Work experience across a wide spectrum of projects and verticals
Strong experience in strategic planning for business expansion and optimization.
Shaped strategic developments with the Management and stakeholders
Multiple years of experience in developing best practices and streamlining business processes clubbed with effective people management.
Part of the team for development and implementation of ERP systems to enhance productivity of the firm with strong experience in Business and Data mining Tools and have worked on an array of in-house custom built and enterprise software and suite of applications
Hands on training and experience at TESCO and IKEA across retail verticals
Results-oriented Business Analyst with more than [Number] years of experience across information technology, retail banking, capital market and wealth management sectors. Excellent communication, presentation and consultative skills. Talented in gathering, analyzing and defining business requirements to understand operations, needs and expectations.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Business Director
Smart Funds
11.2019 - Current
Fund raise through Debt and Equity Financing for companies post due diligence through channel of family office(s),HNIs, UHNIs, investor syndicates such as VCs and PE, Financial institutes such as banks and NBFCs.
Business/financial debt restructuring.
Develop sustainable deal(s) pipeline.
Collaborate and coordinate with the key stakeholders for successful funding cycle(s).
Expand the funding syndicate across geographies.
Capital infusion, operational optimization, M&A, and organic growth initiatives.
Entrepreneurship
03.2017 - 09.2019
I dabbled in the field of organic farming, health and holistic wellness such as Cranio Sacral Therapy and so on and this still remains a passion and I keep acquiring knowledge in these fields.
I have been very closely attached to environment projects like water bodies rejuvenation which brought me closer to organic farming vertical.
Raised CSR funds for multiple social projects which have impacted thousands and lakhs with some NGOs.
Senior Business Analyst
Cybage
12.2014 - 02.2017
Part of ecommerce center of excellence.
Business Analyst for Microsoft and Diarough - client interfacing , eliciting requirements, requirements organization, requirements managements and communication, requirements analysis.
Created and reviewed Client case studies.
Developed white papers on concepts such as personalization through social media and Marketplace.
Ltd) Aug’11 – Sept’13
Analyst to CEO
Creating Business recommendations to improve business processes, analyze distributor performance, perform competitor assessments and develop growth strategies and tracking channel sales of LFS (Large format Stores), MBO (Multi brand outlets) and EBO (Exclusive Brand Outlet).
Provided sales strategy recommendations on EBO continuity, new location opportunities and competitor advantage.
Enhanced MUFTI’s presence by ~6 % by identifying 3 key cities for future growth.
Provided sales analysis to ascertain the correct business model (EBO vs.
LFS) for different stores/cities.
Business Channels were optimized for 47 stores based on my recommendations.
Managed visual merchandising quality levels via ERO’s (Executive Regional Officers).
Provided supply chain recommendations and facilitated the design of a new supply chain model for production and dispatch of stocks.
This lead to ~ 7% decrease in shop floor shortage and streamlined delivery at shops and warehouses.
Enabled product pipeline strategy by revamping the sales data to facilitate managerial decision making.
This resulted in identifying the gaps for cities and grading of distributors.
Enhanced channel performance considerably by streamlining sales data and established a structured system for recording, updating and analysis of critical business data.
Global Deployment Analyst
Tesco HSC Ltd, Bangalore, Tesco Plc., UK
03.2007 - 03.2009
Part of a global initiative team by Tesco UK to deploy TOM (Tesco’s operating model) across group countries.
Trained on Tesco’s complete operating model (Forecasting ,Supply chain, Space Range and Display ,Operations and others).
Responsible for measuring TOM’s store operations effectiveness against other UK retailers (Sainsbury, Waitrose, Aldi, Lidl and others) at their key locations onsite.
Worked with process owners in UK to document the final model for global deployment.
Work with business and process heads in group countries to create apt business solutions to the TOM that meet local policy and operating needs.
Manage conflict and resistance to change.
Business process reengineering of key processes requiring change like bill back rebate, accounts payable and others.
Work with Vendors (including Retalix), Application owners, Process owners, IT Heads in India office to create TOM Business Model for each group country.
Train IT teams on TOM and application changes required.
Generate insight on business applications interface to appreciate the ‘end to end’ view of the interdependencies.
Responsible for UAT testing.
Ensure end to end validation of business process for a group country including generation of bills at the TIL.
Ensure final sign offs from all stakeholders post UAT and initial deployment at the group country.
Delivered training to the support, MIS team, Management & Leadership team on store operations.
Also awarded Train the Trainer certification by Tesco global training center.
IT Executive
IKEA India Trading Pvt. Ltd
New Delhi, India
12.2003 - 03.2007
Responsible for execution of Projects with Requirement Analysis & Effort Estimation, Project Planning, Tracking & Control.
Collaboration with business users and management team for various responsibilities and projects.
Assist South Asia management in strategic decision making through KPIs and MIS.
Established the asset management workflow and processes with service level agreements.
Played a critical role for ECIS (Electronic commerce for IKEA supplier) rollout, implementation and stabilization across South Asia with UAT.
Extensive Vendor Interfacing.
Rollout of customized windows operating system across South Asia in collaboration with Singapore Team.
Rollout and upgrade of cluster servers for GPS(Global Purchasing system).
Successfully undergone business process training at IKEA stores and delivered trainings to end user teams.
Delivered ERP and IT Security training to end users.
IT Analyst
Atul InfoTech Pvt. Ltd
06.2001 - 06.2003
Played a critical and important role in fulfilling key aspects of “Business Plan”.
As management representative lead the discussions with staff to gain cooperation, conflict resolution and smooth implementation.
Also conducted user trainings on the new ERP software Was responsible for analysis and implementation of custom solutions for business process optimization and re-engineering.
Key member of in-house strategy development team to transition to the new ERP from legacy systems.
Identified the business process requirements for solution design in collaboration with “Tata Consultancy (TCS)”.
Also defined the scope for the project and created URD (User Requirement Document), Use cases etc.
Successfully interfaced between development team and end-users.
Lead the knowledge transfer to training the team about client and business environment with UAT.