Pragadish E

Associate Partner

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India9 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led strategic growth for kids category at Meesho.
Reduced rider churn by 10% at Uber.
Implemented risk analysis systems at Amazon.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic management professional with expertise in e-commerce and operations management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Category ManagementStrategic PlanningData AnalysisProblem SolvingProcess ImprovementRisk ManagementProject ManagementOperations Management

Other Skills

Team building & ManagementStrategyStrong executionLogistic RegressionRisk AnalysisEngineeringMechanical EngineeringManufacturingLean ManufacturingProject EngineeringContinuous ImprovementMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft ExcelManagementTeam Management

About

Management professional with 5+ years experience in category management, program management & supply growth, leading a team of account managers & business development executives. Extensive experience in strategy planning, owning P&L and executing aggressive business goals. A growth champion keeping consumers first approach with zeal to learn, innovate & take initiatives. Currently working as associate category manager at Meesho; responsible for scaling kids apparel to 10X. Did MBA in Strategy and Operations from Indian Institute of Management (IIM Lucknow). Interned at Uber identifying major rider churn levers and was offered a PPO. Expertise in : *Team building & Management - skilled at building team, setting up process, monitoring mechanism and enabling people’s up-skilling *Strategy - Was part of 0-1 growth for Kids category@meesho , built 1 yr strategic roadmap for category, identifying next big problems to solve for the category in e-commerce *Strong execution - executing aggressive revenue target’s with strong analytical aptitude in problem solving analysing data for course correction

Experience

9 yrs 1 mo

Total Experience

2 yrs 3 mos

Average Tenure

5 yrs 3 mos

Current Experience

Meesho

4 roles

Associate Director

Promoted

Jan 2025 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Senior Business Manager

Promoted

Jul 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos

Business Manager

Jan 2022 – Jun 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

Associate Category Manager

Oct 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos

Team building & ManagementStrategyStrong executionCategory ManagementStrategic Planning

Hippo stores

Management Trainee (supply Chain)

Jul 2020 – Oct 2020 · 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Uber

Management Intern

Apr 2019 – May 2019 · 1 mo · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Identified key levers affecting rider churn in 7 Major cities using logistic regression models
Reduced trip loss by 10% by devising strategies with impact vs effort matrix focusing on 5 vital attributes
Boosted supply side vol. by 3% by faster driver onboarding in collab. with Product & Central Ops team

Amazon

Quality Expert

Nov 2017 – Jun 2018 · 7 mos · chennai

Spearheaded global implementation of risk analysis system for 12+ teams across 10 countries
Implemented comprehensive defect reduction mechanism to decrease web feature downtime by 50%
Increased gross merchandise value by 1.2 M/yr by eliminating inefficient processes at fulfilment centres
Redesigned process flow to prevent customer returns of expired and defective goods worth $20,000/yr

Dynamatic limited uk

Project Lead

Jul 2013 – Jul 2016 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

Managed operations on building & delivery of Bell 407 Helicopters.
Strategized successful transition to in-house production & reduced project completion time by 1.8 years
Established India's first private Spot welding facility per AS9100C standards.
Built capabilities & process's for reverse engineering detail parts to meet customer requirement.