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ADITYA SESHNATH
Summary
Experienced Product Manger with over 10+ years experience. Strong leader with proven track record of identifying opportunities,
developing strategy, and driving execution. Successful in delivering product roadmaps and scalable products by collaborating with global
cross-functional teams across UX, business, finance, engineering, and data science.
Overview
16
years of professional experience
Work History
AMAZON.COMSeattle, WA
Principal Product Manager
02.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Fulfillment by Amazon / Amazon fulfillment technologies,
- Owned and delivered the 3-year business strategy roadmap ($680M estimated savings): Re-envisioned product portfolio to improve
- Seller compliance to Amazon policies
- Determined new opportunities and products, secured finance approval to increase staff by 20%
- Conducted multiple customer interviews, scrutinized product capabilities and metrics with engineers, determined business value with finance, aligned stakeholders and leaders
- Prepared the annual operational plan for 1250+ employee team ($930M planned savings): Allocated financial and people resources by balancing priorities of multiple managers across products, programs and operations
- Prioritized initiatives based on ROI, people resources, and strategic importance
- Presented project goals and timelines to leadership
- Launched preemptive assistance widget ($280M estimated savings over 3 years): Developed multi-year product roadmap and delivered first “preemptive just-in-time assistance widget” to proactively reduce problems for all Amazon Sellers worldwide
- Widget recognizes trends based on historic data and proactively nudges sellers towards reducing problems with personalized information and actions
- Conducted customer surveys and interviews, iterated on UX designs, data models, and go-to-market strategies collaborating with UX designers, data scientists, marketing, and PR
- Product now expanding to multiple use cases and domains such as targeted marketing communications.
Amazon
Senior Product Manager
01.2016 - 01.2022
Job overview
- Owned Seller-facing product and program experiences: Improved Seller compliance of Amazon’s supply chain requirements
- Launched products to improve customer satisfaction and reduce supply chain costs ($115M savings): Created multiple thorough requirements, wrote scoping documents, defined metrics, and managed P&L for both internal and customer-facing products
- Conceptualized tool to improve labor productivity at fulfillment centers (FC) by 68%: Interviewed and held workshops with General
- Managers, FC associates, and Sellers to define requirements
- 13.5K associates now use tool across 395 FCs in 19 countries
- Developed centralized performance management system: Launched multiyear backend product to automatically track key Seller KPIs and trends
- Product used this data to influence performance in real time through optimized training mechanisms
- Conducted industry research to define business and CX alignment
- Worked with multiple global teams across various functions to implement goals
- Conceived a targeted approach to reduce problems (35% reduction in problems vs
- 2% historically): Analyzed historical data; proposed and executed on new targeted product/program approach to reduce problems
- Obtained business and finance approval to build a 30 person strong operations team.
Senior Product Manager Intern
05.2015 - 08.2015
Job overview
- Devised new Seller reimbursement policy
- Performed industry benchmarking, identified best practices
- ($29M annual savings) 300 FEET ECO SOLUTIONS Social enterprise in waste management
Founder & CEO
07.2012 - 12.2014
Job overview
- Established first of its kind large-scale public-private partnership for waste management in India: Installed public litterbins in
- Bangalore's largest shopping district, secured funding from Bangalore Municipal Corporation (BMC), legislative bodies and corporate philanthropies
- Worked with members of the legislative assembly, the commissioner of BMC, and senior government staff members
- Provided innovative waste management solutions for clients: Served events with crowds exceeding 20,000 people
- Incorporated backlit advertising on litterbins to increase profitability of waste management efforts.
TOYOTA KIRLOSKAR MOTOR PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary of Toyota Motor CorporationBangalore
Engineer
07.2008 - 05.2012
Job overview
- Oversaw development of first Toyota Fortuner limited edition: Led cross-functional teams across procurement, quality, production, finance and marketing
- Completed project before deadline, achieved record sales of 400 units in 3 weeks
- Conceived multiple product localization and value engineering projects ($4M annual savings): Defined strategy, identified products, developed suppliers, and modified designs to cater to local needs
- Worked cross-organization for mass production readiness.
Education
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Tauber Institute Global
Master of Supply Chain Management
12.2015
University Overview
awarded Ross School of Business Academic Fellowship
VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, P.E.S. Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering from Mechanical
06.2008
University Overview
Awarded first-class degree with distinction, top 10% of class
Skills
- Product Management
- Product Owner
- Problem Solving
- Effective Communication
- Business Planning
- Market Research
Timeline
Principal Product Manager
AMAZON.COM
02.2022 - Current
Senior Product Manager
Amazon
01.2016 - 01.2022
Senior Product Manager Intern
05.2015 - 08.2015
Founder & CEO
07.2012 - 12.2014
Engineer
TOYOTA KIRLOSKAR MOTOR PRIVATE LIMITED Subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation
07.2008 - 05.2012
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Tauber Institute Global
Master of Supply Chain Management
VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, P.E.S. Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Engineering from Mechanical