Akshay Rana
Product Manager
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced SAAS Supply Chain Product Manager specializing in end-to-end product lifecycle management, known for creating innovative solutions focused on Logistics and Omnichnnel fulfillment, resulting in cost reduction by optimizing supply chain processes in retail, apparel, manufacturing and qcommerce industry.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Product Manager
Nextuple Inc.
7 2023 - Current
- Conducted in-depth market research, competitor analysis and identification of emerging trends, providing valuable insights for Promise-Sourcing Engine.
- Spearhead building of modules - Cost Based Optimization Sourcing, Future Buffers, Master Data Integration Feeds etc.
- Defined product requirements and acceptance criteria, ensuring the successful launch of new features.
- Working with on creation of ML model creation and integration in Promising engine to predict processing time and transit time, defining training and test data sets, retraining frequency and MAE thresholds for the model.
Associate Product Manager
Intugine Technologies
11.2020 - 07.2023
- Responsible for end to end product life cycle from conceptualization stage to final implementation including understanding client needs, requirement analysis, product roadmap, product development and testing, stakeholder training and launch.
- Working in cross-functional environment with Business, Tech and Project teams.
- Worked on Intuparcel product having functionalities like - carrier recommendation and performance, package tracking, and freight reconciliations. It is focused on parcel movements from order fulfillment centres to end customers through multiple carriers which currently contributes 24% of total MRR.
- Built Intugine's Intracity product focused on dispatch schedule and tracking of short-haul deliveries FTL & LTL movements (Mid-mile and last-mile deliveries) for Ecommerce and Qcommerce business that helped in increasing MRR by 12%.
- Developing reverse logistics product for Intugine – vendor onboarding, dashboard designing and development, dashboard integrations and driving in initial clients. This product currently contributes 8% of revenue per quarter. This directly impacted client acquisition by 3%.
Product Analyst
GITS India Solutions
02.2020 - 11.2020
- Meeting with clients and perform initial assessment of project.
- Collecting and analyzing information about project needs through various sources.
- Formulate detailed project plan from preparatory steps to final implementation.
- Collaborating with client, design team, engineering team and other stakeholders to keep items unblocked and able to prioritize according to user value.
- Presenting final project to client with ample justification and practical advice.
Education
PGDM - Marketing And Operations
Management Development Institute
06.2018 - 03.2020
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communication
GJUS&T
08.2014 - 06.2018
Higher Secondary -
Eicher School
04.2012 - 04.2014
Skills
Product Management II Supply Chain Management II Omnichannel Fulfillment || Logistics and Transportation II Requirement Gathering II Market Research II User Stories II Solution Design II Stakeholder Management II Roadmap Plan II Product Strategy II Customer Engagement II Project Management || Machine Learning || Large Language Models || Artificial Intelligence
Tools
- MS Office ( Excel, Word and Powerpoint ): Advanced
- Postman: Intermediate
- Jira: Intermediate
- Python: Basic
- MongoDB Compass: Basic
- Figma: Basic
Internships and Trainings
Britannia Industries Ltd.
Supply Chain Intern
- Study the logistics network from the depot to various distributors.
- Building and maintaining relationships with various distributors and getting feedback from them regarding sales trends.
- Planning new norms of replenishment to increase the efficiency of their compulsory replenishment system.
Timeline
Associate Product Manager
Intugine Technologies
11.2020 - 07.2023
Product Analyst
GITS India Solutions
02.2020 - 11.2020
PGDM - Marketing And Operations
Management Development Institute
06.2018 - 03.2020
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communication
GJUS&T
08.2014 - 06.2018
Higher Secondary -
Eicher School
04.2012 - 04.2014
Product Manager
Nextuple Inc.
7 2023 - Current
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