Yoghesh Krishnan
Bangalore
Summary
Seasoned Taxonomist with a proven track record at Amazon Development Centre, adept in metadata management and leading teams to enhance e-commerce taxonomy structures. Demonstrates expertise in data governance and cataloging, significantly improving customer engagement and project delivery accuracy. Skilled in fostering stakeholder relationships and driving process improvements.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Knowledge Taxonomist
Amazon development Centre
04.2022 - Current
- Handled the retail website's taxonomy, metadata creation, and refinement filter management on Amazon.
- Managed requirements gathering, research, project scoping, designing, presenting to stakeholders/peers, implementation, and post-launch support.
PIM Taxonomist
Honeywell
Bangalore
07.2021 - 04.2022
- Revamped backend/frontend taxonomy for Honeywell Building Technologies website.
- Program managed e-commerce content deployment for country expansions.
- Managed product/SKU relationships using Informatica 360 PIM.
Taxonomist
Noon ecommerce
Dubai
01.2021 - 07.2021
- Managed a team of three taxonomists to design and implement the front end, back end taxonomy, and attribute metadata structure across three locales and five websites.
- Analyzed customer behavior and proactively redesigned the taxonomy structure.
- Prepared and published periodic business reports, and quarterly project roadmaps.
Senior Taxonomist
Codifyd
Mumbai
04.2020 - 12.2020
- Designed the PIM taxonomy, web-facing taxonomy, and metadata schema for e-commerce B2B retailers.
- As a quality reviewer, I performed a quality check on taxonomy, schema, and SKU build for e-commerce clients from the tools and hardware domain.
- Lead the department-level knowledge management initiative to streamline planning, execution, process documentation, and training.
Taxonomist
Amazon development Centre
Bangalore
10.2014 - 04.2020
- Created and maintained the taxonomy and product metadata for the Amazon India customer-facing website.
- Tested the ontology and product type relations to facilitate global taxonomy integration.
- Assessed the quality of the existing taxonomy structure by competitor analysis and customer engagement behavior.
- I analyzed the customer impact of the taxonomy changes made on the website, and published the post-launch summary.
- Handled end-to-end stakeholder project management from kickoff to launch, and post-launch support.
Catalog Manager
Sears Holdings
Pune
06.2014 - 10.2014
- I was deployed on-site at Sears Holdings, India, from Trigent Software.
- Audit the newly listed items on the website to identify taxonomy classification, title, and image inconsistencies
- Coordinated with the process lead in managing a team of 14 members, and coached new team members to perform according to the business requirements.
- Created process improvement initiatives to improve productivity, delivery, and accuracy
Taxonomy and Catalog Metadata Team Lead
Ugam Solutions
Coimbatore
06.2009 - 03.2014
- Provided catalog metadata and taxonomy support to e-commerce clients such as CNET, Walmart, eBay, Sears, and Overstock for product category, attribute metadata schema creation, and product catalog metadata backfill.
- Prepared performance reports and raised invoices for the projects handled.
- I prepared the project sprint and conducted a daily scrum with the team members.
- Interacted with existing clients to understand their pain points in managing their catalog metadata, and proposed solutions.
- Coached team members to perform better according to the business objectives and company culture.
- Devised process improvement initiatives to improve productivity, delivery, and accuracy.
Education
MBA - Information systems management
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore01.2011
BSc - Computer science
Bharathiar University
Coimbatore01.2009
Skills
- Metadata management
- Data Governance
- Taxonomy
- Cataloging
- Stakeholder management
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Product Knowledge Taxonomist
Amazon development Centre
04.2022 - Current
PIM Taxonomist
Honeywell
07.2021 - 04.2022
Taxonomist
Noon ecommerce
01.2021 - 07.2021
Senior Taxonomist
Codifyd
04.2020 - 12.2020
Taxonomist
Amazon development Centre
10.2014 - 04.2020
Catalog Manager
Sears Holdings
06.2014 - 10.2014
Taxonomy and Catalog Metadata Team Lead
Ugam Solutions
06.2009 - 03.2014
MBA - Information systems management
Bharathiar University
BSc - Computer science
Bharathiar University
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