Ankit Thakur
Ecommerce Specialist
Hyderabad
Summary
I aspire to be in a leadership role. I am adept at building and leading teams to achieve organizational goals. I am an accomplished and passionate Management Professional with 14+ Years in-depth experience and expertise across Technology, Ecommerce & Telecom sectors. Currently, I’m seeking a mid-management role such as Category Lead, Head of Ecommerce or General Manager – Ecommerce Marketplace.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Category Manager (Toys Category)
JioMart, Reliance Retail Ltd
12.2021 - Current
- Category Management – Senior Category Manager for Toys Category driving INR 10 crores per annum business (June 25 to present)
- Category Management – Senior Category Manager for Electronics Category driving INR 7 crores per annum business within the Cameras, Accessories & Home Audio sub-categories (Nov 24 to May 25)
- Seller Acquisition – My role was largely people management; managing a team of 4 sales managers and sales officers who in turn were responsible for acquiring sellers and growing their business on JioMart 3P Marketplace. As a team, we acquired more than 2000 sellers across categories in two years and achieved a GMV of INR 12 crores (Dec 21 to Oct 24)
City Category Lead, Category Management (Sourcing)
SuprDaily
01.2020 - 02.2021
- Vendor Management – As City Category Lead my role was to onboard new vendors in the Groceries and FMCG categories. I had a team of 3 people assisting me in contacting vendors, pitching our value proposition, onboarding and launching them with a select set if products. At the company, we operated as a warehouse based, inventory led marketplace.
- Achievements: On boarded more than 100 vendors since taking charge of Category Management in Jan 2020. Expanded the SKU Selection in Groceries and Daily Essentials from 150 to 1500 in a span of 8 Months As of the 1st week of Dec 2020, LOS Metrics have been achieved, i.e., below 5% LOS for Daily Essentials and below 10% LOS for Groceries. My team member rcvd Star of the Quarter AMJ 2022.
Area Sales Manager
SuprDaily, Hyderabad
04.2019 - 12.2019
- I built a team of 4 Sales Managers and 20 Sales Executives; my team and I increased Daily Active Users of our Mobile App from 7000 to 34000 by March 2020 before the National Lockdown was enforced to control the spread of Covid 19. We started BTL Activities in corporate locations achieving 6000 Daily Active Users from the activities
Business Head
Unsecured Loans
04.2018 - 03.2019
- I was responsible for growing business in Personal Loans; the company had partnerships with various private sector banks. I expanded business to new geographies, onboarded new business partners to expand revenue of the business. I achieved all time high sales for my territory in September 2018.
Jio Center Manager
Reliance Jio
11.2015 - 03.2018
- I led a cross-functional team of 25 members with functions such as Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Admin and Sim Activations Teams. Under my watch, the branch’s connectivity business grew to USD 300,000 per annum with an active subscriber base of 46000 within a span of 2 years
- Reliance Jio is India's largest Telecom company with a current active subscriber base of more than 439 million people
Dy Manager Retail -Smartphones
Lava International Ltd.
10.2014 - 09.2015
- At Lava, I managed a team of 7 Team Leads and 120 Lava Retail Executives across unified AP State; Increased Sell- Out Revenue by 54% within 6 months. Due to the efforts of me and my team, AP’s sellout revenue exceeded USD 600,000/- from the LRE manned outlets (Lava Retail Executive) in May 2015
Various Roles
Multiple Employers
06.2008 - 08.2013
- I started my career at Google India where I was hired as an AdWords Representative in their Online Sales and Operations function; after working there for more than a year, I moved on to couple of lesser-known startups in the Retail & the Finance industries where I worked in the Sales Operations and Business Development roles bringing in business for the firms.
Education
Executive MBA - Full Time Residential Program
IMT
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India01.2014
Bachelor of Computer Applications - undefined
Bhavans Degree College
Secunderabad, Telangana, India01.2008
Skills
- Category Management & Growth
- Customer Relationship Management
- Team Building, People Management & Leadership
- Sales Planning & Business Development
- Vendor Management & Price Negotiation
PERSONAL DETAIL
Residing Address: 2408, 24th Floor, A Block, Honer Aquantis, Survey No. 177, Gopanapally-Tellapur Road, Hyderabad. 500019
Permanent Address: F2/1, 2nd Floor, Elite’s Pride Apartments, 8-2-469/C, Road No. 5, Banjara Hills. 500034. Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Timeline
Senior Category Manager (Toys Category)
JioMart, Reliance Retail Ltd
12.2021 - Current
City Category Lead, Category Management (Sourcing)
SuprDaily
01.2020 - 02.2021
Area Sales Manager
SuprDaily, Hyderabad
04.2019 - 12.2019
Business Head
Unsecured Loans
04.2018 - 03.2019
Jio Center Manager
Reliance Jio
11.2015 - 03.2018
Dy Manager Retail -Smartphones
Lava International Ltd.
10.2014 - 09.2015
Various Roles
Multiple Employers
06.2008 - 08.2013
Bachelor of Computer Applications - undefined
Bhavans Degree College
Executive MBA - Full Time Residential Program
IMT