Akarsh Gurikar
Angestellt, Technical Product Manager, Berlin Brands Group
Berlin, Deutschland
Über mich
I’m an engineer and an MBA & E graduate🧑🎓 with 5 years of working experience in product management and project management. As a product manager, I can manage the product life cycle and develop product and marketing strategies for existing products or new categories of products. In collaboration with marketing team, I have created marketing content for my products and launched successful ones with great customer satisfaction. Apart from product management and product marketing, I have experience handling product development projects, managing testing and validation activities, pricing and cost estimations. Skills: product management, product life cycle management, digital marketing, SEO, product roadmap and portfolio, product and category strategy, project management, product engineering, market research, customer analysis, product testing, competitor research, product pricing, product design and user experience (UX).
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Berufserfahrung von Akarsh Gurikar
Product management - Klarstein brand home and Kitchen products (Appliances, IoT / Smart Appliances), E-commerce Managing life cycle of home appliances incl. IoT products. Independently analyzing global markets for trends in home appliances. Comparing competitor products and developing products by negotiating with suppliers. Managing product testing and user testing activities. Collaborating with marketing team for preparing and optimizing product and brand content in Amazon and ecommerce D2C websites.
1 Jahr und 6 Monate, Mai 2020 - Okt. 2021
Werkstudent (Product Management)
Siemens AG - Smart Infrastructure
eMobility, electric vehicle (EV) chargers. - Assisted product managers with digital product business case and new product development. - Collaborated closely with engineering, finance, sales and marketing for offering projects and I solely worked on project controlling and order management activities. - Created new reporting structure for sales of EV charger. - Worked closely with the controller for financial KPI reporting and financial modeling.
Automotive Connectors Requirement analysis: converting customer requirements into product requirements. Managed projects independently and performed competitor product analysis. Worked on entire project planning, project controlling, cost estimation, preparing offer letters, billing and invoicing for projects. Managed testing and validation activities for A, B and C samples as well as series produced products for release to OEMs (B2B products). Organized campaigns at Bosch business units in Bangalore.
Ausbildung von Akarsh Gurikar
2 Jahre und 4 Monate, Okt. 2019 - Jan. 2022
MBA and Engineering
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin
Project Industrial Engineering (Product Management): Business plan/case, market research, competitor analysis, risk assessment, building product strategy, business models and value proposition & KPIs, 4P marketing strategy.. Strategic Marketing: Market analysis, market research, company analysis, marketing mix, business strategies, distribution mix.
4 Jahre und 1 Monat, Aug. 2013 - Aug. 2017
Engineering
B. V. Bhoomaraddi College of Engineering & Technology (BVBCET)
Product design and development: Market Research, Customer and stakeholder interaction and surveys, product development cycle, finance and marketing.
Sprachen
Englisch
Muttersprache
Deutsch
Gut
Japanisch
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