Arvind Pavithran Email & Phone Number

London, England, GB

London Area, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Category & Supply Chain Management
• Developed E-commerce business and sales channel from the ground up – annual revenue of AED 58 million
• Managed the online trading of all categories(consumer electronics) achieving topline and gross margin targets
• Managed the budget for IT projects, Marketing media campaigns and onsite product/category promotions
• Created strategies, growth initiatives, USPs and website features/functionalities to achieve business goals
• Created an order flow and fulfillment model that minimized stock holding and enabled 4 hour deliveries

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Category Management: Small Domestic Appliance and Personal Care
• Managing two categories(Small Domestic Appliances & Personal Care) with an annual sale turnover of AED 30 Million
• Handled a portfolio of over 50 brands, more than 35 Vendors, over 15 retail stores and an eCommerce platform
• Delivered monthly forecasts of Revenue, Net sales and maintained spending and purchase budgets and OTB
• Fostered mutually beneficial relationships with vendors and brands for strategic sourcing of products
• Analyzed and interpreted data to formulate strategies targeted at sales growth, inventory management & merchandising

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Development of a new Marketing and Communication strategy for Titan watches in Malaysia
• Conducted primary research on Malaysian Watch Markets and analyzed Titan’s Brand Development Index
• Analyzed competing brands’ product offerings and communication strategies and their impact on customers
• Identified product categories, from gaps identified via perception mapping, where Titan can gain competitive edge
• Proposed product wise marketing and communication strategies to increase the market share and brand awareness

Chennai Area, India

• Performed competitor analysis to identify competitor distribution network, incentive and settlement schemes
• Set KPI’s to evaluate performance of Distribution Network, Incentives and Settlements schemes
• Created a dashboard to analyze sales patterns and formulated pricing and incentive strategies
• Devised and implemented an incentive plan to increase sales of after sale goods by Rs.25 crores per annum
• Created a strategy to reduce product delivery and product return time by more than 50% from 15 days to 7 days
• Devised a new customer engagement strategy through new marketing and promotional tactics

Chennai Area, India

• Planned and managed the engineering design stage in Product Life Cycle of Nissan cars designed for Indian market
• Designed process flows and oversaw timely execution of design projects from conceptualization to manufacturing stage
• Collaborated with Renault & Nissan cross country teams on multiple synergy projects aimed at various Asian markets
• Designed best practices and monitored design processes across multiple product teams for prompt product release
• Assisted the Product Development team in designing of car components and supported their design release activity
• Tested, validated and deployed Engineering applications to users (production release)

Cochin Area, India

In charge of creating content and blogs for the company as part of their SEO and Online Marketing initiatives. Its a writer job which involves a substantial amount of online research(Work at home).

Post-Graduate Diploma In Management (Mba/Pgdm), Business Administration And Management, General

Activities and Societies: Elected Representative, Corporate Relations Cell (Placement Committee) Elected Representative, Council of.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Member of Society of Automobile Engineers, BIT chapter Successfully represented BIT Mesra(Team Gurutva) at Nasas.