Arkapol Basu

• Led the analytics module of a cross functional value delivery program at an Asian steel company and identified and implemented initiatives that reduced cost by almost $40M annually

• Independently managed the analytics engagement for a national cement major in India, leading the cost reduction program and reducing $3M in costs annually

• Identified and implemented initiatives worth $22 M in both additional throughput and cost savings as part of 3 member consulting team in a digital transformation program at a manufacturing firm

• Created a digital academy at a digital transformation program, to educate the client team. The program started as a couple of one hour sessions, and was eventually expanded to a full scale enablement program spanning over 20+ hours with over 100 participants and 10+ trainers

• Designed analytical solutions to track, promote and score engagements on the national job portal as part of a public sector transformation program in Saudi Arabia

• Facilitated the development of the Big Data capability in the Asia Pacific office that expanded to a 30 member team with 10000+ billed hours over the next 3 years

• Provide actionable insights to better connect and engage with financial advisors

• Enhance the impact of analytics by pursuing customer profiling, segmentation and lead generation projects with an aim to increase company profitability

• Create data visualizations & scenario analyses to enhance customer experience

• Enhance data exploration capabilities by creating Self-serve reporting capabilities

• Worked in projects for a consumer durable organization and a multinational pharmaceutical corporation in the US

• Performed a modeling exercise to capture the effect of price variation on sales volume. This short-term model helped the business group make effective pricing decisions and gauges the effectiveness of its discounts and promotions

• Helped in identifying the main drivers that would lead to a customer to purchase an entire suite of products.

• Created an algorithm, using a set of business rules which were devised on the basis of a sample of the manufacturers to identify all stock-outs and their financial impact