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Rathna Prasad G R

Senior Taxonomist
Bengaluru,Karnataka

Summary

Results-driven professional dedicated to achieving excellence through innovative strategies and strong work ethics. Core competencies include project management, problem-solving, and effective communication. Aiming to contribute to an organization that values dedication and creativity.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Taxonomist

Noon
02.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for re-building the overall Taxonomy structure at noon.com, sivvi.com, daily.noon.com and kul.com that improves Customer & seller experience leading to increased business and revenue
  • Remove gaps in Customer visibility on products by fixing backend mappings
  • Ease Commercial team's experience with Taxonomy team by reducing TAT in their requests
  • Continuously review and improve Taxonomy by looking at seller listing rejections and customer browse data
  • Streamlined the research process and built research formats for each type of tasks (category creation, merging, removal and updates like reparenting & renaming) that enables Taxonomists in team not to miss any aspect (Customer Browse Behavior, Market Trends, Competitor Analysis, Buying Guides, Google Trends etc.)
  • Built 121 categories along with attributes in the Health category enabling 50000+ products to be listed under them
  • Enhanced the SOPs of team's processes that improved productivity by 2.1x (32 to 67 projects completion per month and reduced TAT by 180% (avg 7.9 days to 4.4 days per project)
  • Introduced an automated tool for gating seller ingestions and transitioned the process to gating team which eliminated unnecessary manual intervention from Taxonomy team
  • Built a Taxonomy knowledge guide to Commercial team which enabled them to identify root cause behind classification issues and troubleshoot them If possible
  • Fixed 110+ front-end categories that were not live due to front-end category (structure visible to customers) and backend full type (Structure for seller listing) issues

Taxonomist/Ontologist

Amazon Development Centre
07.2019 - 02.2022
  • Responsible for creation, maintenance and improvement of Taxonomy structures across Amazon websites globally
  • Expanded Sports taxonomy structure in amazon.in by launching 23 category nodes for Cricket, Basketball, Running, Cycling & Boxing sport types
  • Improved Furniture Category refinement coverage by 24.8% by adding wildcard values on Taxonomy queries that included selection with different values but with same meaning updated in Catalog
  • Restructured Health & Personal Care category which had same node structure for Men & Women Intimate Hygiene products resolving escalation
  • Launched 75 new refinements in amazon.com across 32 product types as part refinement expansion program in span of 1 year
  • Created a complete structure for Craft Materials Category in amazon.in with 184 category nodes which were incorrectly present in different category paths

Catalog Manager

Amazon Seller Services
03.2013 - 07.2019
  • Responsible for improving customer experience by improving the data quality on catalog by driving various Data Quality programs impacting seller and Amazon business
  • Program Managed Prime NOW (Amazon Fresh) Program cataloging for MORE, Big Bazaar & SPAR
  • Driven offline parity to 95% for 3 sellers
  • Worked with Service partners of cataloging, imaging, category team and catalog specialists within the team
  • Color Refinement Program: Improved color refinement coverage from 35.3% to 88.5% in amazon.in by updating color_map attribute for 60 million products using Machine Learning based models
  • Launched 3P only category - Fine Arts
  • Driven the complete cataloging process of the category by utilizing other category's templates as there was none specific to Fine Arts
  • Owned CDR (Categorization Defect Rate) Program and drove Amazon revenue gain of 63M and seller revenue gain of INR 33M in H2, 2018 through selling on Amazon fee by correcting node classifications for 9.6 million products

Catalog Lead

Amazon Seller Services
10.2014 - 05.2016
  • Worked on more than 20 category store launches on amazon.in
  • Coordinated with 3Pdirect sales team, onboarding team & category team and driven data quality audits to ensure high customer experience at launches
  • Driven Electronics & Computers refinement program with category team and improved the refinement coverage from 28.8% to 86.9% which helped in launching 23 new refinements on amazon.in across 13 browse nodes
  • Similarly, driven Home Bed and Bath new refiner launch program with category team, launched 14 new refiners by increasing the refinement coverage from 40.5% to 95%
  • Driven multiple DQ programs like proactive audits, spike audits, catalog mapping, external tickets, Core Attribute Quality, GL Migration, SIRT, A+, Categorization Defect Rate and Prime NOW Onboarding (Amazon Fresh - FMCG)

Catalog Specialist

Amazon Seller Services
03.2013 - 10.2014
  • Received Director level 'Jedi Yoda' award in 2015 Q3 All-Hands for fixing Fulfillment Centre expiration issues that blocked 3000+ seller inbound packages by updating expiry flags through dual template model hack
  • Invented catalog mapping process to map sellers' products to existing ASINs
  • Launched sellers like Saholic, Vijay Sales, Gadget Guru, Croma Retail and Girias for Electronics category launch and in past 3 years, the program helped 1304 sellers to map their selection to existing ASINs& reduced the TAT to 5.1 days (12.5 days for other sellers) and reduced the duplicate ASIN creation percentage to 0.1%
  • Onboarded more than 60 sellers in 3 months as a part of Jewelry and watches category launches which included priority sellers like Addons, Ayesha Fashion, Aquamarine and Bansri of Jewelry Category & TVAM Naturals and Nails n Beauty for Beauty category launch on Amazon.in

