Samir Kumar

CEO

Seattle, Washington, United States29 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in e-tailing business growth.
Expert in leading cross-border commerce initiatives.
Strong leadership in managing large teams and strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in B2C e-commerce with expertise in international business expansion.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyLeadership

Other Skills

Business DevelopmentE-commerceInternational BusinessSenior ExecutivesStrategyTeam ManagementDistributed SystemsSoftware DevelopmentCloud ComputingProduct ManagementLogisticsVendor ManagementFinancial ReportingScalabilityAnalytics

About

Global leader with demonstrated experience in building e-tailing business in the emerging countries. Skilled in International Business, Management, E-tailing, Cross-border commerce, and Leadership.

Experience

29 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

9 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

26 yrs

Current Experience

Amazon

10 roles

VP, Country Manager, India

Promoted

Nov 2024 – Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Back at helm of Amazon India while also leading expansion and cross border teams. Also have additional responsibilities of APAC business.

Business StrategyBusiness DevelopmentE-commerceInternational BusinessLeadershipSenior Executives+2

Vice President, International Consumer

Promoted

Sep 2016 – Oct 2024 · 8 yrs 1 mo

Growing exports, expanding global store and working on next set of countries for consumer business.

Vice President, Category Management, Amazon India

Jun 2015 – Aug 2016 · 1 yr 2 mos

Leading amazon.in category management function. It's been a fun ride working with amazing talent and growing them into long term amazonian and of course the tremendous business growth. It's Day One..

Director, International Expansion

Promoted

Mar 2012 – Jun 2015 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Building and leading a team of Amazonians focused on launching and growing amazon's business in India.

Technical Advisor, International Retail

Apr 2010 – Feb 2012 · 1 yr 10 mos

Worked directly for Senior VP, International with special focus on growing Amazon China business. Regular interactions with Senior leaders at Amazon and learnt the theory of how we manage consumer/retail business from the best teachers.

Director, Fulfillment Center Systems

Promoted

Dec 2008 – Apr 2010 · 1 yr 4 mos

Still with fulfillment software and got promoted! busy moving fulfillment stack to services and getting ready for rapid scaling..

Senior Manager, Fullfillment Center Software

Jan 2007 – Nov 2008 · 1 yr 10 mos

After spending 18 months in finance, went back to tech work leading software team that built Labor and inventory management tools for Amazon fulfillment center.