Category Specialist

AJWAD KHAN

New York, NY ***** 404-***-**** **************@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/ajwad-a-khan/ CORE SKILLS

• e-Commerce Buying

• Strategic Planning

• Supplier Relations

• Product Marketing

• Assortment Planning

• Negotiation

• Forecasting

• Project Management

• Data Analysis

EXPERIENCE

WALMART E-COMMERCE Hoboken, NJ

Category Specialist- Cookers and Roasters 2019- 2020

• Partnered with key suppliers, supply-chain team, and store buyers to source inventory for $14,600,000 business, delivering 37% sales growth and 345-basis point increase in profitability in FY21.

• Assembled robust and diverse omni-channel assortment on Walmart.com by onboarding new brands, introducing big-bet items during promotional periods, and leveraging Walmart’s private brands.

• Curated a premium site experience by designing intuitive and SEO-compatible browser navigations, and pinned items to search queries weekly, resulting in 325-basis point increase in customer conversion.

• Served as content lead for kitchen electrics team and led 30-day content sprint to revamp imagery, product descriptions, and attribution for over 2,500 SKUs. 5G STUDIO COLLABORATIVE Dallas, TX

Business Development Intern 2018

• Collaborated with 5G’s art director to draft project pitch brochures - visual guides made for each client with project details, timeline, and architect experience- using Adobe Photoshop

• Constructed a comprehensive partnership portfolio by researching over 40 real-estate, construction, and design companies across Texas for architects and business development team to use as a reference tool

• Determined maximum room and floor occupancies based on federal regulations to assist architects in formulating floorplans.

BRAC BANK Dhaka, Bangladesh

Financial Data Analyst Intern 2017

• Processed raw data sets and calculated key performance metrics for 14 separate bank branches

• Updated balance sheets and income statements for assigned branches

• Created slides for July and August board presentations incorporating key metrics and graphical analysis EDUCATION

EMORY UNIVERSITY Atlanta, GA

Bachelor of Business Administration in Information Systems and Management Graduated: 2019 Bachelor of Arts in Economics

Cumulative GPA: 3.77/4.0

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Software Proficiency: MS Excel (Intermediate), R-Programming (Intermediate), Adobe Omniture

(Intermediate), Adobe Photoshop (Beginner)

Languages: Bengali (Fluent), Spanish (Conversational) Interests/Hobbies: Soccer, Architecture, Scientific Literature

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