Nokia Solution Specialist

Randstad
02.2008 - 11.2012
  • Responsible for training the team in new products, services and customer experience
  • Conducted extensive demos of 6110 and 6210 navigation cars, resulting in highest sales within Bangalore South-East area.
  • Set a record by selling 1000 Nokia X6 units within a month in South India.
  • Ranked third in pre-booking and sales for 5800 Xpress Music devices in Bengaluru.
  • Recognized as top performer in Bengaluru for 19 months over a 4-year period within a team of 28.

Education

MBA - Retail Operations

Sikkim Manipal University
01.2013

B.Sc. - Electronics

Bangalore University
01.2011

Skills

  • Catalog quality
  • Taxonomy
  • Metadata Management
  • Program Management
  • Team Collaboration Across Functions
  • Stakeholder management
  • Team Leadership
  • SQL
  • Python
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Category launches
  • E-Commerce Issues Analysis
  • Defect reduction
  • Automated processes

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi
  • Kannada
  • Telugu
  • Tamil
  • Urdu

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 12/17/86
  • Nationality: Indian

Notification

I certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this resume correctly describes me, my qualifications, experience & abilities.

Accomplishments

Program Managed Prime NOW (Amazon Fresh) cataloging for MORE, Big Bazaar, and SPAR, achieving 95% offline parity across three sellers by collaborating with service partners, catalog specialists, and the category team

Color Refinement Program: Enhanced color refinement coverage from 35.3% to 88.5% on amazon.in by updating the color_map attribute for 60 million products using machine learning models

Launched 3rd Party (3P) exclusive category - Fine Arts, overseeing the complete cataloging process by adapting templates from other categories due to the absence of specific templates for Fine Arts

Owned Categorization Defect Rate (CDR) Program, driving Amazon revenue growth of $63M and seller revenue increase of ₹33M in H2 2018 by correcting node classifications for 9.6 million products

Director Level Award (Jedi Yoda) received in Q3 2015 for resolving Fulfillment Centre expiration issues that impacted 3,000+ seller inbound packages by updating expiry flags using a dual template model hack

Developed a catalog mapping process to align sellers’ products with existing Amazon Standard Identification Numbers (ASINs), successfully launching key sellers such as Saholic, Vijay Sales, Gadget Guru, Croma Retail, and Girias in the Electronics category in three years, the program facilitated 1,304 sellers in mapping their selections to existing ASINs, reducing turnaround time (TAT) to 5.1 days—compared to 12.5 days for other sellers—and decreasing duplicate ASIN creation to 0.1%

Expanded Sports Taxonomy Structure at Amazon.in by launching 23 category nodes for Cricket, Basketball, Running, Cycling, and Boxing

Enhanced Furniture Category refinement coverage by 24.8% through the implementation of wildcard values in Taxonomy queries, optimizing selection for synonymous values in the Catalog

Restructured Health & Personal Care category, resolving escalation by standardizing the node structure for Men's and Women's Intimate Hygiene products

Launched 75 new refinements on Amazon.com across 32 product types as part of the Refinement Expansion Program within one year

Developed a comprehensive structure for the Craft Materials Category on Amazon.in, organizing 184 category nodes that were previously misclassified across various paths

Work Availability

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Languages

English
Native language
Telugu
Proficient (C2)
C2
Kannada
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Tamil
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Urdu
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2

Software

SQL

Python

Microsoft Excel

Interests

Learning new skills

Home Theatre & movie enthusiast

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Work Preference

Work Type

Full Time

Location Preference

On-SiteRemoteHybrid

Important To Me

Company CultureCareer advancementHealthcare benefitsWork from home optionWork-life balanceTeam Building / Company RetreatsStock Options / Equity / Profit Sharing

Quote

Work is God, results are blessings.

Timeline

Senior Taxonomist

Noon
02.2022 - Current

Taxonomist/Ontologist

Amazon Development Centre
07.2019 - 02.2022

Catalog Lead

Amazon Seller Services
10.2014 - 05.2016

Catalog Manager

Amazon Seller Services
03.2013 - 07.2019

Catalog Specialist

Amazon Seller Services
03.2013 - 10.2014

Nokia Solution Specialist

Randstad
02.2008 - 11.2012

MBA - Retail Operations

Sikkim Manipal University

B.Sc. - Electronics

Bangalore University
Rathna Prasad G RSenior Taxonomist