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GAYATHRI MADHAN

GAYATHRI MADHAN

CHENNAI,TAMILNADU

Summary

Pricing Quality lead with 8+yrs of experience with Amazon (2013-2022) in Pricing Operation, Quality and Automation. Operational leader in managing, collaborating people on their performance, coaching, training, KPI management, objective settings, skillful and assertive leadership etiquette's for running successful operations. Additional knowledge on CI/CD tools-Jenkins,Github,Docker. Looking forward to work in an environment that would provide opportunity to utilize the learning skills and ability to work with people for sustained growth of myself and organization. Software Tester effective at working in fast-paced testing environments to review software at each stage of development and production. Checks function, layout and operation for usability and visual design issues. Familiar with working in Agile-driven environments.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Manual Testing Lead

Amazon
06.2019 - 08.2022

Managed communication with stakeholders to ensure testing aligns with business goals.

- Established and enforced Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the testing process.

- Conducted root cause analysis for recurring defects and implemented process improvements to enhance software quality.

- Verified competitor analysis data to ensure accurate pricing functionality within Amazon's systems.

- Conducted and managed weekly and monthly test reviews with stakeholders.

Quality Lead - WW Competitive Pricing

Amazon
06.2019 - 08.2022
  • Company Overview: CMT, Amazon, Chennai
  • Critical escalations, established SOPs, process controls, recommend revisions and ensured alignment with Business Goals
  • Managed 15-20 auditors by allocating and prioritizing all auditor's work based on volume and requirements
  • Tracked the monthly key process updates
  • Supervised and mentored junior team members, providing detailed instructions and guidance to maximize team efficiency
  • Had an opportunity to work on VP level goal specific to WW ecommerce retailers and maintained the agreed SLA even during COVID uncertainties
  • Responsible for cross verifying to understand the strategy of other retailers in the market gaps and drive process improvement projects to ensure the continuous improvement of the monitoring systems thereby eliminating the chances of process defects impacting the front-end pricing and improving the customer experience
  • Managed weekly and monthly business review with WW stakeholders on key program
  • Responsible for competitors' data/quality of the price recommendations for the products in Amazon to ensure Amazon pricing is competitive with other online retailers
  • Picked up additional tasks to aid team success and demonstrated consistent hard work
  • CMT, Amazon, Chennai

Manual Testing Specialist

Amazon
10.2017 - 05.2019

Executed detailed manual test cases to verify pricing recommendation algorithms.

- Provided feedback and mentoring to team members to improve overall testing quality.

- Maintained regular communication with global stakeholders to ensure the alignment of quality requirements.

- Managed high-priority defect tickets and ensured their timely resolution.

- Coordinated with global teams to maintain Amazon's competitive pricing by adding relevant online retailers.

Quality Specialist

Amazon
10.2017 - 05.2019
  • Company Overview: CMT, Amazon, Chennai
  • Responsible in assuring quality for Amazon's Price recommendations
  • Resolved multiple quality related issues by providing feedback to operations team, mentoring, identifying and fixing root causes within the team
  • Maintained regular communication with the WW retails stakeholders
  • CMT, Amazon, Chennai

Quality Analyst

Amazon
10.2015 - 09.2017
  • Company Overview: CMT, Amazon, Chennai
  • Responsible for adding new competitor across worldwide
  • Handled Leadership level goal on Super Image competitor [SIC] which is super important online retailers for Amazon
  • Maintained regular communication with the automation teams to check on the competitor's feasibility of addition instead of manual effort on mapping the products
  • Mentored the mapping Operations team to achieve their year-end goal by adding Softline's specific brand retailers
  • Managed the team accuracy report and handled CAPA sessions with the team
  • Performed market research on top 500 eCommerce retailers in US MKPL and performed a study to understand their competitor behavior on product matching
  • CMT, Amazon, Chennai

Retail Associate

Amazon
10.2013 - 09.2015
  • Company Overview: CMT, Amazon, Chennai
  • Involved in retail pricing team to identify and capture price globally
  • Audited product recommendations to avoid wrong pricing before getting displayed in live screen to customers
  • Followed customer centric approach in pricing strategy to improve overall shopping experience
  • Part of Product Category Management team (World Wide Sports) and analyzed opportunities to improve product pricing
  • Assisting team with work allocation
  • Performed internal audit to improve team's accuracy
  • Maintained high productivity and accuracy
  • CMT, Amazon, Chennai

Education

Master of Business Administration - Human Resource

Madras University
05.2016

Bachelor of Computer Application -

SRM Arts and Science college
05.2013

Skills

  • Effective Communication
  • Efficient Time Management
  • Pinpointed Data Visualization
  • Problem-Solving
  • Analytical Prioritization
  • Conduct Exploratory Testing
  • Cross-Team Sync
  • Agile Mindset
  • Peer-to-Peer Approach
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Teamwork skills
  • Mentoring skills
  • Conflict resolution
  • Compassion
  • Integrity
  • Time management expertise
  • Test Case Prioritization
  • Manual Testing

Accomplishments

  • Received star of the month award twice for Flawless Deliveries.
  • Received above and beyond of the month team award for Critical Deliveries & Timeliness.

Languages

English
Telugu
Malayalam
Tamil

Personal Information

  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Hobbies and Interests

  • Cooking
  • Event Organization
  • Traveling
  • Badminton

Projects

New Market Launches, Setting up Sample data and training the team on new marketplaces. Trouble ticket Guideline Updates, Streamlining the work by providing a proper Checklist and process flow. RCA - Reduction Program, Identifying the pattern on the recurring errors and educating the auditors.

Timeline

Manual Testing Lead

Amazon
06.2019 - 08.2022

Quality Lead - WW Competitive Pricing

Amazon
06.2019 - 08.2022

Manual Testing Specialist

Amazon
10.2017 - 05.2019

Quality Specialist

Amazon
10.2017 - 05.2019

Quality Analyst

Amazon
10.2015 - 09.2017

Retail Associate

Amazon
10.2013 - 09.2015

Master of Business Administration - Human Resource

Madras University

Bachelor of Computer Application -

SRM Arts and Science college
GAYATHRI MADHAN