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AI‑First Product Management | Retail Technology | Digital Transformation | SaaS

About

Hi, I’m Arun, Principal Product Manager at Ace Turtle, on a mission to supercharge retail technology with AI. With over 14 years of experience bridging business needs and technical solutions, I’ve learned that speed and clarity are everything. Today, I weave AI into every phase of my PM workflow, ideation, prototyping, prioritization, and stakeholder alignment to turn what used to take days into hours. What I do: • Build roadmaps that balance quick wins with long‑term platform bets • Prototype at scale with AI tools, shrinking cycles from days to hours • Align cross‑functional teams - Engineering, Design, Analytics & GTM, to ship enterprise solutions • Own outcomes: P&L metrics and stakeholder buy‑in via data‑backed storytelling Impact at Ace Turtle: • 4X faster prototyping: Slashed design‑to‑demo cycle from 4 days to 4 hours • 30% reduction in rework: AI‑powered user‑journey validations boosted development throughput • 100+ store rollout: Launched ML‑driven Sales Dashboards and retail‑ops features at scale • 15% productivity lift: Real‑time analytics surfaced actionable insights across outlets I lead the in‑store technology function, digitizing operations for brands like Lee, Wrangler, Dockers, and Toys'R'Us in India, and drive digital transformation across supply chain, logistics, e‑commerce, and omnichannel commerce. Off‑hours, you’ll find me on the football pitch, badminton court, working out, planning my next trip, or hanging out with my dogs. I’m always learning and iterating, both products and myself. Let’s connect!

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

elevenlabs

lovable

openai

ChatGPT

Figma Make

Work experience

Product Manager 3 at 7-Eleven Global Solution Center – India, Dec 2025 - Present · 10 mos, Bengaluru, ● 7NOW Web: Own end-to-end product management for 7now.com, 7-Eleven's primary digital acquisition channel for its delivery business (7NOW), driving Web Sales, Web-to-App Conversion, and Discoverability as North Star metrics. ● Skipcart Delivery platform: Owned the transition from a third-party ATS to a fully in-house Applicant Tracking System and native in-app driver onboarding experience for Skipcart's gig-driver platform (~12K hires/year). • Cut onboarding cost per driver by ~40% and time to activation by ~18%, saving $230K+ annually • Designed a 12-stage mobile onboarding journey with state-driven logic, identity verification, and seamless applicant-to-driver handoff • Built the in-house ATS (Application Tracking System) from scratch, eliminating vendor dependency and improving downstream data quality

Principal Product Manager at ace turtle, Oct 2023 - Dec 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, ● Head of In-Store tech : Driving digital technology like IoT, Digital Signages, Electronic Shelf labels, RFID, Smart fitting rooms to improve the in-store customer experience, harness data on customer preferences and habits, and potentially improve omnichannel operations. ● Product Management : Connect Mobile app focused on digitizing Retail store operations for improved productivity and sales. The app enables store teams to perform key store activities such as omnichannel order fulfilment and visual merchandising, using their smartphones. Also empowers retail store teams with better engagement, communication and modules like helpdesk, training.

Senior Product Manager at ace turtle, Oct 2021 - Oct 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Business Development Manager at ace turtle, Sep 2021 - Jun 2022 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

IT Project Manager at Decathlon, Mar 2019 - Nov 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, End-to-end management of IT Supply projects : planning, delegating, monitoring and controlling all aspects of the project to achieve objectives within expected targets for time, cost and quality. Worked closely with Logistics business leaders, Key users and Suppliers. ● AGV Project (On-going): The first Logistics 4.0 project implementing Auto Guided Vehicles inside the warehouse, increasing picking productivity by 2X and putaway productivity by 2.5X ● Conveyor & Sorter Project for the Inbound process in the warehouse, improving the efficiency by 60% and reducing manual effort by 40% ● Decathlon Mumbai Warehouse Opening: Project Management of the entire IT scope

IT Business Analyst at Decathlon International, Feb 2017 - Mar 2019 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Lille Area, France, Techno-functional expert on the Outbound Logistics process in SAP EWM. ● Part of the project team in charge of migrating the Logistics ERP solution from IBM AS400 to SAP EWM for the largest Decathlon warehouse in Europe ● Point of Contact for the India IT Logistics team with the Global team.

IT Business Analyst at Decathlon, Jan 2016 - Feb 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, 2016 - IT Supply Team • IT Responsible (POC) for DMI (Decathlon Brands Team) India • Responsible for Cut Over Plan/ Change Management in Retail for SAP ERP Implementation in Supply • Project Manager – Range Selection Application for DMI and Stores

Product Manager at Decathlon, Apr 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 9 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Project Management of Enterprise java-based web applications for Retail and Supply BUs. Directly involved in requirement gathering, design, planning and driving projects to completion with cross-functional teams of super-users, developers and testers. 2014 - IT Retail Team • Product Manager – Product Search Application for Stores Shifted the entire user experience from conventional ERP to a new responsive-design web-app reducing user wait times from 2 min to 10 seconds • Product Manager – PNL Application for Stores • Product Manager – Inventory Application for Stores Created a web-app from scratch for the Inventory process reducing the activity time by 30% • IT POC for Stores (11 Stores) 2015 - IT Retail Team • IT Responsible for New Store Openings, India (17 Stores) • Project Manager – Product Search Application for Stores • Initiated the IT Store POC Project • Initiated the Decathlon IT YouTube Channel for IT Video Tutorials • Recruitment Process of new resources into the Team

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA), Marketing, IT Operation, Great Lakes Institute of Management

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Bangalore

Public links

productfolio.lovable.app: https://productfolio.lovable.app/