Vivek Patil Email & Phone Number

Hoffman Estates, Il, Us

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Digital and Customer Experience Strategy | Analytics | Discover Financial Services

Riverwoods, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

• Product lead to build, operationalize and automate a machine to segment and target the right customers with the right offers using Analytics and Machine Learning models, significantly improving conversion and acquisition rates• Cross-functional lead to derive and implement recommendations using Analytics and Machine Learning models that straddle across various functions of Marketing, Supply Chain, Pricing and Inventory to improve store productivity, email targeting, member marketing and business buy plans• Successfully introduced Sears Drive Aisle product, an area that helps generate over $200 Million in sales for various business units at Sears – which entailed selecting merchandise, analyzing profitability, and allocating best products in aisles, cash registers/thresholds of Sears stores• Built a ranking tool for products based on profit potential, seasonal relevance, and historical performance by collaborating with marketing and store operations teams to place the best assortment of products and to provide solutions to cross-merchandising needs of various business units• Improved merchandising decisions and continuous-learning methods by creating a tracking process that involved weekly/monthly/quarterly reports to track sales and increase productivity using Teradata, SQL and ALEX, a micro-strategy tool

Chicago, Il, Us

 Successfully implemented Sears Drive Aisle process, an area that helps generate over $200 Million in sales for various business units at Sears – which entailed candidating merchandize, analyzing profitability, and allocating the best products in aisles, cash register counters/thresholds of Sears stores Built a new analysis tool for ranking/allocation of products based on profit potential, seasonal relevance, and historical performance Collaborated and coordinated with business partners to examine the best assortment of products and provide solutions to cross-merchandising needs of different business units Presented to the format president and business leaders - holiday plan 2016 for drive areas of Sears stores to increase sales by at least 20% for products that go on the prime real estate for Sears stores Improved decisions by creating a tracking process that involved weekly/monthly/quarterly reports to track sales and increase productivity using Teradata, SQL and ALEX, a micro-strategy tool Forecast weekly sales for drive areas across Sears stores to measure weekly variance and track performance

Beaumaris, Gb

 Analyzed profitability over a period of one year based on price and weight of orders and recommended shipping carrier changes for orders less than 6 pounds saving shipping costs of about 12% Using Analytics, successfully derived profitability of various modes of shipping for different zones across the US and recommended changes in rates Presented to the CEO, COO and Director of Operations – recommendations on ways to reduce costs and lead time, based on historical data from two different ERPs – Mail Order Management(MOM) and Epicor Analyzed and forecasted market trends for perishable products using Google Analytics and Google Trends Introduced a new tracking mechanism for inventory, shipping and purchasing reports using Crystal Reports

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Dy. Manager - Mobility and Upgrade(Oracle Applications - Project Accounting)• Led a team to provide solutions to business requirements of Clients in Oracle ERP • Led techno-functional team that successfully upgraded Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP) Oracle Applications from Oracle 11i to Oracle R12 in client systems• Designed and developed a time-tracking application for iPads/iPods, a first-of-its-kind venture for clients

New York, Ny, Us

Onsite Lead and Technical Consultant• Led a 6-member team for iStore Integration Project, part of Enterprise Systems (in Supply Chain Management) for clients, saving at least $200,000• Increased net revenue by $80,000 while working as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) and Onsite Lead; Interacted with business leads of Enterprise systems to procure additional assignments• Streamlined and automated processes of client enterprise systems that reduced cost overhead by $20,000• Collaborated with auditors to make an application called ‘WEBTIME’ SOX-compliant, resulting in a more secured and robust time-tracking system for clients

New York, Ny, Us

Developer - Oracle Applications• Designed and developed custom solutions for Enterprise Resource Planning and Supply Chain applications such as iStore, Order Management (OM), Project Accounting, Resource Management and Oracle Project Management• Trained employees in ERP and Oracle Applications as member of COE (Center Of Excellence); created process and knowledge transition documents• Collaborated on month-end, quarter-end and year-end financial processing for Clients

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), Business Analytics | Operations

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science