As Head of Sourcing & Development Footwear for Puma in India and South Africa, look forward to continue the momentum of the brand by:- Maintaining a sourcing strategy for a positive impact on the business scenario- Lead and develop strong teams to drive and accelerate growth- Establish strong supplier base with long term manufacturing partnerships- Build cross functional relationships to be closer to the consumer- Ensure sustainability in product and processes

Responsibilities:• Build a sourcing strategy to meet the organization goals• Establish and manage supplier base in accordance with the business growth• Manage a sharp team to execute orders from concept/development to delivery stage. Currently, leading a team of 14 professionals • Ensure upgradation of products being sourced for India L4L(Local for local) and thereby improving supplier capabilities every year• Implement and control the brand quality processes and protocols across the supplier base• Manage cost competitiveness in products developed as per seasonal range, and find alternatives to mitigate price rise• Ensure that all suppliers follow social and environmental audit protocols as per the brand policy guided by the specialist teamAchievements:• Increased sourcing volume from .6 mil in 2014 to 5 mil prs in 2022 • Sourcing executed from a strong supplier base across India and Bangladesh• Managed numerous short leadtime projects curated for key customers like Flipkart and Amazon, and special Colab projects for IPL, One8(Virat Kohli range) and 1Der(KL Rahul range) • Concept to delivery for fastrack projects achieved within a sharp timeline of 4 months• Increased recycled material usage across product range• Introduced cost competitive product range to drive inorganic growth• Identified as a high potential candidate, underwent International Leadership Program(ILP)• Awarded Employee of the year in 2019

Head -Development and commercialization – 2016-2017Senior Manager – Development and commercialization – 2014-2016Responsibilities:• Product development and commercialization of seasonal range and special projects• Align development calendar with merchandising• Finalize product cost post negotiation with suppliers• Production planning of orders and delivery timelines post alignment discussion between merchandising and suppliers Achievements:• Implemented formats and processes to standardize sourcing norms across departments• Reduced product development leadtime to 110 days• Infused new tech and freshness factor to revamp the product range in 2015 • Developed new toolings/molds to add more categories for local sourcing • Awarded Debutante of the year in 2014

Responsibilities:• Led adidas-Group(adidas and Reebok) product development team of 7 members for India across 6 factories• Quarterly range development of new styles from concept to final product, sourcing new materials and finalizing the product as per cost targets• Commercialization of each product to ensure smooth transition of the same into production after conducting all trials and processes as per required specifications• Tooling/mold development • Alignment of Development Calendar with marketing• Alignment of new intro production months with planning and marketing

• Head adidas development across 3 factories: Apache, China Lakhani Footwear Ltd Goodwill Enterprises Pvt. Ltd• Handled 3 China off-shore ftys for Semi-Knock down projects: Viscap, Quanzhou SEMS, Fuzhou Xie Cheng, Fuzhou• China projects were an individual responsibility to ensure alignment on development, production and delivery frontAchievements: • Established framework for development for profitability and manufacturability• Average 250 models development undertaken per year across 15 categories• Managed exponential scale of development maintaining ontime range submission. Achieved a model growth of 122% from 2008-2010• Established new business opportunities by taking initiative in exploring new categories which increased by 67% from 2008-2010 • Reduced LT of range development from 165 days to 90-120 days• Successful Introduction of 1st ever designer collection of Shantanu & Nikhil in collaboration with adidas at a LT of 24days from concept to shelf• 1st ever development for adidas export to Mexico executed successfully• Created 1st ever technical tooling cell to support mold development• Revamped the entire Canvas range by development of PU Synthetic vulcanized shoes giving a totally new meaning to Neo range

Manager-Production – 2008 to 2010Astt Manager – Commercialisation – 2006-2008Responsibilities:• Manage closing, rubber room and canvas division in Lakhani Footwear Ltd• Planning for monthly production targets, managing and tracking daily transfer of upper and bottom components• Preparing monthly Cost Breakdown(CBD) of all articles scheduled for production Achievements:• Crossed the 100k prs monthly production target barrier for the 1st time • Implemented Quality Improvement (QIP) programme successfully

Responsibilities :• Started as development executive, last position held was Senior Product Manager • Responsible for footwear sourcing for Lotto and Walt Disney from China and India• Range development from China for different types of footwear, finalize model costing, order follow up and co-ordination with India office to meet delivery targets • Interaction between marketing and production regarding new product line• Range building and style selection according to the forecast of new trendsAchievements:• Lead successful projects resulting in the launch of Lotto and Walt Disney in India, working bases being both India and China• Handled Nike development for five years across 3 suppliers• Instrumental in sourcing of new vendors to make Nike shoes PVC free in India.

Responsibilities :• Worked as a Development Executive• Involved in pattern cutting, range development and material selection• Interface with the buyer regarding sample development and co-ordination meet target timeline.• Product development in men’s leather formals and casuals for exports to Russia and Germany• Developed kids range under brand name ‘Spunters’ for domestic market.

Training Content: • Underwent training in various departments of both leather and canvas sections• Got inputs in production planning, tannery, costing, cutting, closing and assembly sections• Designed shoe projects in both leather and canvas shoes