Deepthi (Dee) Somashekar Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Responsibilities:• Review forecast before it is applied for ordering and manage intake to an agreed budget(OTB) and ensure Basic Stock In-stock target is achieved• Analyse and manage promotional forecasting.• Root cause and analysis of forecast accuracy reports from previous months and implement the changes which will improve the to get the forecast close to recent sales.• Work with IT team for new customisation for the application which helps in… Show more Responsibilities:• Review forecast before it is applied for ordering and manage intake to an agreed budget(OTB) and ensure Basic Stock In-stock target is achieved• Analyse and manage promotional forecasting.• Root cause and analysis of forecast accuracy reports from previous months and implement the changes which will improve the to get the forecast close to recent sales.• Work with IT team for new customisation for the application which helps in forecasting.Achievements:• Meeting with buying team regularly to finalise the forecast.• Developed the process to review the new line forecast and modify the system accordingly. Show less

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Responsibilities:• Providing analytical and general administrative support to the buyer and planner.• Managing and following up product deliveries from suppliers and escalating issues that would affect product deliveries directly to the buyer.• Involved in raising, amending, monitoring and closing purchase orders accurately, including order creation, style setup and maintenance.• Involved in assisting the review of weekly/monthly sales activity reporting to determine product… Show more Responsibilities:• Providing analytical and general administrative support to the buyer and planner.• Managing and following up product deliveries from suppliers and escalating issues that would affect product deliveries directly to the buyer.• Involved in raising, amending, monitoring and closing purchase orders accurately, including order creation, style setup and maintenance.• Involved in assisting the review of weekly/monthly sales activity reporting to determine product sell through, best and worst sellers and identify trends, opportunities and upcoming promotional activities.• Involved in managing samples for all business requirements, managing the product approval process and completing advertising submission for marketing which includes product development, pricing and quality assurance.• Involved in creating price events to ensure that offers are loaded, checked and released on time. Involved in content management for catalogs that are distributed across all stores.• Acting as a point of contact for both internal and external stakeholders (such as stores, supply chain, sourcing agents and national brand suppliers) Show less

Burnley, Victoria, Australia

Job description: • Creating and maintaining reports for clients, which are also used for strategic analytics.• Ordering and monitoring point of sale (POS) towers and banners, and ensuring they are available for promotional periods.• Coordinating with state managers regarding the allocation of merchandiser resources in each state and communicating this information to clients.• Writing briefs regarding the allocation of merchandiser resources in retail stores across… Show more Job description: • Creating and maintaining reports for clients, which are also used for strategic analytics.• Ordering and monitoring point of sale (POS) towers and banners, and ensuring they are available for promotional periods.• Coordinating with state managers regarding the allocation of merchandiser resources in each state and communicating this information to clients.• Writing briefs regarding the allocation of merchandiser resources in retail stores across Australia.• Facilitating meetings with internal and external stakeholders. Show less

India

Job description: • Creating promotional and display signs for Target stores.• Verifying that items and pricing information for products meet company guidelines and signing requirements.• Communicating with sales promotion specialists to ensure price accuracy for customers.• Quality checking pricing, offer details and the legality of applications for Target USA weekly advertisements.• Researching and investigating details of special projects.

India

Job description: • Creating purchase orders and Items/products for the Target online portal.• Creating barcodes for items on the Target online portal.• Validating various aspects like colour, material, item description and product in the application and ensuring that they match with the vendor agreement form.

India

Job description: • Tracking online purchase orders from the booking stage to the fulfilment stage.• Creating macros to automate marketing communications.• Handling special projects and ensuring timeliness and quality.

Bangalore Area, India

Job description: • Maintaining the existing customer accounts as well setting up the new client accounts as per request.• Responsible for creating EOD reports and utilization reports• Consistently recognized for handling huge volumes.