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Kankona Roy

Operations Associate

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs 2 mos experience
AI ML PractitionerAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Expert in retail analytics and data-driven decision making.
  • Proven track record in building high-impact analytics teams.
  • Strong stakeholder partnership and problem-solving skills.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Retail Analytics expert with strong capabilities in data-driven decision making.

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Skills

Core Skills

AnalyticsData AnalysisStrategic LeadershipLean Six SigmaData VisualizationMarket IntelligenceReporting & Analysis

Other Skills

Data Quality & Best PracticesCross-functional CollaborationBusiness AnalysisTeam ManagementA3 Problem SolvingData MiningStatistical ModelingAnalytical SkillsFinancial MarketsMutual FundsPortfolio ManagementAnalysisForecastingSegmentationAgile Project Management

About

Retail analytics leader with deep experience partnering with Merchandising and Supply Chain teams to drive data-backed decisions across pricing, promotions, and assortment. Passionate about building and scaling high-impact analytics teams, shaping decision-support capabilities, and embedding insights into everyday business thinking. Known for structured problem-solving, strong stakeholder partnership, and translating complexity into action.

Experience

11 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
3 yrs 7 mos
Average Tenure
5 mos
Current Experience

7-eleven global solution center – india

Manager Analytics

Dec 2025Present · 5 mos

  • · Design & Develop Analytics Solutions: Lead and support the creation of dashboards and BI reports reflecting restaurant and category business KPIs, programs, and operational variables.
  • · Data Analysis & Interpretation: Analyse large, complex datasets such as POS, supply chain, loyalty, customer feedback, and digital engagement to generate actionable insights.
  • · Category Management Analytics: Evaluate product and program effectiveness across multiple stores, uncovering nuanced business insights and identifying growth opportunities.
  • · AI & Forecasting Alignment: Collaborate with AI teams to gradually integrate predictive models for demand planning, inventory optimization, and staffing forecasts.
  • · Report & Communication Excellence: Translate complex analytics into easily understandable, business-focused reports and presentations for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • · Data Quality & Best Practices: Advocate for clean data, scalable analytics frameworks, and adherence to industry best practices within the team.
  • · Cross-functional Collaboration: Partner with IT, Marketing, Operations, Product teams, and other Analytics groups to drive integrated solutions.
  • · Mentorship & Leadership: Provide technical guidance and lead the India POD to build analytics capabilities and infrastructure
Data AnalysisReporting & AnalysisData VisualizationAnalyticsData Quality & Best PracticesCross-functional Collaboration

Target

3 roles

Manager - Last Mile Performance Analytics

Jul 2022Jan 2026 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • As a Manager – Last Mile Performance Management Analytics, I will:
  • Support strategies and efforts to achieve delivery experience, sales and profitability objectives
  • Develop and manage a high performing, diverse, inclusive and engaged team of supply chain analysts
  • Mentoring the team to perform complex data analysis to identify root causes and implement corrective actions
  • Streamline and simplify complex business processes through documentation, standardization and automation
  • Design and implement transportation system settings and configurations to achieve delivery experience, capacity utilization and expense objectives
  • Use data and metrics to deeply understand the business, identify areas in need of improvement and measure the impact of actions
  • Perform complex data analysis to identify performance defect root causes and implement corrective actions
  • Inspire intellectual curiosity around process/business improvement opportunities
Strategic LeadershipTeam ManagementData Analysis

Senior Business Partner - Stores

Aug 2021Jul 2022 · 11 mos

  • As a manager for the store insights team, I am leading a team of specialists/analysts helping them work on complex data manipulation and analysis to provide best in time strategic solutions to any issues faced by the Target store team members ensuring smooth functioning of the stores
  •  Staying connected with and influence key stakeholders to ensure effective actions are taken for all the feedback received from Target stores team members
  •  Driving process improvements for Target stores by utilizing critical thinking, data, analysis, issue framing, benchmarking and communications to deliver technology and solutions.
  •  Working closely with Product teams to build solutions delivered via Store devices and technology while collaborating with other cross- functional partners across headquarters and stores.
  •  Building team strategies that is cohesive with the enterprise needs.
Lean Six SigmaA3 Problem SolvingData Analysis

Business Partner Store Insights

Jun 2018Aug 2021 · 3 yrs 2 mos

  • As a Business Partner for the Store Insights team, I act as an advocate for 2,400+ Target Stores using data analysis and compelling visualizations to create actionable insights to educate and influence key stakeholders
  • The Business partner role within Store Insights team requires me to lead projects thriving on innovation, focusing on continuous process improvement and identifying opportunities through data analysis & storytelling to elevate store team member experience with a focus on guest, sales, profitability and innovation
  • Leading a team of specialists/analysts helping them work on complex data manipulation and analysis to provide best in time strategic solutions to any issues faced by the Target store team members ensuring smooth functioning of the stores
  • As a project lead, staying connected with and influence key stakeholders to ensure effective actions are taken for all the feedback received from Target stores team members
  • Act as a thought and execution leader in driving insights and possess the ability to drive the teams towards superior creative solutioning
  • Lead creative project management process optimization, documentation of processes, standards and guidelines ensuring elevated Target stores experience
Data AnalysisData Visualization

Cargill

Market Intelligence and Data Analyst

Feb 2017Jun 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

  • As a MI&DA Specialist I am responsible of delivering advanced and forward-looking market intelligence to support regional category sourcing teams in developing and executing category strategies. This position will also help translate data and analytics information into strategic business decisions.
  • Engage with Regional Category leads and managers on an on-going basis to understand the strategic direction and areas of opportunity and risk for categories; ensure MI and data and analytic efforts align with needs to create the most value.
  • Help lead campaign workshops and organize project work and play a key role in bringing consensus to decisions.
  • Create and distribute market intelligence reports with key competitive analysis, supplier profiles, spend analysis and industry best practices.
  • Merging analytics, statistics and market intelligence to derive impactful insight for the organization.
Market IntelligenceData Analysis

Tesco hsc

Analyst

Mar 2015Feb 2017 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

  • As an Analyst at Tesco, my roles and responsibilities included,
  • Quality assurance for product content on Tesco Direct for all categories.
  • Publishing daily and weekly reports for all products in Tesco Direct (Reports mainly involved all product specifications, cost and stock details)
  • Collaboration with IT to meet business requirement related to quality of products and governing them regularly.
  • Assisting buying admin in ensuring correct prices and promotions are loaded; Resulted in YoY reduction in negative impact in stores by 97%.
  • Developing macros based on requirements from Suppliers, Sellers.
Data AnalysisReporting & Analysis

Education

Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Senior Management Programme

Aug 2025Jul 2026

University of Calcutta

MSc — Econometrics and Quantitative Economics

Ivy Professional School

Certified Data Analyst — Analytics

Jan 2014Jan 2014

University of Calcutta

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) — Econometrics and Quantitative Economics

Jan 2008Jan 2011

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