Arnav Bhandari: in Toronto, ON
Arnav Bhandari
Toronto | CA
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Interests
Travel
Photography
Gaming
Work experience
Flipkart.com (A Walmart Company)
Senior Category Manager – Cameras & Accessories | Gaming & Accessories | 10/2019 - 03/2020
? Responsible for business strategy and annual business plans for C$100 mn+ portfolio, taking into account sales target, traffic projection, financial goals and marketing / merchandising strategy for each product vertical
? Created a customer-centric process to understand issues with low-rated products; took feedback on customer expectations and shared them with leadership and vendors to stay ahead on the product development roadmap
? Collaborated with product, tech and logistics teams to roll-out India’s first ever online DSLR exchange program; primarily aimed to upsell from DSLRs to mirrorless cameras
? Designed and executed professional and career development plans of direct reportees and in-charge of recruitment and coaching of contractual hires
Flipkart.com (A Walmart Company)
Category Manager | 08/2017 - 09/2019
? Creating and implementing monthly business action plans basis historical numbers for managed product category – Smart Wearables, Tablets, Camera, Gaming
? Festive season SKU-level forecasting for units & pricing basis the margin, inventory and budget constraints, for Camera & Gaming categories for 2019; and for Tablet category for 2018
? Performed the analytical role for the managed category; analyzed data of the consumer journey, funnel, keyword analysis, finding method, marketing channels, search / merch CTRs etc
? Program management of product launches with respect to advertising campaigns, product cataloging, price negotiations, defining marketing objectives, banner imagery and working collaboratively with digital marketing team
? Optimized the performance marketing annual budget (i.e. SEM, Google Adwords, affiliate channel, re-targeting), in collaboration with marketing and finance teams, to improve the ROAS and customer acquisition costs for Flipkart
? Competition benchmarking on product portfolio to ensure availability of products across spec and price buckets
? Led merchandising team of categories; responsible for creating and executing the marketing strategy and customer engagement calendar, creation of store-page wireframes, maintenance of landing pages, content creation, accessibility widgets etc. with focus on improving consumer experience across all platforms
? Derived consumer insights working collaboratively with CX and analytics teams to improve customer retention
? Utilized attach offers and reco CRM to increase gaming accessories share within Gaming category by 700 bps
? Incentivized offers to sellers to increase marketplace share in Camera category by 300 bps while improving bottomline by 10 bps
? Developed marketing partnerships with leading brands like Samsung, Apple, Honor to promote Tablets on Flipkart
? Initiatives like weekly mailer and increased participation in mass PNs increased monthly traffic to Smart Wearables category by 15%
Snapdeal.com
Deputy Manager | 05/2015 - 03/2017
Deputy Manager – Reverse Pickup Operations 2016 – 2017
? Key account manager for 3 separate 3PL partners simultaneously, while leading team of 3 members
? Primary responsibility of reverse pickup order processing within promised time while delivering service excellence
? Collaborated with product, tech, customer service and 3PL teams to setup a slotted pickup service for return orders
? Demand planning during Diwali Sale ‘16 to share projections with couriers and quality centres
? Project in-charge, involving 3PL partners and Customer Experience team, to improve return experience
? Weekly capacity planning for 3PL partners to ensure timely delivery of products to quality check centres
Deputy Manager – Supply Chain Process Excellence 2015 – 2016
? Took measures for reduction of damages in shipping; liquidation due to damages reduced by 40% by changing packaging guidelines for white goods
? Collaborated with analytics team to design dashboard and control tower for visibility of performance metrics
? Analyze data of courier performance and highlighted problematic lanes to improve delivery timelines