Kushal Chandra

Business Development Executive

Toronto, Ontario, Canada4 yrs 5 mos experience
AI EnabledAI ML Practitioner

Key Highlights

  • Over 9 years of analytics experience across multiple industries.
  • Expert in data-driven decision making and stakeholder management.
  • Proven track record in leading enterprise reporting initiatives.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Data Science and Analytics expert in the Retail industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Stakeholder ManagementProject ManagementData ScienceProblem SolvingCommunicationStatistical Modeling

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAmazon Web Services (AWS)AnalyticsClassificationClusteringConsultingCritical ThinkingCross-functional Team LeadershipCustomer AnalysisCustomer RetentionData-driven Decision MakingDigital MarketingDigital Marketing AnalyticsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle BigQuery

About

I am a data science, analytics, and economics enthusiast with 9+ years of analytics experience across multiple industries, highlights of which include: • Lead Data Analyst, Business Analyst III at Walmart (Toronto, ON) • Senior Analyst, Business Intelligence and Data Science at Walmart (Toronto, ON) • Data Science and Analytics Consultant at Ocrolus (Toronto, ON) • Senior Data Analyst at Ocrolus (New Delhi, India) • Senior Analyst - Customer Marketing Analytics at The Home Depot (Atlanta, GA) • Decision Scientist at Mu Sigma Business Solutions (Bangalore, India) My motivators: • Solving complex business problems, using data analytics as a tool, for various business groups and clients • Continuously learning new techniques and technologies My beliefs: • Effectively translating and communicating the insights of an analysis to business leaders is as important as the analysis itself, if not more. My stress buster: • My passion for data analytics can only be outdone by my love for food. Outside of work, I am always keen on trying out new restaurants or experimenting with recipes.

Experience

4 yrs 5 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 5 mos
Average Tenure
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Current Experience

Stripe

Data Analyst, L3

Sep 2025Present · 9 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid

  • Data Analyst in the Merchant Enablement Data Science team.

Walmart canada

2 roles

Lead Data Analyst

Promoted

Jun 2024Aug 2025 · 1 yr 2 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid

  • I am leading the Enterprise Reporting initiative within the Data Office to create prescriptive reporting for the Executive Leadership, across all business units within Walmart Canada. I work closely with the Corporate Leadership Team to develop and automate reporting of critical KPIs and generate actionable insights using advanced statistical techniques. My work involves stakeholder management, requirements gathering, data discovery, managing Data Engineers and Visualization Experts, and leading the end-to-end delivery of enterprise reporting.
Stakeholder ManagementProject ManagementCross-functional Team LeadershipRequirements GatheringLarge-scale Data AnalysisStatistical Data Analysis

Senior Analyst Business Intelligence & Data Science

Sep 2023May 2024 · 8 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Hybrid

  • I enable data-driven decision making in the Format Development Org at Walmart. I work closely with Facilities Management, Format Implementation, Fixtures, Construction, Store Design, Templates, and Store Layout teams to create an enjoyable shopping experience for Walmart's customers while leveraging our EDLP (Every Day Low Price) and EDLC (Every Day Low Cost) principles to guide my work.
Problem SolvingProject ManagementMicrosoft Power BITableauSQLData Science+1

Ocrolus

2 roles

Data Science and Analytics Consultant

May 2022Jan 2023 · 8 mos

  • I built data solutions for Ocrolus' clients and support various internal teams at Ocrolus in measuring the impact of their work, identify opportunities to improve processes, understand the health of Ocrolus' products, and acquire new customers.
Statistical ModelingData ScienceCommunicationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingProject Management+8

Senior Data Analyst

Jun 2021Apr 2022 · 10 mos

  • I support various teams at Ocrolus in measuring the impact of their work, identify opportunities to improve processes, understand the health of Ocrolus' products, and acquire new customers.
Statistical ModelingCommunicationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingProject ManagementPython+7

Mixed berry solutions inc

Data Science and Analytics Consultant

May 2022Aug 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  • I help business leaders take faster, more reliable, data driven decisions.
  • Using my expertise with technologies such as SQL, Python, Tableau, Google Cloud Platform, Google BigQuery, AWS, Snowflake, etc along with my ability to think analytically while keeping an eye on the big picture, I help solve mission critical problems and create value for my clients and stakeholders.
Problem SolvingProject ManagementPythonTableauSQLHypothesis Testing+4

The home depot

Sr. Analyst - Customer Analytics

Jul 2017Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Atlanta, Georgia

  • I analyzed customer, demographic, transaction and product data to help various teams at The Home Depot better understand their customers and target the right people with relevant ads through appropriate marketing channels.
Statistical ModelingCommunicationProblem SolvingGoogle BigQueryCritical ThinkingProject Management+4

carlson analytics lab, university of minnesota - twin cities

Data Science Intern

Jan 2017May 2017 · 4 mos · Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

  • Assisted a leading global management consulting firm to analyze and demystify the Bitcoin Blockchain data and in turn build a toolbox of reusable micro-services to identify illegal activities in the pseudonymous network.
  • My responsibilities included all aspects of data sciences i.e. data engineering, data mining, model creation and testing, insight generation, storyboarding and communication of recommendations to the leadership of the client organization.
Statistical ModelingCommunicationCritical ThinkingPythonSQLStatistics

Mu sigma business solutions pvt ltd

2 roles

Decision Scientist

Feb 2016May 2016 · 3 mos

  • As a Decision Scientist at Mu Sigma, I assisted a leading home improvement retailer take data driven decisions and solve their critical business problems.
  • Throughout the 2+ year association with the retailer, I have assumed multiple roles and responsibilities including leading 2 teams in the Financial Planning and Analysis subgroup, building and maintaining client relationships, and contributing towards the development of the analytics ecosystem at Mu Sigma. Highlights include:
  • Leading a 5-person team to develop a Tableau Dashboard that allows the client to improve merchandising decision making by identifying SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) that are performing exceptionally bad and exceptionally good as compared to their category. The dashboard also provided insight into the factors affecting the performance of these SKUs.
  • Driving engagement-wide initiatives to improve the quality of deliverables and cultivate a sense of ownership towards the deliverables being sent out to the client
  • Mentoring a batch of 20 new recruits on structured problem solving, storyboarding and SAS
  • Other projects include:
  • Conducting product line reviews for vendor management, analyzing performance of substitute SKUs and cannibalization caused by them and other analyses on ad-hoc basis.
  • Technologies Used:
  • SAS, SQL and Tableau
Statistical ModelingCommunicationProblem SolvingCritical ThinkingProject ManagementTableau+3

Trainee Decision Scientist

Feb 2014Feb 2016 · 2 yrs

  • As a Trainee Decision Scientist at Mu Sigma, I assisted a leading home improvement retailer take data driven decisions in order to solve their critical business problem in the Pricing and Financial Planning and Analysis domains.
  • Some of my projects include:
  • Analyzing A/B testing environments to identify the optimal discount structure for returned SKUs
  • Identifying transactions where excessive discounts are being offered by the store managers
  • Analyzing cost of goods sold, return to vendors, markdowns and shrink in inventory to identify problematic SKUs, vendors and stores
  • Analyzing cost and retail changes of SKUs and their impact on gross margin
  • Recommending vendor switching to save costs
  • Technologies Used:
  • SAS, SQL and Tableau
Statistical ModelingCommunicationCritical ThinkingTableauSQLSAS+2

Education

UMN Carlson School of Management

Master of Science (MS) — Business Analytics

Jan 2016Jan 2017

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor of Engineering (BE) — Chemical Engineering

Jan 2009Jan 2013

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