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Abdulqadir Dula

Category Lead - Amazon now | Udaan | Tolaram - Africa | TCS | IIM Amritsar - Gold Medalist (Rank 1)

Bengaluru

8+ years of work experience

Amazon
Jun 20242 yrs 3 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Leading the E2E category charter for Amazon now - Quick Commerce. Managing a team of 40+ to drive the strategy & execution on selection, pricing, topical events, seller/brand growth, profitability across 35+ categories
Amazon
Dec 20238 mosJul 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Amazon
Aug 20212 yrs 4 mosNov 2023

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

1. Leading the Strategic Vendor Relationship with More Retail Ltd for Sourcing F&V: Institutionalized mechanism to improve Selection, In-stock [Ontime & Infull], Quality and Margins. Worked closely with Biz-fin & vendor to identify margin leakages across sourcing chain to drive a meaningful +ve impact on P&L Led implementation/adoption of automation charter [API based] to drive reduction in busy-work 2. Driving Category Initiatives on Seasonal, Imported & Branded Selection to make Amazon Fresh a differentiated platform for F&V 3. Leading strategic charter to improve unit-economics of F&V business [ASP improvement,Higher Sales mix of Fruits, Salvaging Expiry and Dump]
udaan.com
Oct 202011 mosAug 2021

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Leading a team of 50 Sales executive, 5 Team Leaders, 3 Purchase Managers to solve one of the most complex categories in B2B space, Fruits and Vegetables. Managing overall Growth and P&L | Demand Planning and Execution | Category Management | Inventory Planning | Portfolio Management
udaan.com
Aug 20191 yr 3 mosOct 2020

Greater Ahmedabad Area

Ninjacart
Feb 20197 mosAug 2019

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Tolaram Group
May 201810 mosFeb 2019

Lagos, Nigeria

Area Sales Manager, Indomie Instant Noodles: Leading a team of 100+ to ensure sales growth of Nigeria's leading instant noodles brand, Indomie. Responsible for the design and execution of BTL marketing activities, liaising with Key Accounts (Distributors) & for finding new channels and avenues for growth. Responsible for recruitment, appraisals & incentives for the sales team.
ShopClues
Apr 20173 mosJun 2017

Gurgaon, India

Machine Learning | Supervised Learning in R | Operations and Logistics | Analytics • Analyzed avenues to eliminate excessive costs in Logistics due to over billing and false weights • Designed a model using AI (Random forest & KNN) to predict correct weights of products • Discovered latent factors consequential to consumers returning the products post purchase • Designed a predictive model to estimate the probability of returns at the point of purchase Awarded a PPO post my internship stint

Education

Indian Institute of Management Amritsar

PGPM (Rank1 & Gold Medalist - All Round Performance), General Management

Indian Institute of Management Amritsar

20162 yrs2018
CHARUSAT

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communications Engineering

CHARUSAT

20094 yrs2013

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Headline

Category Lead - Amazon now | Udaan | Tolaram - Africa | TCS | IIM Amritsar - Gold Medalist (Rank 1)

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Head, Category Management - Amazon Now at Amazon, Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Leading the E2E category charter for Amazon now - Quick Commerce. Managing a team of 40+ to drive the strategy & execution on selection, pricing, topical events, seller/brand growth, profitability across 35+ categories

Senior Vendor Manager (Meats & Seafood) at Amazon, Dec 2023 - Jul 2024 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Program Manager (Produce Perishables Proteins) at Amazon, Aug 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, 1. Leading the Strategic Vendor Relationship with More Retail Ltd for Sourcing F&V: Institutionalized mechanism to improve Selection, In-stock [Ontime & Infull], Quality and Margins. Worked closely with Biz-fin & vendor to identify margin leakages across sourcing chain to drive a meaningful +ve impact on P&L Led implementation/adoption of automation charter [API based] to drive reduction in busy-work 2. Driving Category Initiatives on Seasonal, Imported & Branded Selection to make Amazon Fresh a differentiated platform for F&V 3. Leading strategic charter to improve unit-economics of F&V business [ASP improvement,Higher Sales mix of Fruits, Salvaging Expiry and Dump]

City Manager (Demand, Supply & Category Management) at udaan.com, Oct 2020 - Aug 2021 · 11 mos, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Leading a team of 50 Sales executive, 5 Team Leaders, 3 Purchase Managers to solve one of the most complex categories in B2B space, Fruits and Vegetables. Managing overall Growth and P&L | Demand Planning and Execution | Category Management | Inventory Planning | Portfolio Management

Demand Lead at udaan.com, Aug 2019 - Oct 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos, Greater Ahmedabad Area

City Sales Head at Ninjacart, Feb 2019 - Aug 2019 · 7 mos, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Business Development Manager at Tolaram Group, May 2018 - Feb 2019 · 10 mos, Lagos, Nigeria, Area Sales Manager, Indomie Instant Noodles: Leading a team of 100+ to ensure sales growth of Nigeria's leading instant noodles brand, Indomie. Responsible for the design and execution of BTL marketing activities, liaising with Key Accounts (Distributors) & for finding new channels and avenues for growth. Responsible for recruitment, appraisals & incentives for the sales team.

Internship - Analytics at ShopClues, Apr 2017 - Jun 2017 · 3 mos, Gurgaon, India, Machine Learning | Supervised Learning in R | Operations and Logistics | Analytics • Analyzed avenues to eliminate excessive costs in Logistics due to over billing and false weights • Designed a model using AI (Random forest & KNN) to predict correct weights of products • Discovered latent factors consequential to consumers returning the products post purchase • Designed a predictive model to estimate the probability of returns at the point of purchase Awarded a PPO post my internship stint

Education

PGPM (Rank1 & Gold Medalist - All Round Performance), General Management, Indian Institute of Management Amritsar

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Communications Engineering, CHARUSAT