Lakshit Kumar
New Delhi
Summary
Results-driven Commercial Data Analyst with expertise in Python and Tableau, recognized for generating £21M in incremental spend at Barclays. Proven ability to lead analytics initiatives, enhance decision-making, and foster a self-service analytics culture. Strong collaborator with a focus on delivering impactful insights and driving revenue growth through innovative data solutions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Commercial Data Analyst (Lead/BA4)
Barclays
Noida
06.2024 - Current
- Spearheaded buyer-supplier trends analysis, creating Tableau dashboards that identified top/worst suppliers and informed sales strategies.
- Designed and implemented a customer dormancy closure campaign, driving ~£4M in cost savings through proactive account closures and reactivation analysis.
- Conducted VAT payments opportunity analysis using advanced word-matching (Levenstein, GenAI), generating ~£21M incremental spend.
- Built sector benchmarking models to identify under-spenders, driving ~£6.6M in incremental revenue.
- Partnered with VISA to size UK-EU corporate issuing market, identifying high-growth verticals and regulatory barriers.
- Collaborated with product teams to design a virtual B2B airline credit card, simulating profitability with ~1.9% PBT margin.
- Created learning modules and a SharePoint site, embedding self-service analytics culture across teams.
Data Analyst
FedEx Express
Gurugram
05.2021 - 05.2024
- Developed an Early Warning System (EWS) dashboard leveraging ML to detect anomalies in customer performance, ranked #21 of ~47k dashboards across FedEx.
- Performed on-cycle vs off-cycle contract analysis, providing data-backed recommendations to pricing and sales teams.
- Designed fuel surcharge A/B testing strategy, improving pricing competitiveness against DHL and UPS.
- Built customer performance dashboards (SAS/SQL + PowerBI), reducing manual data pulls by 86%.
- Led US Returns analytics project, automating pipelines via REST-API and delivering zero-manual intervention dashboards.
- Applied K-means clustering for cohort segmentation, enhancing benchmarking for contract negotiations.
- Contributed to DSML initiative, implementing regression, NLP, and credit risk analysis use cases to upskill teams.
Digital Client Experience (DCX)
Gartner Inc.
Gurugram
03.2019 - 06.2019
Education
PGDM - Marketing, Minor: Data Analytics & Finance
Great Lakes Institute of Management
Chennai 04.2019 - 03.2021
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Manipal University
Jaipur 04.2014 - 07.2018
Skills
- Analytics & Data Science: Python, Machine Learning, SQL, Base SAS, Azure Databricks, AWS Redshift, Hive
- Visualization & BI: PowerBI, Tableau, Google Data Studio, MS Excel
- Automation & Tools: Power Automate, Power Apps, REST APIs, SharePoint Development
Achievements
- National Winner – OnePlus ETPrime Intellect 1.0 (11,000+ participants)
- Multiple Awards at FedEx – Rising Star, Global Marketing Award, COE Champ, Bravo Zulu
- Recognitions at Barclays – for contributions to analytics and strategy initiatives
Timeline
Commercial Data Analyst (Lead/BA4)
Barclays
06.2024 - Current
Data Analyst
FedEx Express
05.2021 - 05.2024
PGDM - Marketing, Minor: Data Analytics & Finance
Great Lakes Institute of Management
04.2019 - 03.2021
Digital Client Experience (DCX)
Gartner Inc.
03.2019 - 06.2019
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Manipal University
04.2014 - 07.2018