for in-store merchandising planning and execution operations to drive operational productivity for 250 Home Office associates, 30,000 store associates and sales productivity. I have led and managed in-store merchandising planning and execution technology platform comprising of 6 merchandising product families – Concept Design, Store Planning, Visual Merchandising, Planograming, Assortment Planning, Merchandise Reset Project Management and Execution.Outcomes: 7% operational productivity produced $90 Million dollar labor productivity savings and 500 basis points avg sales productivity per bay.

Plano, Texas, Us

At JCPenney, introduced and championed experience driven commerce vision and strategy to improve customer engagement and organic traffic growth. I have chartered and lead a cohesive road map to deliver experience driven commerce platform powered with omni digital merchandising tool set (CMS, DAM and PIM).Achievements: I have transformed $1.8 billion digital marketing and merchandising operations to drive sales while optimizing cost of operations.- $100 million sales saved through improvements in product discovery improvements for 1.2 million sku catalog; 8% improvement in customer engagement and 700 basis points improvement in conversion for browse product finding method.- $9 million cost savings through technology, people and business process synchronization; $5million licensing costs, $4 million in operating expenses.- 3X Speed to Market: Improved business agility and systems resilience to react to market needs.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Plan, lead and execute digital consulting engagements/projects in North America. Manage and foster client relationship and Interactions for strategic programs/accounts. Manage and mentor consultants on projects and career architecture; direct & indirect reports. Lead and contribute to RFPs, build reusable assets, research and thought leadership.JCPenney: As lead product consultant for merchandising tools drove roadmaps from planning, execution to operational trainings and transition.Costco: Consulted on product ontology, taxonomy and attribution; defined international web taxonomy framework and product information management (PIM).Neiman Marcus: Spearheaded international ecommerce platform program and launching 100% localized experience for China; lead road map for customer experience, business tools and process re-engineering. Ace Hardware: Built digital influence attribution model to measure impact of digital on stores; Data Mining, connecting digital and physical foot prints and deriving insights.Walgreens: Lead digital product roadmaps end to end from ideation, experience architecture, business requirements, prioritization, solution, impact assessment and risk mitigation, A/B testing, operations readiness, training, dual maintenance, launch sequence & dependency management; Digital Health, In-store Digital Kiosk, BOPIS and Same Day Delivery. Buffalo Wild Wings: Consulted to define digital experience strategy and roadmap to build unified digital experience platform; reservations, order management, payments and gaming, mobiles apps, in store table top tablet, and PoS. Academy Sports: Conversion optimization strategies; defined search relevancy and product discovery experience road map.

Hyderabad, In

Sales and Product Strategy of Food and Beverage Business in International Markets (Japan, Europe and Middle East)Implementing Food Safety , Complaince and Regulatory Standards (HACCP, Kosher , GMP, SGF)International Multi Modal Logistics contracts negotiation and execution.

Mba, International Business & Marketing

Certified Scrum Product Manager, Agile Product Management

Bachelors, Mechanical Engineering