Responsible to execute transformation projects at group level in areas of Operational Excellence, Supply Chain through strategic alliances, efficient buying strategies and contribute in future growth plans of the company and parallel to it, be responsible for set-up business to create niche marketing positioning by locating, developing, defining, negotiating, and closing business relationships leading to continuous revenue improvement

Leading the sourcing function at central support office to source specialized drugs & medical implants and surgical consumables , negotiate central contracts, develop and maintain vendor base & managing the core division function Pan India, design recommendation for uniform formulary, finalization of product mixes directing financial & buying management functions leading to savings , financial forecasts and achievement of budgets. Managing team and ensuring products are available as per demand planning and strong supplier relationships are established.

Headed the sourcing and buying team functions Pan India for a network of 250 specialized pharmacy stores.o Head the merchandising planning function across products categories, focusing on end to end replenishment processes such as forecasting, managing in-stock goals and key events/promotions.o Responsible for replenishment planning processes including planning set up, forecasting, new stores and re-models, circulars and promotions and allocation of products to storeso Lead a team in the replenishment and supply chain planning areas; hire and develop talent with a focus on building functional expertise in replenishment and supply chain processeso Identify and lead initiatives across various areas of replenishment, promotions and supply chain to drive process improvements.o Developing and maintaining the vendor base & managing the successful start-up of operations. o Acquire new businesses and build strength in back end operations for setting up robust supply chain. o To head all warehousing functions to support sales.

Responsible for overall merchandise mix consisting of Hospital supplies, surgical, pharmaceutical and general Merchandise categories.o Responsible for development of Buying & Merchandising strategy and to ensure the strategy is implemented for the category.o Led the merchandise planning function comprising of forecasting, inventory management and procurement.o Develop financial plans, which take into account market risks and opportunities within the overall corporate budget process. Accurately phase sales, stock, margin, markdown and in-take plans and projections taking into account prevailing market trends. o Develop new suppliers and maintain genuine, sustainable partnerships with the existing ones. Review brand/supplier performance and profitability. Effectively plan and execute all departmental and divisional promotions in line with the group promotional plan

Managed complete responsibility & ownership of buying & merchandising. It involved overseeing general vendor contracts & development functions & evaluation; administer all buying processes & management systems, Evaluating & integrating stocks, sales and margin strategies viz a viz space management. o Responsible for complete purchase operations with accountability of profitability. o Charting out new paths for ensuring long term revenue growth with improved bottom lines and maintaining relationships with both internal and external customers.o Tapping new products and categories and negotiating with channel partners to create a offering differentiationo Setting up of purchase budgets for fund and cash flow planning and generating favorable terms for credit and inventory management.o Building merchandise focus in conjunction with operational and customer requirements and ensuring relevant brand visibility for acquiring promotional revenues and sales.

I was responsible for all general Vendor contracts & development functions, buying processes & management information system.Key responsibilities included : o Providing training on store operations and maintenance of stock levels, replenishment, customer service standards and finalization of product mix across the core category. o Managed staff roasters, shift management for all the assigned stores. Recognized, retained and motivated the team to achieve business projected volumes.o Tracking of periodic category/product wise sale of stores, analyzing sales contributions by enabling profit contributions, gross margins, return on investments , EBITDA , projection of CAPEX , involving Opex , Sales projections, inventory management through stock takes ,stock corrections , negative stock correction and adjustments to ensure the stock integrity.