Soumi Sarkar

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Timeline
About me
Committed to driving business growth through data-driven insights, customer-centric strategies, and business plans alignment with targeted goals.
Education
- Visvesvaraya Technological University
  2011 - 2015
  Bachelor of Engineering - BE Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa
  2019 - 2020
  Master of Business Administration - MBA Business Administration and Management, General
  Activities and Societies: Volunteered as Vice- President of MBA Student Association. Management Consulting Project for Spartan Bioscience. Sales and Marketing Consulting Project for Gift Better Co.. Risk Consulting Project for Algonquin College. Marketing Consulting Project for Valerie's Flutter Foundation. Entrepreneurial Start-up Venture 'Roomy'
Experience
- PAYSAP
  Jul 2015 - May 2016
  Owner
  AboutPAYSAP is an e-wallet.It is safe, secure , lightning fast, easy to use.With each payment you get discounts/ offers/ cashback. So, Be Happy,Think Money.MissionTo make payments and transfer of money fast,safe, secure, simple.Provide quality service. Providing a boost to the economy. Making products available to consumers at an affordable price.Contact InfoEmail id -paysap@paysap.inWebsite-http://www.paysap.in• Executed a research-start-up, ‘PaySap’. PaySap was conceived as a hassle-free payment solution offering immense facilitative solutions to the customers for online mode of payment. • Researched on payment processing time to make the product hassle-free• Carried out market survey of customers’ needs• Researched on uniquely driven advertisements, studied expansion of business by word of mouth• Handled complexity of data driven technology and learnt about various government regulations and approvals. Show less
- Amazon
  May 2016 - Jul 2019
  In the capacity of a Program Manager for Amazon's Central Marketing team, drove customer-centric programs and achieved sales growth, leading cross-functional teams, leveraging data analytics, and implementing efficient project management strategies to improve customer experience, drive product optimization, onboard sellers, and increase category-specific sales revenues. Piloted Amazon Pay's risk analysis and monitoring team, collaborating with compliance, legal, and finance departments to ensure marketplace security, protect customer databases, and safeguard company assets. Conducted data analysis for online transactional risks, developed fraud detection patterns, and traced the origin of funds, resulting in an 80% reduction in financial losses and consistent process quality improvement. Defended regulatory policy and contractual requirements.
  - Program Manager
    Jul 2017 - Jul 2019
  - Risk Control Analyst
    May 2016 - Jul 2017
- Giant Tiger
  Nov 2020 - Apr 2023
  In the capacity of Senior Manager for Digital Site Experience team, developed and executed effective website optimization strategies including SEO, optimizing website content and UX, improving site structure and navigation. Played a pivotal role re-platforming from Kibo Commerce to Shopify while collaborating with cross-functional teams and managing external vendors and agencies to drive maximum engagement and conversion. Was instrumental in building up Giant Tiger's new e-commerce site, including the implementation of search, sort, and UX enhancements, as well as AI recommendation programs to improve sales and user experience. Led the development, collaborated with stakeholders, conducted UX research, and managed project planning and documentation.
  - Product Manager- SEO & Site Experience
    Feb 2021 - Apr 2023
  - Ecommerce Site Specialist - Manager
    Nov 2020 - Feb 2021
- Lee Valley Tools
  Jan 2024 - now
  Digital Experience Product Manager
Licenses & Certifications
- Improve SEO for your website
  LinkedIn Learning ⋅ Course Certificate
  Mar 2021
- SEO: Ecommerce Strategies
  LinkedIn Learning ⋅ Course Certificate
  Mar 2021
- Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
  Scrum Alliance
  Dec 2025
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Soumi Sarkar
  MBA Student Leadership Award Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa Dec 2020 In recognition of outstanding leadership and exceptional contributions to the MBA Students Association and the MBA program in general.
- Awarded to Soumi Sarkar
  Pauline Guidon-Tassie Memorial Scholarship Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa Dec 2020 The Pauline Guindon-Tassie Scholarship is given to a full-time MBA student with good scholastic achievement in at least 30 credits, and who demonstrated interest in the Marketing area as well as have distinguished themself through their active promotion of the Telfer brand, both inside and outside the program.
- Awarded to Soumi Sarkar
  8th Annual Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition (SG-FECC) Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition (SG-FECC) Jun 2020 Won second place in 8th Annual Schlesinger Global Family Enterprise Case Competition (SG-FECC).
- Awarded to Soumi Sarkar
  Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue Jan 2020 Won second place in marketing case competition organised by Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue.
- Awarded to Soumi Sarkar
  TRMS Star - Electra Award Amazon Aug 2017 For excellent performance and good work
Volunteer Experience
- Fundraising Volunteer
  Issued by HelpAge India
  Associated with Soumi Sarkar
- Fundraising Volunteer
  Issued by St. John Ambulance Brigade
  Associated with Soumi Sarkar
- Vice President - MBA Student Association
  Issued by Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa on Sept 2019
  Associated with Soumi Sarkar