Kakoli Das Email & Phone Number

Karnataka, India

Bangalore, Karnataka, In

A gentle, compassionate community where women heal. We recognize that many women today feel out of balance, disconnected from their true selves. That's why we advocate for an embodied way of living that harmoniously integrates mind, body, and heart. Our approach is rooted in ancient wisdom, female archetypes, historical insights, and cutting-edge neuroscience. We create a nurturing space and offer workshops, seminars and sessions; knowledge and learning that enables everyone who identifies as a woman to feel whole and connected with herself. I Am Woman is here to remind women of their innate power and to support her as she steps into it.

London, England, Gb

Mulgrave, Vic, Au

Mahwah, Nj, Us

Lead a team of Location Planners and Allocation Analysts supporting brand sales, margin, and inventory objectives of the $3.5 B combined business of Ann Taylor, LOFT and Lou & Grey. Work in partnership with internal brand partners and Accenture to develop pre-season sales plans at the location level to influence the Merchandise & Assortment Planning Processes with a goal of optimizing margin opportunities at the location/department/class level.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Was responible for managing inventory flow for the $ 20 B F & B vertical of Target - both perishable as well as dry grocery. Led a team of supply chain analysts to remotely manage inventory flow for regular sales as well promotions in the omni channel environment through for the temp controlled F & B supply chain.- Demand planning for all 18,000 stores for all divisions in F & B including newly launched Adult Beverage - Building SHM for allocation for different format stores making adjustments for flexible fulfilment - Promotion management to increase sales and reduce wastage, especially for produce and dairy- Set up a global team of inventory experts for inventory resolution for all 1800 stores across all SKUs. This team resolved Out Of stock, Over Stock issues for all store formats and for all item types across departments . The team played a strategic role in the brand launches - which was critical considering Target launched 52 new owened brands in one single year to establish itself as market leader in the big box retail space.- Led various intrapneurial innovation projects including implementation of chat bot implementation for automation of inventory trouble shooting for pilot departments in test markets

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Execution of Target in India strategy. Defining the milestones for transformation from a "back office" mindset to that of an extended head quarter, detailing the action items under culture change, reputation, work ownership etc to enable that change.

I raised three kids in the 6 years break. I wrote a lot, mostly to make sense of my diminishing sense of self. I also consulted in a few startups on flexible schedules on projects that excite me and are my strength - branding, product marketing, go-to-market plans, hiring and setting up of client/ customer servicing teams. I also researched alternative ways of education - ranging from homeschooling to radial unschooling, from Montessori to Reggio Emilia. Later I spent a year as the parent counsellor in a child centered Reggio Emilia school called The Atelier for families who want to parent in a child led philosophy. I think the 6 years spent in attending to a home of 3 infants and learning to raise them in ways that challenged the narrative, has been my biggest time of growth. The journey of understanding the sense of self was initiated during this time , and that clarity has served me whenever I needed to take decisions. I have traversed slow, but that has ensured I am on the direction that I want to be.

Northbrook, Il, Us

Mnanaged delivery of two teams [ XBOX and GMO] and client relationship - Microsoft in this case. Responsibilities involved understanding requirements from clients, designing use cases/project plans as appropriate, managing delivery and client expectations. Responsible for people management - recruitment , performance, talent development and retention.The XBOX engagement was specifically involved in improving customer experience. The analytical insights of the team was a direct feeder to improving customer experience by offering better recommendations to customers during calls to the support center. This proved to be a very exciting project, especially given the interesting world of gaming. The experience of managing this project exposed me to the world of gaming, behavior of people who use XBOX extensively, buying patterns, spending patterns of customers, and ofcourse the impact of the Customer Service Team on the spending pattern of clients. The tools used - excel, R, SQL.Global Management Office [GMO] engagement was in transition phase. My role involved transitioning knowledge from the outgoing vendor to Mu Sigma, documentation and bringing up the team on business knowledge. This also involved rigorous interactions with client and vendor, across different levels.

Researched the market, designed and executed the concept of an online platform for conscious consumption – a mission based venture to increase the income of artisan groups, especially home based women weavers. This was a bold attempt in ensuring the principles of conscious consumption – fair wages, eco-friendly dyes, dying practices, natural fibres. Quickly realised that contemporary design and access to working capital were crucial for success of the platform. Extended the concept to a co-creation platform between independent designers and artisan groups and onboarded micro-credit partners. Lead a team of 20 across offices in Guwahati & Bangalore and co-ordinated with multiple angel investors, while being responsible for the day to day running of the company, customer acquisition, brand building marketing communications and design.*Raised funds from Angels, negotiated and co-ordinated with investors on funding, resolutions, deals and other company matters.*Scouted, trained and brought on to the platform over 500 artisans from the North East.* Implemented complex order fulfilment process from remote villages in North East to the cities of India*Negotiated partnerships and barters with organizations in the craft space : Crafts Council of India, Fair Trade India.* Execution model for business goes a long way vs aid. Partnered with several organizations that empower the grass root level woman entrepreneur including Hillary Clinton’s Vital Voices*Contributed to the creation of the ecosystem for social entrepreneurs. Invited as a specialist by Rural Technology Business Incubator, IIT - Madras*Managed blogger relations, crafted stories and contributed expert columns in various online startup platforms, including yourstory.in*Spearheaded the social media and community interaction plan and executed many social experiments, that ultimately lead to the evolution of the brand The Red River.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Lead the Apparel & Accessories team of analysts to support the Kids Apparel business . Scope of my role involved analyzing sales trends to develop future forecast, building sales history models and creating Assortment Packs for optimum inventory allocation, maintaining In stock goals, out of stock trouble shooting, identification of unproductive invetory for promotion stratey analysis.Other responsibilities include replenishment of items throughout its Life cycle and Exit Strategy management for the Items.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Took up a stretch assignment of executing the CEO's priority of building the brand of Target in India. Deliverables involved designing recuitment branding plan including designing recruitment drives, employee engagement programs, online branding assets, championing as the Inidia point of contact for most transition activities between Minneapolis and Bangalore.

Minneapolis, Mn, Us

Worked closely with the business users as an interface between technology teams and business users ( buyers, designers, planners etc ) to help develop prototypes or software products. Responsibilities included gathering requirements, creating personas, conceptualizing features, wireframing, prototyping user interface. Worked closely with Development team to carry out user testing.Products worked on : Automated Inventory Replenishment System , PRISM – a product to set up items on Target.com AIR is the default replenishment engine for the current omni channel Target.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

•Monitor and manage the GIMS (Global Incident Management Systems) of Deutsche Bank London for the analysis of any error that occurred in processing of Forex trades of Deutsche Bank

Mba, Entrepreurship, Small & Medium Businesses

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Electrical, Electronics And Communications Engineering

12Th, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, English

10Th, High School Certificate Of Competence Program