Varun Khanna Email & Phone Number

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Part of the Amazon devices portfolio, I lead a team of 6 account managers and 2 product managers to develop the ANZ offline strategy and improve sales for the Ring portfolio across all major retailersMaking Aussie and New Zealand neighborhoods safer.

Sydney, Australia

As a Part of the Amazon Fashion Team I lead end-to-end supplier relationships from identifying, on-boarding new suppliers, creating catalog items, negotiating contracts and terms, managing promotional activities and resolving operational issues that impact our customer.I strive to share Amazon’s global platform connecting the suppliers to our customers in order to provide the largest selection of products.Aspiring to bring out the best out of people, I work towards building… Show more As a Part of the Amazon Fashion Team I lead end-to-end supplier relationships from identifying, on-boarding new suppliers, creating catalog items, negotiating contracts and terms, managing promotional activities and resolving operational issues that impact our customer.I strive to share Amazon’s global platform connecting the suppliers to our customers in order to provide the largest selection of products.Aspiring to bring out the best out of people, I work towards building strong vendor relations; giving them an opportunity to have a seamless experience while offering their range of products. Show less

Sydney, Australia

Helping Woolworths be customer first while maximising profitability!Conceptualising MVPs around the range for a particular category, trialing them in sample stores and rolling them out to the entire fleet.= Happy Customers & Better COGS$

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Working with Woolworths to Identify business opportunities and deliver strategic recommendations to the category planning team.Contributing to their overall revenue performance by analyzing competition strategy and customer personas over time.

Greater New York City Area

Optimised social and cross-platform operations for the Saks men’s fashion business by devising a social media conversion strategy aligning to their user acquisition objectives

Greater New York City Area

Sydney, Australia

Part of the client servicing team for Reckitt benckiser providing market performance, category insights and practical consultancy to increase their marketing effectiveness and ROI on their advertising.• Conceptualized a dashboard solution with $1.4M potential adding value to advertisers and agencies.

Sydney, Australia

Identified and addressed the causes of the declining rates of store visitation. Recommend viable and cost-effective strategies to arrest the decline.• Strategized an Omni channel customer experience redefining the role of stores adding potential revenue of $20.3M

Mumbai Area, India

Driven Home Care and Pet food categories to achieve financial efficiency on gross margins and trading densities.• Increased sales by 10% in home care category by range rationalisation also overachieved on margin by 4%• Conceptualised Diwali Home Care Shopping programme, generating additional revenue of $6K per month• Strategized an assortment and promotional plan for small format stores catering towards more localised markets generating revenues of $7.6M pa.

Mumbai Area, India

Spearheaded an aggressive reorganization of company processes to achieve sustainability and maximize opportunities in a rapidly expanding market through rationalizing the range, implementing planograms and establishing auto ordering systems.• Implemented an Auto Replenishment System in the dairy and frozen category• Launched a customer loyalty campaign called “Fresh Wednesday” in collaboration with the marketing team to drive mid-week purchases• Increased Cheese sales by… Show more Spearheaded an aggressive reorganization of company processes to achieve sustainability and maximize opportunities in a rapidly expanding market through rationalizing the range, implementing planograms and establishing auto ordering systems.• Implemented an Auto Replenishment System in the dairy and frozen category• Launched a customer loyalty campaign called “Fresh Wednesday” in collaboration with the marketing team to drive mid-week purchases• Increased Cheese sales by launching the ”Go cheese festival” ,comprising of customer engagement activities and in store branding in relation to the ATL campaign. Show less

Bangalore, India

•Headed and transitioned the role of Buying Assistant out of UK to India, reducing cost by $36K. •Maintained and developed a computerized database of an assortment of 2500 products for Tesco Ireland operations across 133 stores, assisting in a trade of €5.8M per week•Reduced fresh waste in the dairy department by 4% by resolving code life discrepancies in dairy products

Bangalore, India

• Managed trade confirmations worth $100M for the GS New York Office after finalising trades on DTCC portal with counterparts by resolving discrepancies, thus mitigating risks• Created and designed monthly performance reports to give insights on unconfirmed trades and alleged counterpart

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Luxury Marketing And Digital Marketing Technologies

Following a highly competitive process for this coveted exchange opportunity, I was successful in my application for going on exchange.

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Marketing Strategies

Activities and Societies: Editor-in-Chief, Star Magazine (AGSM Community Business Magazine) - Communication Manager | Member- AGSM.

Bachelor'S Degree, Finance, General

Activities and Societies: • President Toastmasters International • Creative Inc (Video Editing Club) • Dance Team