APURVA LAKADE
About Candidate
A professional with nearly 11 years of experience in Consulting,
Product Management & Business Analysis
Currently associated with J P Morgan Chase Services India
Hands-on experience in managing vendors, clients and stakeholders
at onshore & offshore in multinational environment across countries
like Singapore & Thailand
Proactively gathering the right data from appropriate sources,
conducting root cause analysis; referring to long term plans and goals;
prioritizing key factors
Skilled in undertaking research into the industry sector, markets and
competitors, acting as an integral part of the research and analytics to
understand the issue in hand
Proficient in identifying system & process improvement opportunities
which will positively impact the client
Communicating and contacting the Global stakeholders of the project
and delivering the desired output in conformance with the client
expectation Competent in determining & clarifying strategic and
operational problems via consultation
Demonstrated ability in developing and implementing new strategies
and procedures; analytically oriented and resourceful individual with
ability to solve problems in an ambiguous environment
Education
Experiences
• Meeting with clients to discuss business goals and objectives. • Conducting market research and studying market trends. • Analyzing existing company processes and workflows. • Evaluating the practices and market behavior of industry competitors. • Creating and presenting analysis reports. • Devising strategies to increase revenue, cut costs, and promote growth. • Overseeing the implementation of updated business requirements • Analyze product feedback from all channels to influence product strategy. • Monitoring the product progress throughout the product life cycle.
• Help Client define a vision for how personalized marketing can create value for customers and companies alike • Assess pain points—and opportunities—along the customer journey, prioritize the use cases with the greatest • potential, and orchestrate marketing personalization across channels for seamless experiences. • Work with companies to develop the agile cross-functional teams, test-and-learn culture, metrics, and processes that • let them innovate and scale up what works
• Identify, conceptualize, develop, deliver, manage and drive innovative solution in CPG. • Maintained Requirement Traceability and Change Control. • Demo and Business User Testing of the product for validating the requirement. • Secondary sales for CPG clients, sales process optimization, Feasibility Study and Product Conceptualization. • Managed the conceptualization, creation and modification eCommerce process workflows Conducted Gap Analysis for • different countries/markets • to recommend a right product for one of biggest CGS firm • Benchmarking of different eCommerce apps in B2B space in global market • Primary research for B2B ecommerce retailer segment go get best UX
Key Result Areas: Performing requirement gathering and requirement analysis Identifying areas of concern and taking corrective and preventing actions and suggesting viable solutions; analyzing functions including identification of key trends and challenges in the industry Giving presentations & demonstrations to the prospective client Monitoring daily progress, onshore coordination and identifying the need & allocation of resources Writing proposals and managing business development activities for BU Analyzing tickets generated, customizing product accordingly and consulting with Technical Team to provide solutions as per the delivery schedules Maintaining relationship with vendors & focusing win-win agreements
Highlights: Developed process flow of applications, managed UAT coordination and demonstration to clients Managed expectations of the product and conducted system analysis & design, built functionalities & features, in interaction with the client Conducted system study and coordinated with project team members for project requirements, system design & integration, application maintenance & so on Observed project progress by tracking activity, resolved problems, published progress reports & recommended appropriate measures