London School of Economics and Political Science

State University of New York at Binghamton

Accomplished leader and influencer in disciplines of product management, business analysis and program management.  Seeking employment opportunities in the Austin, Texas area or remote options.

Austin, Texas, United States

Senior level individual contributor and strategic Subject Matter Expert providing leadership, business and technical guidance for Merchandising systems. • Developed, led and executed the Vendor Direct System Scalability program to support Direct to Consumer (DTC) sales growth in excess of 200%.    • Identified and eliminated critical DTC business bottlenecks through data and system optimization analysis; secured $1.5M budget, managed roadmap priorities and release plan, and provided weekly updates to Executive stakeholders.  • Reduced overall cost of operations 17% by implementing a new Warehouse Photo Studio workflow for <a href="http://Bloomingdales.com">Bloomingdales.com</a>.  • Secured $2.5M through ROI analysis presentations to Executive management to integrate 3 systems to support the daily management of photo studio operations.    • Led discovery and evaluation of legacy system sunsetting plan to provision for enterprise Master Data Management (MDM) solution.

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Digital Product Manager, eCommerce Merchandising Systems

Led team of Business Analysts responsible for Digital/Site Merchandising, Digital Marketing and Merchandising systems.  • Held Director level responsibilities and executed $25M annual portfolio budget with multi-functional technology teams. Tracked and reported on expense budget, and presented KPIs of business operational success to Executive committee.• Accountable for 2 direct reports and 12 indirect staff. • Recommended organizational restructuring to Exec management to separate team functions.  • Drove BA specific discipline to refocus on core strengths and product ownership.  • Recruited, mentored and grew geographically dispersed team to build a strong talent pipeline.

Senior Manager, Business Analysis

Led bi-coastal team of Systems Analysts responsible for Digital/Site Merchandising and Digital Marketing systems.•  Instrumental in evolving the System Analysis discipline within the systems ecosystem by creating core competencies, recruiting top candidates and defining success metrics of the SA role.

Manager, Systems Analysis

Led NY team of Business Analysts responsible for eCommerce Merchandising Systems•  Excecuted $1M ‘Quick Wins’ program • Delivered more robust retail planning and forecasting capability, and critical Omnichannel initiatives to deliver unified customer experiences in store and across all digital touchpoints.

Manager, Business Analysis

- Led vendor selection process (RFP), designed and implemented new suite of digital sales, inventory and forecasting reports on PivotLink platform.  Upgraded report runtime and availability by 50%.  •  Analyzed Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) team's process gaps for <a href="http://Macys.com">Macys.com</a> budgeting and financial activities.  Implemented SAS Financial Management solution, cutting time for monthly budget and forecasting collection process by 75%.

Senior Business Analyst - eCommerce Merchandising Systems

- Managed rollouts between 14 global trading systems and their data feeds to central risk management platform, facilitating standard risk reporting and data warehousing to measure value at risk (VaR). •  Liaised with regulatory bodies, developed technical specifications, and communicated requests to ensure IT compliance. Steered multiple audit assignments for FSA VaR Waiver Application, which yielded $500M in capital.•  Provided leadership to development teams by effectively defining tasks, organizing projects into timelines, and coordinating with multiple resources to work through cross project dependencies and maximize central application uptime.

Madhu Chanamolu