Aarthi Prasad Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Assistant Manager - LFR (Large Retail Formats)

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

❖ Assistant Manager – Small appliances Category (Apr 2017- Dec 2018) • Responsible for managing Small Appliances certain categories like Water Purifier/Seasonal Category/Cookware Category/ Microwaves/Air Purifier. • Planning and Supplying the products to the right stores at the right time to improve the sales across 112 stores• Creating attractive offers & schemes based consumer preferences and market trends. Created a new class “Under The Sink" in water purifier category on order only platform and later executed to 2 stores, & expanded to 6 stores across 2 regions. • Credited with increasing sales of small appliances by establishing new class of cookware category on Pan India Scale addition of new category to the portfolio increased sales by 4%.• During 1 & 1/2 years, created new vendors & non-performer vendors has been removed so that the turnover of the category is not impacted • Managed approximate 2000 – 2500 SKUs ❖ Inventory Controller – Small Appliances Category (Aug 2016 - Dec 2018) • Managed inventory stock value of 200 Cr. of Small Appliances Category•Introduced Home Delivery service for water purifier & microwave category to improve inventory turns •Preparing safety stock for each store per SKU unit according to approval forecast and also distribution plan on a daily basis according to sales demand & actual stock • Responsible to place Purchase orders for all vendors on daily basis ensuring timely placement & delivery of stocks before the lead time.•Continuously monitoring Regular Rotation of Stock so that Ageing of 25 days is under control & creating obsolete reports and strategies to liquidate them according to products life cycle• Meticulously analyze back orders, current orders and upcoming orders to prioritize, plan, & schedule the sales promotions & accordingly plan inventory management processes to avoid shortages and excesses• Developing departmental strategies for inventory of existing items, new product introduction & phase outs

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

To analyze the Panasonic Display panel (TV) & its major competitors in different channels in Mumbai- west region

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

To explore the field of event management and understanding their process

Pgdm, Marketing

Activities and Societies: • Actively Participated in Cultural Creative Team for BIMM • Performed Bharatnatyam at Aiyaswamy Culturals.

Bachelor'S Degree, Journalism And Mass Communication

Activities and Societies: ● Elected as the Student Execution Coordinator and Active member Of PIXELS - Photography Club in Amity Youth.

11Th & 12Th, Commerce

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