Ashok Antony Prakash Mariyen

Business Development Executive

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Scaled Men's Apparel Category from 25% to 30% share.
  • Built Men's Apparel Category from scratch at GlowRoad.
  • Proven ability to drive results in fast-paced environments.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a B2C E-commerce professional with expertise in category management and business development.

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Skills

Core Skills

Category ManagementE-commerceBusiness Development

Other Skills

Inventory ManagementBusiness AnalysisRetail Category ManagementCross-team CollaborationProblem SolvingProcurementP&L ManagementGoogle Analytics CertifiedTeam ManagementMicrosoft OfficeMarketingManagementMarket ResearchLeadershipCustomer Service

About

Business Leader with 11+ years of experience across Category Management, Key Account Management, Marketing & Business Development Key highlights: Scaled Men's Apparel Category of Lifestylestore.com from 25% Business share to 30% in FY25 Key highlights: Built Men's Apparel Category at GlowRoad from scratch and improved order contribution from 7% to 15% within the first year. Demonstrated ability of building & scaling businesses, People management & driving results in a fast-paced environment.

Experience

11 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 10 mos
Average Tenure
5 yrs 7 mos
Current Experience

Lifestyle international pvt ltd

Category Manager - Ecommerce

Sep 2020Present · 5 yrs 7 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • I Lead the Men's Apparel category Business for Lifestylestore.com and drive omni-channel business & growth across Myntra, Flipkart, Ajio & Tatacliq
  • Drive planning and execution of banners and key promotional initiatives for the Men's Fashion page on Lifestylestores.com Collaborate with the Planning team to guide Traded Brand and Private Label Buyers in maintaining NSM depth and aligning online stock within NOD norms as directed by finance
  • Drive retention of best-selling current season styles for re-merchandising as OSM, ensuring optimal brand, category, and size mix to maximize budget achievement
  • Own and drive topline and bottom-line sales (GMV and NMV), while delivering gross margin (P&L) for Private Label brands and managing overall performance for External brands Oversee the listing of all offline store-bought options on Lifestylestores.com, driving direct photoshoots or sourcing images from brands for online display
  • Address customer support escalations by providing effective solutions, ensuring an exceptional shopping experience for the customer
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Planning, Inventory, Photoshoot, Content, Tech, and Customer Support to deliver an exceptional shopping experience Own the Dropship business model by building strong relationships with brands, ensuring accurate product listings, adequate stock availability, and planning promotions on category and homepages for enhanced visibility and responsible for NMV of the category
Inventory ManagementBusiness AnalysisRetail Category ManagementE-CommerceCross-team CollaborationProblem Solving+3

Glowroad.com

2 roles

Senior Category Manager

Nov 2019Apr 2020 · 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Heading the Category of Men's Apparel & Special Projects
  • Responsible for Building Private Label Brand for Men's Apparel for GlowRoad
  • Planning and Executing Platform Level Sale Campaigns to increase visibility of Private Label & Other Special Project
  • Initiatives
Business AnalysisCross-team CollaborationProblem SolvingProcurementCategory ManagementBusiness Development

Category Manager

May 2018Apr 2019 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India · On-site

  • Heading the Category of Men's Apparel
  • Own end to end responsibility of the Re-seller &
  • customer experience and growth of the category
  • Work with top brands to ensure the relevant selection
  • and best customer offers across brands on the platform
  • Responsible for driving all category related metrics and
  • P&L of the category and Responsible for creating
  • strategies to ensure growth
  • Ideate and execute marketing and promotional
  • campaigns for the category, working closely with
  • external as well as internal stakeholders
  • Understand Re-seller needs and incorporate them into
  • the strategic roadmap and drive major changes or
  • enhancements for better customer experience
  • Launch new products on the platform, keeping in mind,
  • latest consumer trends and brand inputs
  • Plan App Feeds everyday for effective visibility of all
  • categories and ensure feed freshness
  • Handling a Team of KAM's and ACM's
Business AnalysisCross-team CollaborationProblem SolvingProcurementCategory ManagementBusiness Development

