Salo Dakhole

Business Strategy Analyst - R&D in a Pocket - London, UK (Hybrid)

(2024-11 - 2026-03)

20+ user stories and implementation plans delivered in direct partnership with the CEO — elicited operational objectives, translated them into Agile roadmaps with acceptance criteria, and accelerated decision cycles while leading a 3-member analyst team.
15+ SME engagements structured end-to-end: defined system requirements, ran stakeholder alignment sessions and maintained delivery roadmaps that improved project clarity across every engagement.
~30% improvement in sales pipeline transparency for leadership — gathered reporting requirements and deployed 10+ BI dashboards (Looker Studio) integrating CRM data (Odoo, Dynamics 365) across the customer acquisition funnel.
~25% reduction in manual reporting effort by designing Excel KPI models (Power Query, Pivot Tables) with built-in validation, improving data accuracy for executive reporting.
3 new client partnerships secured following MOVE London 2025 — produced the market research and pitch materials; research across 6+ UK/EU SMEs shaped go-to-market strategy.
End-to-end GenAI initiatives — identified use cases with stakeholders, designed prompts and agentic AI workflows (CrewAI), cutting manual research effort across client engagements.

Data Analyst (Application Development Analyst) - Accenture - India

(2020-12 - 2023-08)

ACE Award • Client Value Creation Award • Internal Excel Champion

Requirements-to-delivery for Fortune 500 clients — worked within Agile ceremonies, translating business reporting needs into Power BI and advanced Excel solutions that cut reporting turnaround ~30%.
Real-time KPI tracking adopted across stakeholder teams through standardised data models and self-serve reporting layers, gathered and refined through iterative stakeholder feedback.
20+ reusable UI components (Angular, ReactJS, JavaScript) accelerating dashboard deployment; contributed to an AWS chatbot implementation within Git and CI/CD standards.

Frontline Sales & Operations - World Duty Free (Avolta) - Birmingham Airport, UK

(2025-06)

~15% contribution to team revenue targets with 95%+ customer satisfaction — monitor sales conversion and stock trends via structured Excel trackers in a KPI-driven, high-volume operation, supporting daily trading and replenishment decisions.

Commercial & Logistics Coordinator - Vape Supplier UK - Birmingham, UK

(2024-06 - 2024-11)

~20% reduction in delivery delays and 100% data accuracy across 50+ weekly UK/international orders — built Excel-based order and inventory trackers and validation routines spanning suppliers, warehouse and logistics.

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