. Strategic Planning – Planning and implementation of all strategic aspects .. MRP (Merchandise Replenishment & Planning) – Handling Merchandise Replenishment and Planning for all key clients and verticals of company. MRP includes Planning for Purchasing, production, Dispatch, QC and Reordering follow ups . E Com Operations – Stock Take, QC, Dispatch, Following up with Logistics partners, ensuring smooth dispatch and handling any grievances that might occur with customer. . Warehouse Control – Stock Take, QC, Dispatch and ensuring optimal level of stocks at any given point of time. . Stock & Inventory Planning – Ensuring all stocks are inwarded in time and planned in advance to ensure that dispatch does not stops. Ageing Inventory Management – Ensuring all products that are under ageing are highlighted and cleared from warehouse.

Ensure handing over of items procured to Warehouse .Ensure fulfillment of items received from Warehouse for courier hand off on same day .Monitor Periodic stock take to identify & fix inventory mismatches . Manage adjustment of mismatched stock with proper resolutions & approvals.Rigorous Monitoring on the productivity of coordinators , AM`s .Co- ordinate with Category team in case of any issue on procurement, payments , Credit notes , Returns .Resolve issue raised by Audit team within SLA .Ensure team management and developments with planing headcount, hiring, performance management, retention .

Handled sales and marketing functions of Karanataka region for developing it by appointing wholesalers and retailers in various cities.Follow up with publishers for returns and returning on time.Analyzing vendorwise sales on monthly basis. Analyze Vendor wise publisher wise sales and maintain the stock based on the movement as per the vendor requirements.Analyzing publisher wise sales and stock holding with age wise.Cordinating with Ecommerce account like Flipkart on refilling their requirement .

Accountabilities:Recruiting and developing team members in unrepresentative areas.Imparting training related to sales methods; help the team members to appreciate their strength and weakness and use this knowledge to achieve their sales budget. Identifying best sellers and key items; communicating merchandise needs to optimize the process.Administering the margins and vendor management & controlling shrinkages.Formulating the performance linked reward programme.Conceptualizing & implementing Employee Rewards/ Training Programme.Major Highlights:Successfully implemented the workshop for all employees on ‘Customer Selling’ that improved sales.Music category sales in regional increased from 50% TO 80% international home videos from 75 % to 90 %.Handled major products like DVDS SALE (International and Regional), Books, Toys, and Home Appliances.Generated revenue by renting out space for brands, education institutes, conducting exhibitions in corporate like IBM , Tata Sky , Christ School , Brigade Apartments – J.P Nagar , regular book reading sessions in store, selling tickets of happening events like rock fest, IPL tickets and other stage shows, etc. Growth Path:Jul’04 – Dec’06 : Heading Music Department+ Merchandising for Music, CD ROM, Gaming in Forum Mall Dec’06 – Oct’08 : Store Manager – Hyper Books (A division of Landmark Ltd)Oct’08 – Apr’2010 : Store Manager - Landmark Ltd – Jayanagar Store Apr’10 – SEP 2011 : Store Manager – Landmark Ltd - Forum Mall

Accountabilities:Handled sales and marketing functions of Karanataka, TamilNadu region for developing it by appointing wholesalers and retailers in various cities.Conducted sales and promotional activities in key retail outlets like Music World, Planet M, Land Mark and other retail outlets.Administered the additional responsibility of handling sales and marketing for garments & consumer electronics division to open new accounts in Karnataka region.Major Highlights:Handled the areas like Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli, Belgaum, Later Appointed Retailers in Shimoga, Davanagere, Bijapur, Harihar, Kollur, Udupi.Used airplay latest albums in landmark and conduct contest like, “buy the album and get 5 % off on other album of the same artist”, “conduct trade off take discount like on purchase of 100 CDs or Cassettes, get 1 CD or cassettes free,” which helped to get volume business for the company.Increased the sales from 10lakhs to 15 lakhs in the territory.Handled 50 retailers across Karanataka.Growth Path :1997 – 1998 : Sales Representative 1998 – 2002 : Sales Officer 2002 – 2004 : Senior Sales Officer