Urbanpro.com

Category Manager

Jan 2017Apr 2018 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Identify and Expand in categories and cities where company has good scope of business.
  • Research & Build Matching attributes to ensure better matching leads to vendors and Learners
  • Configure categories and ensure matching algorithm correctness and provide relevant & most accurate leads to the vendors.
  • Monitor traffic & lead inflow and suggest improvements for potential categories.
  • Monitor & Manage Marketplace metrics and ensure smooth flow of Business.
  • Monetize each lead in the system and push for Slot optimization.
Business AnalysisProblem Solving

Mebelkart getit furniture private ltd (askme group company)

Key Account Manager ( Category Management)

Dec 2015Dec 2016 · 1 yr · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Heading the category of Appliances.
  • Responsible for promotions and campaigns of assigned category.
  • Responsible for the category expansion in terms selections count
  • Analyzing the website traffic and conversation on daily basis for the assigned category and
  • forecasting the demand.
  • Blocking the Stock from the vendors depending on the product demand in the market
  • Strategizing and activating Product level promotion campaigns through offers, combos & deals
  • Lead Profitability and Value Optimisation through Sourcing & Local Catalogue Building,
  • Increasing Brand commissions, Seller negotiations, and burn minimisation
  • Planning PLA, GDN, MPA, Affiliates campaigns to increase the overall GMV.
  • Seller Account Management for the key sellers
  • Design and execute campaign Calendar for entire Mebelkart’s categories on the website and various Marketing channels.
  • Define processes for smooth execution of day to day operations for Campaigns execution.
  • Responsible for improving the customer experience on site in terms of Bounce Rate and average time spent on site by planning better category landing pages.
  • Evaluating the performance of the campaigns on different digital mediums in terms of CTR, CR, CPL.
  • Planning monthly Merchandising calendar and coordinating with different teams to ensure the effective execution.
Problem Solving

Amazon seller services

Sales Associate

Mar 2014Jul 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Understand products and services offered by Amazon Services and be able to articulate its functions and benefits to external audiences.
  • Define the seller base and industry verticals for various Amazon services using Market knowledge.
  • Identify valuable sellers and selection for Amazon services.
  • Acquire retailers with valuable selection and establish long-term partnerships.
  • Own and manage integration of portfolio of sellers and help them become self-reliant through basic training.
  • Track and monitor performance and sales of key partners to manage their performance

Staples

Associate Business Development Manager

Apr 2013Mar 2014 · 11 mos · Chennai Area, India

  • Work closely with Corporate Marketing to design and execute
  • pre-agreed strategies built around developing new business growth.
  • Drive “Request for quote” process with new prospects.
  • Open business development dialogs with strategic customers. Particular interest is to build a few
  • large strategic accounts.
  • Interface with existing strategic customers to solidify mutual expectations of performance and
  • growth.
  • To liaise with corporate contacts, build and develop relationships
  • To assist with the preparation of contractual agreements and ensure that these are fully adhered to
  • To ensure account meets its income targets
  • To effectively solve problems and manage risk to ensure achievement of targets
  • To input creative solutions to maximize opportunity
  • Client Accounts Handled during the tenure:
  • 1. Alstom
  • 2. Renault Nissan
  • 3. Kone Elevators
  • 4. Valeo systems
  • 5. Bally Technologies
  • 6. Par Formulation

Arvind lifestyle brands limited

Marketing Intern

Jan 2013Mar 2013 · 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • Project on: Holistic Marketing Approach of Arvind Ltd

Bharat heavy electricals limited

Summer Internship

Aug 2012Sep 2012 · 1 mo · Hyderabad Area, India

  • Organisational Study of BHEL Hyderabad

Education

Acharya Bangalore Business School

Master of Business Administration (MBA) — Marketing

Jan 2011Jan 2013

SIES College of Arts, Science & Commerce SION(W)

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) — Physics & Applied Physics

Jan 2008Jan 2011

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