Vedangi Ruikar

I am a seasoned Business Analysis professional with over 5 years of experience, demonstrating a track record of success across diverse industries.

Professional Summary:

• Business Analyst: Led strategic initiatives at Hailo Data, a Food & Beverage eCommerce Mobile Application, by defining and executing product roadmaps.

Key Achievements:

Automation and Efficiency: Spearheaded the automation of product data into a Relational Database Management System, resulting in an 83% reduction in manual data entry efforts.

Customer Data Incentives: Led the Customer Data Incentives vertical, launching a Store Credits portal that contributed to a 30% increase in order volume.

Pricing Analysis: Conducted pricing analysis of multiple retail suppliers, saving customers 25% on their orders through the introduction of alternative product SKUs.

Market Insights BI Dashboards: Launched BI dashboards using qualitative data analysis on popular Food & Beverage products, accounting for 20% of Customer Retention efforts.

Key Performance Indicators (KPI): Defined and monitored KPIs for product health check, delivering product success reports in monthly board meetings.

Consulting Experience:

• Digital Transformation Consultant: Collaborated with the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, defining functional requirements for member onboarding tasks into Microsoft Dynamics 365, resulting in a 60% reduction in cycle time.

Program Management:

• Program Manager at IBM: Led coordination efforts for Engineering and Technical Writers, translating technical features into user-friendly guides, leading to a 15% decrease in overall ticket generation.

Technical Skills:

• Proficient in JIRA, Agile project management, SDLC, and various BI tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Qlik.
• Technical expertise includes Java, SQL, and beginner-level Python.

Education:

• MBA from the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University.
• Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology from the University of Pune, India.

Certifications:

• Project Management, Google Career Certificate
• Marketing Essentials from Harvard Business Publishing.
• Product Marketing Alliance Core from Product Marketing Alliance.

MBA, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada