Associate Product Analyst

Siva Teja Gujjalapati

FREMONT, CA ***** ***********@*****.*** 669-***-**** www.linkedin.com/in/siva-teja-gujjalapati-4b428269/

Senior Product Manager

Innovative and Strategic Professional with verifiable achievements leading highly technical projects in software product development, delivering impactful and customer-satisfying products from concept to successful product launch within logistics & supply chain environments.

History of influencing existing and emerging technologies to analyze user needs and market trends while creating detailed product requirements documents and roadmaps and leading cross-functional teams to ensure product success.

An impressive history of executing solutions release management to enhance enterprise capabilities without compromising key project management deliverables, including scope, quality enforcement, resource planning, scheduling, communications, and stakeholder partnerships.

Exceptional leadership, organizational, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills and the ability to work with customers, technical teams, and management to gather requirements and define software product features.

Technical and Leadership Areas of Expertise

Digital Business Transformation

Resource Coordination & Utilization

Project Lifecycle Coordination

Technical & Project Documentation

User Research & Requirements Gathering

Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Solution Development & Implementation

Risk Mitigation & Contingency Planning

Product Vision, Knowledge & Roadmap

Key Performance Metrics & Analytics

Stakeholder Interactions & Presentations

Team Building, Mentoring & Leadership

Professional Experience

Senior Product Analyst (April 2022 – Present)

Blume Global Pleasanton, CA December 2018 – Present

Promoted on the back of exceptional performances to oversee market research and analysis aimed at identifying market trends, customer needs, and competitive landscapes to inform product development decisions. Lead the product development process by defining product requirements, creating user stories, and maintaining the product backlog, ensuring product requirements are met and a seamless product market launch. Participate in invention testing and quality assurance of the product to ensure its functionality, usability, and overall quality while proposing ideas, scope features, and implementing solutions.

Masterminded and led efforts to turn around product specifications for a configuration tool for internal teams, which reduced the implementation time by about 15%.

Helmed the full migration of two legacy products from data centers into one cloud platform while collaborating with multiple teams to identify and close all functional gaps, data inconsistencies, and technical dependencies.

Propelled innovation and game-changing technological advances to build self-service tools that are useful in managing users and other master data, resulting in an 84 % reduction of the support tickets related to user management.

Slashed the EDI integration time by 50% by automating the manual internal process using a collaboration tool.

Product Analyst (January 2020 – April 2022)

Drove innovation and efficiency to improve customer experience and business flow, contributing to overall business growth. Collaborated across the board with customers, sales team, and stakeholders to identify, design, and implement features and enhancements needed for business. Wrote user stories based on business-driven functionality as well as technical capabilities. Provided constructive support to both Product Owner and IT team in product-related decisions. Supported the team in the development process, defining technical requirements based on in-depth and breadth of product/business knowledge.

Architected and built an exceptional reporting tool for Logistics products widely adopted by all the current customers to extract the data to serve their business needs.

Modernized capabilities within the organization by developing automated workflows to request/invite Trading partners for partnerships, which increased customer satisfaction and drastically reduced partner onboarding lead time.

Achieved a significant reduction in onboarding time for both customers and their trading partners through the automation of the manual trading partner onboarding process.

Associate Product Analyst (December 2018 – January 2020)

Supported cross-functional stakeholders and disciplines to comprehensively understand the product and business landscape, identifying opportunities to enhance the customer experience and drive product performance. Defined new requirements and product specifications to be incorporated into the product as part of multiple release cycles, ensuring continuous and seamless improvement while maintaining product backlog and prioritizing features. Defined Epics, authored User Stories, and worked with the Engineering Team to translate the business requirements into functional requisites.

Successfully streamlined the consolidation of product requirements from internal stakeholders and product strategy, facilitating the creation of the necessary backlog for product development.

Logistics And Operations Analyst July 2018 – December 2018

Eco World Wide Transportation Inc. San Jose, CA

Analyzed monthly workload to create a comprehensive action plan for daily and weekly operations and conducted daily meetings with other operational staff to review ongoing work.

Provided exceptional support as a backup Logistics Manager, filling in and performing responsibilities as instructed.

Implemented process improvements and maintained detailed documentation on order management, resulting in more efficient and effective daily operations.

Authored new procedures and processes for internal tool development, leading to streamlined operations, enhanced productivity, and efficient use of resources.

Partnered closely with supply planners to identify and reconcile supply gaps and rough-cut capacity planning to meet daily demand, leading to effective and optimized supply chain management.

Industrial Process Engineer June 2014 – July 2015

Tata Motors Bengaluru Area, India

Institutionalized a highly efficient manufacturing process for Humidifiers utilizing cross-linked polymers which resulted in a 40% reduction in cost and a remarkable 70% reduction in weight, all within seven months.

Accomplished product design enhancements that withstood working loads and high temperatures under strict deadlines.

Streamlined the process measurement and workflow techniques by introducing improved methods and standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Devised strategic plans for optimizing procedures, maximizing resources, and enhancing performance using Excel, leading to more efficient and productive outcomes.

Collaborated cross-functionally with various departments from conception to final product delivery, enhancing process efficiency and achieving Lean methodology.

Managed inventory tracking and control for NPI while collaborating with suppliers to achieve maximum quality of assembly parts, resulting in a remarkable 5% reduction in lead time.

Education, Certifications, and Training

Doctor of Business Administration, Information Technology Management – Westcliff University, Irvine, CA

Master of Science, Engineering/Industrial Management – San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Master of Technology, Manufacturing Engineering Technology – Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka, INDIA

Bachelor of Technology, Manufacturing Engineering – GITAM University, Visakhapatnam, INDIA

SIX SIGMA GREEN BELT

Technical Skills

Multi-Lingual (Hindi, English (Full Professional), Telugu)

Transportation Management System, Third-Party Logistics (3PL), Product Road Mapping, SQL, MS Office Suite

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