Ashu Bhatnagar Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Responsible for managing customer services across India with team of 15-18 site engineers.• Responsible for site support operations across India, resolving site issues 24x7 with team of onsite and offsite engineers. • Manage procurement of spare parts and services. • New vendor developments for IL business to improve cost by localization/alternate vendor developments/alternate solutions.• Responsible for internal workflow and processes to minimize operational issues.• Continuous customer engagement to Identify improvement areas, gaps and provide solution by coordination with India and Japan team.• Responsible for department annual targets

Gurgaon, India

Over 5 years of experience in managing sourcing & merchandising for e-commerce business. Adept in end to end B2B and B2C Business Development activities of a startup involving Vendor Sourcing & Procurement for categories with customization such as apparels, home décor and promotional merchandise. • Business Development across all categories for domestic & international market.• Responsible for Purchase of 200+ SKUs across Five categories namely Apparels, Leather accessories, Home and Lifestyle and Customized promotional products.• Range planning with design team basis forecast, Competitor Shop & Sales data analysis• New Vendor Development, managing vendor partners and 3rd party production and quality across all categories.• Costing and Pricing keeping in mind the company strategy & perform market study to benchmark on market trends, competition pricing & new innovations. • Contract drafting, negotiation and execution, including scope, quality, time and cost of service and other contract terms and conditions working with legal teams.• Develop RFP/RFQs to select suppliers, analyze and make sourcing recommendations.• Regular analysis of daily reports to gauge the performance of the products and take appropriate action to maximize sales. • Supplier Evaluation & Overall Relationship management to ensure business needs are met including defining objectives and improving supplier performance.• Brand Tie-ups, Corporate Channel partner agreement for pan India distribution.• Provide Market intelligence including conducting market studies to identify new Contract Manufacturing sites and develop a robust supplier base.• Actively worked on SEO, Digital Marketing to ensure brand visibility on digital platform within limited budgets.• Driving company’s e-Commerce business through leading portals• Work closely with Website development team to ensure smooth functioning and high visibility

Gurgaon, India

• Business Development, Operations & Sourcing for USA & European clients for leather garments.• Major brands handled are Anthropologie, A & O, Robert Graham, Paige Denim, Zapa, Sandro, Bdba, Uterque, Massimo Dutti, Patrizia Pepe, Le Lis Blanc, Animale, etc.• Managing total business volume of approx USD 4-5 million p.a.• New Business development and customer relationship management.• Developing collection for a season by analyzing fashion forecast and trends with designers.• Managing merchandising activities with a merchandising team • Oversee and control complete production with production and quality team to ensure timely deliveries & quality conformance as per specifications of the brand.• Oversee and control smooth coordination between Designing, sampling, merchandising, trims/leather sourcing, production and shipping department as per set timelines with help of TNA.• Play an integral role in developing and implementation of systems for continuous improvements across all departments. • Introducing new vendors and Sourcing from vendors based in Hongkong/China & Italy• Product costings, budgeting and Cost Management• Analyze past and current business in order to determine future strategies and opportunities

Hongkong

- Product development, range planning & range presentations- Cost negotiation & order finalization with vendors ensuring intake target margins- Coordinate with HQ for sales analysis & delivery planning - Involve with designer at HQ in analyzing fashion forecast and trends for forthcoming season - Analyze past and current business in order to determine future strategies and opportunities- Forecasting sales volumes & planning procurement quantities - Order management and progress through sap- Sourcing and apparel production from vendors based in China, Hongkong, Indonesia, Philippines & Vietnam- Managing day to day merchandising activities with team of merchandiser, production and quality

Hongkong

Key responsibilities includes:- Marketing & Business development.- Sourcing new products & setting up new product lines.- Monitoring of steps involved in execution of orders - Planning, budgeting & Cost management- Identifying New and Competitive products and development based on fashion forecast- Planning and strategising the operations in tune with the growing scale.- Development and scaling up of Vendor base

Gurgaon, India

- Marketing & Merchandising for some of the known brands named Belk,Cato,Fred Meyers,Old Navy and Goody’s of USA.- Exceeded the target by taking the sales up from USD 0.5 million to 2 million in one year. - Products handled were Ladies, Intimates, Outerwear

New Delhi Area, India

- Merchandising, Production & Quality control for certain prestigious buyers like Gap Kids, Baby Gap, Sears USA, Bon-Blue, Mackays, Donn Kenny, J.L.O for US & UK market.- Product Development with inhouse Designing & Sampling team- Products handled were Kids, Ladies & Men’s

2005-2006, Pg Diploma In Business Managment

Doploma In Fashion Design, Fashion

Graduation, Commerce

Education record

Business/Commerce, General