Sharad Gupta
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic Senior Business Analyst with a proven track record at Amazon, excelling in SQL and stakeholder collaboration. Spearheaded automation initiatives, saving 30 man-hours monthly, while enhancing data insights and dashboard development. Passionate about mentoring teams and driving impactful business strategies through innovative data solutions.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Business Analyst
Amazon | PSS Team
Bengaluru
01.2025 - 08.2025
- Created Product Design Recommender (PDR) insights for the US, EU9, MENA, JP, and AU.
- Updated and automated WBR process for PSS, saving 6 man-hours weekly.
- Updated incremental GMS methodology calculation for better accuracy (corrected attribution for approximately USD 400 million across all relevant marketplaces).
- Identified and corrected legacy issues with existing ways of insight generation.
- Established clear SOPs for the insight generation process (requirement analysis, scope definition, timeline alignment).
- Played a crucial role in the automation of approximately 2,000 decks for AVS EU vendors.
- Managed a team of 4 Business Analysts, Automation Experts, and a Research Analyst.
- Mentored and guided a BA intern and a BA academy candidate.
Senior Business Analyst
Amazon | ROW Speed Team
Bengaluru
05.2024 - 12.2024
- Created, managed, and monitored data pipelines to report speed metrics.
- Modified pipelines to accommodate evolving business logic in data processing. Optimized queries, which resulted in annual savings of USD 12,000.
- Standardized and benchmarked speed performance metrics across ECCF geographies, accounting for regional business nuances. Consolidated reporting for seven regions, resulting in a monthly time savings of over ten stakeholder hours.
- Developed and maintained dashboards for stakeholders.
- Created automated mechanisms to ensure data availability and timely updates.
- Worked on reducing redundant dashboards, and optimized pipelines to consume less storage on Redshift and Tableau services.
Senior Business Analyst
Amazon | Softlines Finance
Bengaluru
05.2022 - 05.2024
- Built a P&L framework for Softlines (INR 160,000 MM GMS) at the LOB and cohort levels.
- Prepared weekly and monthly dashboards for stakeholders to track important metrics, and derive actionable insights from findings.
- Automated pipelines save 30 man-hours per month.
- Partnered with business managers to analyze high-visibility areas in the retail business. Worked on reducing the cost to serve, which resulted in savings of INR 800 million.
- Conducted a deep-dive customer journey analysis, increasing conversion by 20 basis points.
- Conducted analysis, shared insights, and created MIS, and dashboards.
- Sought possible problems and investigated inconsistencies with data or processing, taking action to resolve issues.
- Took complete ownership of problems and collaborated with peers to deliver the right technical solutions and business outcomes.
- Directed the gathering of data, and assessed data validity.
Business Associate (Research & Analytics)
Shoppee
Bengaluru
11.2021 - 03.2022
- Led the MIS team to identify operational opportunities and improve products and processes for optimal team efficiency.
- Communicated and presented insights to key stakeholders and senior management.
Business Analyst
Cloudtail
Bengaluru
09.2019 - 10.2021
- Engaged in advanced data analysis to uncover trends and correlations, utilizing statistical methods and tools to drive.
- Insightful recommendations for business strategies and process improvements.
- Developed automated reports and interactive dashboards using BI tools like Qlik, focusing on creating user-friendly and efficient data visualizations to support business decisions.
- Collaborated closely with stakeholders across various departments, including program and product teams, to communicate complex data insights effectively, and implement optimal communication mechanisms based on stakeholder needs.
- Performed data mining from a variety of sources, writing efficient queries with minimal post-processing needs, while handling.
- Large datasets and ensuring data fidelity through triangulation techniques.
- Continuously improved and scaled data processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Business Development Associate
Amazon | Seller Rewards Program
03.2019 - 09.2019
- Formulated business cases for executing reward promotions for sellers.
- Managed end-to-end operations for implementing promotions.
- Calculated incremental benefits and developed terms and conditions for promotions.
- Created reports and dashboards for internal stakeholders.
- Coordinated with agencies to produce creative materials for promotions.
Onboarding Specialist
Amazon | Ad Success Team
Bengaluru
12.2016 - 03.2019
- Served as the main point of contact for sellers and vendors, providing support for sales and marketing initiatives, primarily.
- Through phone and email communication.
- Delivered onboarding support and facilitated the setup of campaigns for sellers and vendors.
- I analyzed the Sponsored Products and Performance Advertising platform, employing various tools and techniques to resolve campaign setup and related issues.
- Identified opportunities to enhance Amazon products based on customer feedback, data analysis, and feature gaps compared to competitive products.
- Responded promptly and accurately to advertiser queries, assisting them in resolving campaign-related issues.
- Identified common blockers encountered by new and existing sellers.
Education
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics And Management Decision - Analytics
XLRI
Jamshedpur08-2018
MBA - Marketing
Symbiosis Institute of Business Managenement
Bengaluru03-2014
B.Tech - Computer Science
Thapar Institue of Engineering And Technology
Patiala07-2009
Skills
- SQL
- Python
- Python
- Microsoft Power BI
- Tableau
- AWS
- Stakeholder collaboration
- Mentoring and coaching
- Pipeline optimization
- Dashboard development
- Descriptive statistics
- Project management
Accomplishments
- Nominated as Optimization Champ for query optimization in the Speed Team
- Calculated cost to serve (CTS) at the brand level and help the team in identifying the right hot spots for corrective actions
- Analyzed the profitability risks involved in marketing and other programs, for example, New to GL coupons, cashback
- Managed ART (Amazon Roller Thunder) pricing, ART performance (creating goals based on year-end goals, previous year ARTs, and trending performances)
- Drove AVN (Annual Vendor Negotiation) for Softlines and MVR (Mass Vendor Relations)
Certification
- Microsoft Power BI
- Scaler Data Science Course
Timeline
Senior Business Analyst
Amazon | PSS Team
01.2025 - 08.2025
Senior Business Analyst
Amazon | ROW Speed Team
05.2024 - 12.2024
Senior Business Analyst
Amazon | Softlines Finance
05.2022 - 05.2024
Business Associate (Research & Analytics)
Shoppee
11.2021 - 03.2022
Business Analyst
Cloudtail
09.2019 - 10.2021
Business Development Associate
Amazon | Seller Rewards Program
03.2019 - 09.2019
Onboarding Specialist
Amazon | Ad Success Team
12.2016 - 03.2019
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics And Management Decision - Analytics
XLRI
MBA - Marketing
Symbiosis Institute of Business Managenement
B.Tech - Computer Science
Thapar Institue of Engineering And Technology
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