Custodian of inventory and Operations for Lifestyle Retail Pan India.Availability and fulfilment of stocks on floor.Pvt lable and Brand stock fashion cycle, turn around to season thru our the year. Stake holder management with internal customers and external vendor management.WH and Logistics operations and P&L.

Heading Supply Chain function for North region. Managing complex & dynamic planning & execution for Lifestyle - Fashion Apparel & Home Centre Furniture furnishing & Households. Key attributes: Budgeting SCM, P&L, Service deliverable & KPI, 3PL costing model and outsourcing, scalability & capability for next 15 years. Recalibration of WH capacity and capabilities

An integrated service model for D2C. A collaborated one stop pathway with Digital connect, fulfillment & Delivery. Establishing Direct to Consumer for leading FMCG. USP: Building Brand connect to consumer in a D2C model, propagating brand growth & recognition with customized selling & Revenue add in marketplaceValue creation: "Connect, awareness, acquisition, satisfaction, mindshare, and profitability"

☛ Senior Merchandise Planner & Inventory Head; Home Box Stores; Furniture and Household, a value retail segment for Saudi Arabia.Being a Custodian and Planner of Merchandise & availability, across stores in Saudi Arabia.Was accountable for achieving sales target across KSA region, with effective Supply chain management and logistics with 3 regional warehouse and 2 ports, merchandise assortment planning, sale planning, sale-thru, relevant inventory metrics & desired profit margins. ...Key drivers,Non-moving, Slow moving, stock cover control, Stock ageing, Non-saleable stocks recovery, stock checks & compliance, stock replenishment, logistics efficiency, supply chain optimization, inventory flow control, end-to-end supply chain visibility, GP margins, Net margins. COGS as sales %.

☛ Associate Vice President for critical portfolio of Operations of Eye-wear business in India. 1) Managing Production operations - managing order fulfillment of 1 lac units per month production, warehouse stock-in, inventory control, quality checks & control, JIT work flow, processing/fitting work flow & packaging. 2) Managing Logistics & delivery - Leading the team for Line haul & Last mile delivery to Customers & Offline stores pan India - managing mix of 3rd party courier partners with effectiveness delivery of 75% delivery in 48 hrs & desired level of other relevant metrics. 3) Customer satisfaction critical factor - Accountable for COD RTO's & Customer returns within the desired deliverable of 10%. Applied innovative tech and process controls approach. Linking Customer returns with Quality control. Managing effective customer query and time-bound resolution SLA's.

☛ Associate Vice President - Inventory controller. Fashion Apparels Online business in IndiaA cross functional role between: Finance-Buyers-Operations-Supply Chain- Delivery & Returns.Being a custodial of inventory from from purchase to portal. Accountable for controlling of OTB for inventory purchases and maximize inventory availability for sale.. Key controlling metrics:Stock control - Visibility across channel functions, controlling Warehouse processes, Managing Stock audits & shrinkage control, PI's, Managing Non sale-able, Returns from ops to put away ratio, Customer Returned put away ratio, Cataloging & photo-shoot TAT, Blocked inventory clearance.Purchase Controls - OTB planning and monthly check as S& OP, buying conditions, Stock ageing, Stock cover, Stock reconciliation with vendors and invoice payments.

☛ Head of Inventory & Replenishment for 'Central' Lifestyle store pan IndiaBeing a Custodian & Controller of BO & Consignment Stock Inventory, spanning all Central stores & warehouse across the countryManaged team of 35 Inventory controllers across 32 Stores & 14 Warehouses; 350 Crs of InventoryKey drives:Ware house consolidation & space reduction by 20%Managing Stock-rack fill ratio of inventory at Stores, replenishment control.Periodic stock audits,variance analysis. Inventory visibility & ControlImplementation of daily cycle counting at stores in accordance to Band ABC classificationTracking negative inventory stocks and improvement through process, database correction.

☛ Head Supply chain for North India operations for all lifestyle and value formats of Future Group.7.5 lacs sq ft wh operations, for serving across 26 Stores with Multiple Replenishment ModelKey drives:OTIF, Order fill ratio, Line Item fill ratio, Warehouse fulfillment management & KPITop performance in Warehouse audit rating, throughout for 2 continuous yearsBudgeting warehousing operations costs at agreed SLA with each business format.Implement ‘Front end Supply chain concept’ for effective stock visibility on shelves.

☛ Business Solutions manager. Third Party clientele solution for supply chain business contractsKey Projects: SAMSUNG INDIA; Warehouse modelling for distribution across India; 15 DC’s & 2 RDC. Samsung Market Launch in India,Yr, 2000COLGATE PALMOLIVE; An optimized containerized transportation model implementation. Colgate Palmolive saving 10 Million Revenue annuallyHLL; Process re-design & engineering on spillage control.PROCTER & GAMBLE; “Always” Sanitary napkins production set up and operations control. Established GMP quality standards as best in Asia in 2001. Sample distribution pan India