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Senior Product Manager · Walmart

Niharika Shrivastava

I turn operational complexity into products people rely on.

Product manager with an automation-engineering foundation — I've spent the last three years inside Walmart's supply chain, translating what happens on the distribution-center floor into decisions, dashboards, and product bets that move real numbers.

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BENTONVILLE, AR · DUKE MEM '24 · SHE/HER

23%
operations-efficiency gain identified in distribution-center workflows
$80K/yr
cost avoidance from process streamlining recommendations
3 yrs
at Walmart — from automation intern to Senior Product Manager
Duke
Master of Engineering Management, engineering + business
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About

I started in electronics engineering, moved through business analysis and Duke's Engineering Management program, and landed where those threads meet: product management for large-scale operations. At Walmart I've worked on automation across distribution centers — first as the engineer recommending the fixes, then as the manager leading the initiatives, and now as the PM deciding which problems are worth solving at all.

That path shapes how I work. I've stood on the floor where the process breaks, so I don't confuse a roadmap with reality. I think in ROI, cost avoidance, and adoption — not feature counts — and I'd rather ship the change that moves a metric than the one that demos well.

Outside the day job I'm a persistent learner: teaching assistant for Duke's Project Management course, design-thinking practitioner, and currently deep in AI-assisted product development.

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Selected Work

2026 · PRODUCT DEMO

DC Pulse

An operations dashboard for distribution-center automation programs — throughput before/after go-live, cost avoidance by initiative, and per-building performance vs. target. Zero-dependency, hand-rolled SVG charts, colorblind-safe, light & dark. Synthetic data; real product thinking.

Live demo  ·  Source & product decisions

IN PROGRESS

More shipping soon

Currently building AI-assisted product tools and analytics projects — follow along on GitHub.

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Experience

Apr 2026 — Present

Senior Product Manager

Walmart · Bentonville, AR

  • Leading product initiatives within Walmart's supply-chain and automation organization.
  • Promoted from Automation Engineering after two years of driving measurable operational impact across distribution centers.
Jan 2024 — Apr 2026

Manager, Automation Engineering

Walmart · Bentonville, AR

  • Led automation and process-improvement initiatives across multiple distribution centers.
  • Identified and drove six-figure annual savings opportunities through workflow analysis and automation.
  • Built dashboards and reporting that leadership uses to make operational decisions.
  • Partnered with vendors and cross-functional engineering teams to take solutions from proposal to floor.
May 2023 — Aug 2023

Innovation & Automation Intern

Walmart · Texas

  • Recommended solutions projected to increase operations efficiency 23% and avoid $80K/year in cost.
  • Authored the playbook of best practices for the optimized system, ensuring knowledge transfer across teams.
  • Collaborated with vendors and cross-functional teams to implement the proposals end-to-end.
Dec 2022 — Feb 2024

Teaching Assistant, Project Management

Duke University · North Carolina

  • Mentored graduate students through the Project Management curriculum and assignments.
  • Worked with the professor to improve course structure and student experience.
Jan 2023 — Apr 2023

Student Consultant, UI/UX

Sparc · Remote

  • Conducted user interviews, gathered requirements, and drove ideation and prototyping for a new page experience.
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Skills

Product & Strategy

Product managementRoadmappingRequirement gatheringUser researchDesign thinkingStakeholder management

Operations & Analytics

Supply-chain automationProcess improvementPower BIDashboards & reportingCost-benefit analysisContinuous improvement

Leadership

Project managementCross-functional teamsVendor managementMentoringInfluential communicationCritical thinking
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Education & Credentials

2022 — 2024

Duke University

Master of Engineering Management — where engineering depth meets business judgment. Coursework in design thinking & innovation, finance, and project management.

2016 — 2020

L.D. College of Engineering

B.E., Electronics & Communications. Vice President of Vox Populi, the campus socio-cultural club; founding member of Rotaract Club of LDCE.

IBM · Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner LinkedIn · Microsoft Project

Building something where operations meet product? Let's talk.

The fastest way to reach me is LinkedIn — I read every message.

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