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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Lead the inventory and planning setup for efficient capital utilization and rapid expansion for social marketing and physical retail combination with collaborative planning and promotions.

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Competition analysis, Pricing management and Income analysis• Achieve the Category KPIs and maximize the income within Terms of Trade Lead Cross Functional Projects on income and customer perception Improved Customer Satisfaction scores (NPS) with Marketing and R&D team• Supervise the execution of pricing policy, monthly schemes, and promotions Execution of Marketing calendar • Competition Benchmarking: monitor the price, offer and shelf, and respond by matching Conduct Pre and post-launch market activities for new store and products Initiated Web-scrapping, E-Commerce and online checks • Specialist of Income analytics: Dashboard of effective price, investment on discounts Provide inputs to top-to-top negotiations with large vendors customer categories Visualizations of sales impact for Predictive analytics (on future Investment / Spends) Added Business Intelligence (BI) Matrices of Net Working-Capital, stock-turns, and Purchase controls (OTB) Expert and Trainer to all stores on MIS, review templates and assortment Recruitment, performance management and career development of team• Digital transformation – participated in ERP upgrade and lead the Assortment and Merchandising Enterprise application rollouts Handled change management and transition while implementing Automation of daily MIS through available tools of Teradata and VBA

Bangalore

Develop supply strategy in coordination with operations leadership to achieve critical business targetsResponsible for Joint Business Planning for procurement from FMCG and CD Suppliers, • Drive the sales and operations planning (S&OP) with joint forecasting with top 30 national suppliers contributing to half the turnover (Rs. 5000 Cr.)• Improve engine it with Season and capacity planning, product strategy, private labels, new launches, ad campaigns (ATL & BTL) & promotions, New Store opening inputs• Trade marketing, institutional sales and e-commerce targets and spend analyticsDigital transformation - enterprise application controls, access & updates, Masterdata sync• Automation (VBA Script), MIS, , dashboard, consult IT on ERP systems• Configure auto-replenishment (SAF), launched EDI, WMS, K2 workflow, Supplier PortalAnalytics and BI that drive cross-functional initiatives on Inventory, purchase and clearance• Matrices (In-stock, OTIF, stock-turns, Net Working-Capital), order & pricing strategy• Indirect Flow Share Project: Central sourcing for pan India GST network design and its initial budgeting and recommendations for faster breakevenInventory Planning: Company Stock target and capital allocation as Purchase controls• By driving compliance to Assortment lock, Open to Buy, Audit Aging and Expiries• Change management for clearance, returns and Inter-Store transfer SOP

Bangalore

Develop supply strategy in coordination with operations leadership to achieve critical business targetsResponsible for Joint Business Planning for procurement from FMCG and CD Suppliers, • Drive the sales and operations planning (S&OP) with joint forecasting with top 30 national suppliers contributing to half the turnover (Rs. 5000 Cr.)• Improve Ordering engine by adding Season and capacity planning, product strategy inputs, private labels, new launches, ad campaigns (ATL & BTL) & promotions, New Store opening inputs• Spend analytics for Trade marketing, institutional sales and e-commerce targetsDigital transformation - enterprise application controls, access & updates, Masterdata sync• Automation (VBA Script), MIS, , dashboard, consult IT on ERP systems• Configure auto-replenishment (SAF), launched EDI, WMS, K2 workflow, Supplier PortalAnalytics and BI that drive cross-functional initiatives on Inventory, purchase and clearance• Matrices (In-stock, OTIF, stock-turns, Net Working-Capital), order & pricing strategy• Indirect Flow Share Project: Central sourcing for pan India GST network design and its initial budgeting and recommendations for faster breakevenInventory Planning: Company Stock target and capital allocation as Purchase controls• By driving compliance to Assortment lock, Open to Buy, Audit Aging and Expiries• Change management for clearance, returns and Inter-Store transfer SOP

Mumbai

Project Management: • Order management and Sales Report: Order to invoice cycle with tax, MRP & Claims• Supply planning: Automated P&L reports for Commercial review for top management• Service level SLA Contracts of 3PL / C&FA and Logistics, align production plans• Risk evaluation, Forecasting, Cost estimation, Statutory and Compliance, FIFO tracker• Executed two projects on business process reengineering within an year• Commercial Champion, for Innovative Systems driven solutions to contract management• Member TOC, Sustainability and Annual business planning (ABP) teams• Network Planning: RDC redesign proposal for 4 new Regional DCs

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Assortment and market evaluation - Retail Robotics DIY

Operations and Supply chain managementMarketing management

SCM Transformation - Defining critical criteria for rationalization of direct service outlets

Simulation of impact of tax structures on service locations

IN network - customization for Indian and Overseas (European, Asian & American) Telecom service providers.Tariff, Charging and Rating, Services - SMS, USSD, Voice Calls, Data calls.Services developed: Purchase and activation of ringtone services, Friends & Family and common wallet, CUG, Telescopic rates, Data bundles, VPN, RoamingWorked on international projects and with teams across the worldOn-site at Berlin for execution of project for an international clientJava J2EE Ajax Agile and Scrum

Mba, Operations & Marketing

Activities and Societies: Placement teamMarketing and Operations Management Member placement cell Summer Project : GSK, Winter Project.

Emdp, Professional Certificate Program In Data Science For Business Decision Making, Completed

Activities and Societies: Management Development Programmes of IIM Kozhikode are designed to provide working executives with state-of-art.

Mba, Supply Chain And Operations

Activities and Societies: Placement CellBusiness Management: Marketing and operations

B.E, Electronics And Communications

Activities and Societies: HAM Radio amateurElectronics and Communications Engineering Project: 3D scanner-Surface scan by sensor movement.

Hsc, Science

Activities and Societies: Annual School Day - member and participant Regional Science Project Exhibition - participantThird in school.

Ssc, Science

Activities and Societies: Scouts & GuidesSecond in School in CBSE exams