Abhilash Pillai

About Abhilash Pillai

Seasoned professional with a proven track record of success in program and category management, R&D, product development, and engineering. I graduated in Electrical Engineering and hold an MBA in Finance and Marketing from Fordham University. With over 16 years of experience, I have developed a reputation as a skilled leader, negotiator, and problem solver. I was the recipient of the Top Negotiation SME award and BISS excellence award for my contribution to Amazon and credited with two patents for my innovative work in the Pool & Spa industry.I lead a team of Customer Success Managers at Amazon for our Grocery Business managing a growing team and portfolio of vendors. Previously, I have lead the planned spend initiative for the Janitorial & Sanitation Products portfolio unlocking sharper pricing and value-added services for strategic Amazon Business customers, driving customer pilots with the help of the sales teams and vendors. Prior to that I was a Sr. Category Manager at Amazon, where I served as the P&L owner for several categories and managed the successful launch of a top-selling Covid Test Kit and served as resident expert for few high profile projects (Annual Vendor Negotiations, Internal Amazon Covid Testing and setting up Amazon as a test lab)Throughout my career, I have consistently demonstrated my ability to drive growth, develop high-margin products, and lead teams to achieve outstanding results. I am positive that my extensive experience, accomplishments and expertise would enable me to add value.

Experience

1. Grocery Gl Leader, Amazon Vendor Services (Customer Success)

   Amazon

   Aug 2023 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

Education

• Mumbai University

  Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

• Fordham Gabelli School of Business

  MBA (Dual), Marketing & Finance

  2009 — 2011

• Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering

  B.E, Electrical Engineering

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• Business Analysis
• Strategy
• Software
• Data Analysis
• Product Design
• Market Research
• Fabrication
• Team Management
• Pool Filtration
• Matlab
• Html
• Water Filtration
• Marketing
• Management
• Project Planning
• Business Development
• Nonwovens
• Team Leadership
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Loadout
• Marketing Strategy
• Autocad
• Business Process Improvement
• Social Networking
• Instrumentation
• Financial Modeling
• Process Improvement
• Corporate Finance
• Social Media
• Negotiation
• Competitive Analysis
• Oil & Gas
• Strategic Planning
• Finance
• Testing
• New Business Development
• Electrical Engineering
• Research
• Oil & Gas Industry
• Analytics