KIRAN GOTAPHODE
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123Stores, Inc.
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United States
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Retail
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Business Analyst (Business Process Improvement)
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Aug 2021 - Present
• Developed a deep understanding of the Amazon Marketplace, B2B third-party sellers, seller & vendor central, and modern E-commerce strategies in USA • Assisted co-founder with opportunity sizing, quantitative analysis, market research, competitive analysis, category & product pricing, and sales process & practices in USA • Combined industry data with business performance metrics to shape, iterate, and scale in- house sales strategy, taking initiative to improve core processes and plans… Show more • Developed a deep understanding of the Amazon Marketplace, B2B third-party sellers, seller & vendor central, and modern E-commerce strategies in USA • Assisted co-founder with opportunity sizing, quantitative analysis, market research, competitive analysis, category & product pricing, and sales process & practices in USA • Combined industry data with business performance metrics to shape, iterate, and scale in- house sales strategy, taking initiative to improve core processes and plans, team's practices, tools, and content development • Transformed lead generation process to increase efficiency, funnel management & regularization along with BD workflow analysis and managing outreach tools for BD team • Worked on improvement of sales process by ideating in-house automation tools, which helped in increasing lead to opportunity conversion for BD team from 10% to 25% and reducing sales funnel leakage from 18% to 5% in a span of 9 months • Implemented process improvement project for BD & customer onboarding team to reduce conversion time of lead->opportunity->outreach->onboarding by 50% (from 30 to 15 days) • Reporting, preparing dashboards and documentation of processes to share with co-founders and newly on-boarded members across the teams Show less
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HT Media Group
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India
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Media Production
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700 & Above Employee
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Deputy Manager
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May 2020 - Aug 2021
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India • Launched B2B E-commerce multi-seller marketplace for productized & syndicated Indian audio content by HT Media for international expansion in 9 countries in a period of 11 months; signing-up 15 business partners in Year 1 of operation • Managed multiple solver groups across the organization to collaborate, innovate and execute new business practices & digital transformation projects • Strategic Planning: Supported Go-to-market plans, inbound marketing, automating Digital Sales… Show more • Launched B2B E-commerce multi-seller marketplace for productized & syndicated Indian audio content by HT Media for international expansion in 9 countries in a period of 11 months; signing-up 15 business partners in Year 1 of operation • Managed multiple solver groups across the organization to collaborate, innovate and execute new business practices & digital transformation projects • Strategic Planning: Supported Go-to-market plans, inbound marketing, automating Digital Sales architecture, with implementation, periodic reviews & revisions • Build in-depth competition insights & benchmarking across Media industry in local & international markets, using both quantitative & qualitative inputs • Management Reviews: Produce strategic & financial presentations for management meetings, business reviews & Annual Operating Plan
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Management Trainee
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May 2019 - Apr 2020
New Delhi Area, India
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HT Media Group
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India
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Media Production
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700 & Above Employee
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Summer Intern
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Apr 2018 - Jun 2018
New Delhi Area, India • Performed secondary market research, feedback analysis & gave editorial recommendations for new regional print launch - HT GURUGRAM • Monitored newspaper distribution in key South Delhi depots, reported the reasons for newspaper shortages and provided solutions
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Education
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Indian Institute of Management, Indore
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Marketing/Marketing Management, General -
NEOMA Business School
International Student Exchange, Master of Business Administration -
Indian Institute of Management, Indore
PGDM, Marketing/Marketing Management, General -
Sri. Ramdeobaba Kamla Nehru Engineering College, Katol Road
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Science -
Shri Shivaji Science College
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Narayana Vidyalayam
SSC -
DAV Public School, Bilaspur