ishan Vidyarthi
Hyderabad,Telangana
Summary
Accomplished Product Manager with a demonstrated proficiency in defining, propelling, and aligning product solutions with market fit. Proven track record of spearheading the development and successful adoption of new products and capabilities. Adept in defining product vision, strategy, and roadmap, while meticulously prioritizing and refining product backlogs. Skilled in establishing robust success metrics and KPIs for comprehensive evaluation. .
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Regional Product Head
H&M India Business Tech
Bengaluru, Karnataka
12.2021 - Current
- APAC
- Define and propel the product solution, ensuring its alignment with market fit through strategic planning, customer research, and iterative product development
- Lead the development and successful rollout of new products, capabilities, and changes to existing features to drive value realization within the APAC region
- Support countries with setting up budget, resources, communication, training, and change management
- Products and Feature Delivered
- Click & Collect, BOPIS, BOPSS, ORIS, Omni-Warehouse
- ORIS & BOPIS implementation resulted in annual revenue increase of 10 %
- Dynamic stock availability across channels and Market Places
- (6%)
- RFID implementation with shrinkage reduction to < 3% and revenue uplift by 5%
- Driving the end to end roll out of marketplace Integration and setting up SOPs.
Senior Product Manager
Lowe's India
Bengaluru, Karnataka
11.2020 - 12.2021
- Defined the product vision, strategy and roadmap with key milestones
- Responsible for thorough review, refinement, and prioritization of the product roadmap along with setting up success metrics and KPIs ensuring clear targets for evaluation
- Served as an internal resource on digital experience with emerging technology for omni-channel retailing
- Products and Feature Delivered
- Worked on Demand Driven value network to determine the recommended # facings of products in stores and implement the space strategy
- Reduced the sales loss by 7 % and increased shelf productivity by 5%
- Worked on shelf connected replenishment Model (PMIN to Supply chain Integration)
- Helped SCM to optimize the orders based on presentation Minimums
- Reduced the out of stock of items by 10% (both for local and imported items).
Manager
M.H Alshaya, Enterprise Solutions
Kuwait city, Kuwait
10.2018 - 11.2020
- Set up S.O.P for Retail Planning & execution process
- Oversaw the implementation of Solutions of JDA and Oracle
- Driving the SIT and UAT
- Worked with Brand heads and IT BPO to drive business needs & devise solutions.
- Increased Margin contribution by 2-5 % points
- Reduced out of stock and maintained correct WOS.
- Reduced Markdowns and optimized the pricing strategy
Product Owner/ Functional Architect
JDA Labs
Hyderabad, Telangana
10.2015 - 09.2018
- Translated requirements into product specifications
- Drove backlog grooming and sprint planning process with Scrum teams
- Responsible for communicating business requirements- in form of use-cases, acceptance criteria, and JIRA stories
- Worked closely with tech and UX/UI team to translate requirements into product specifications
Manager
Citixsys Tech Solutions, Product
New Delhi
06.2015 - 11.2015
- Acted as the main contact for the functional and technical team
- Responsible for successful implementation of I vend suites of products.
Senior Business Consultant
JDA Software
Bengaluru, Karnataka
01.2013 - 06.2015
- Lead Functional design sessions and workshops in defining and designing JDA Enterprise Planning implementations
- Active member/lead design session with retailers'/key business stakeholders
- Developed a template for Retail Planning based on Retail & Cost Method of accounting.
Product Manager
Oracle India Pvt limited
Bengaluru, Karnataka
04.2012 - 01.2013
- Key player in conceptualization, design, development of a retail price and lifecycle management system
Senior Business Analyst
Nexgen Technology
Bengaluru, Karnataka
11.2009 - 03.2012
- Requirement gathering, analyzing & feasibility study
- Prepare Functional design docs, Traceability Matrix and Test Cases
- Managed end to end implementation Retail Planning Solutions
Retail Planner
Creative Portico
02.2008 - 11.2009
- Implemented retail merchandising strategies that focus on customer satisfaction & bottom- line accountability
Education
Artificial Intelligence for Leaders (Texas McCombs) Certification in Digital Product Management -
University of Houston
Digital Transformation - Channel Strategy and Management
BCG & Univ of Virginia, Tuck School of Business
MBA in Retail and Supply chain - Retail, Supply chain, Technology
National Institute of Fashion Technology
Kolkata 06.2006 - 06.2008
Skills
- Product Management
- Business Transformation
- SAFe & Agile
- SaaS
- Design Thinking / UX
- Retail Consulting
- Business Analysis
- Stakeholder Management
- Technical skills
- Microservice Architecture
- DevOps
- Gherkin
- Python/KNIME
- Jira & Confluence
- MS Visio
Accomplishments
Retail Transformation Award M.H Alshaya Co
• Client satisfaction award Schurman Retail Group (US)
• JDA Performer for Q2 2013
• All India toppers in NIFT
• Best Diploma Project in NIFT
Timeline
Regional Product Head
H&M India Business Tech
12.2021 - Current
Senior Product Manager
Lowe's India
11.2020 - 12.2021
Manager
M.H Alshaya, Enterprise Solutions
10.2018 - 11.2020
Product Owner/ Functional Architect
JDA Labs
10.2015 - 09.2018
Manager
Citixsys Tech Solutions, Product
06.2015 - 11.2015
Senior Business Consultant
JDA Software
01.2013 - 06.2015
Product Manager
Oracle India Pvt limited
04.2012 - 01.2013
Senior Business Analyst
Nexgen Technology
11.2009 - 03.2012
Retail Planner
Creative Portico
02.2008 - 11.2009
MBA in Retail and Supply chain - Retail, Supply chain, Technology
National Institute of Fashion Technology
06.2006 - 06.2008
Artificial Intelligence for Leaders (Texas McCombs) Certification in Digital Product Management -
University of Houston
Digital Transformation - Channel Strategy and Management
BCG & Univ of Virginia, Tuck School of Business
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