Naresh Kumar J Email & Phone Number

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

-Taking care of Pan India Wrangler store, Key accounts (Shopper Stop, Central, Lifestyle, Pantaloon) & SIS Counters with a team of 4 Regional VMs & 28 VM officers.-Designing, costing, and executing the entire trade show set-up.-Planning for seasonal display for Retail, K/A & SIS to ensure the same is implemented as per the calendar.-Designing, developing and executing innovative and impactful season windows across pan India within a given budget.-Developing dockets that are pictorial, interesting, engaging, and easy to understand.-Drive store sell-thru through influential VM techniques.-Streamlined the process to share report of the store visit with respective sales/retail members within 7 days of visit to ensure that VM standards are evaluated at a regular frequency.Achievements--Implemented innovative in-store customer engagement program which resulted in 120% YOY growth for newly launched “Inficool Denim” -Streamlined the vendors to bring down the cost for VM across all the stores in the country and annual tradeshow by 35% -Wrangler merchandise presentation dockets has been designed and distributed across all stores including K/A, which was easy to follow and understand for execution at store level which helped in standardizing the look & feel of the stores across pan India.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

-Handled south region with 220 COCO stores, 100+ trade stores & 100+ Key A/C stores with a team of 7 VM Officers.-Taken care of Trade show set-ups.-Adapted and executed new season launches, EOSS, other promos on time, within the specified budget as per the category.-Reviewed weekly presentations of stores.-Took various initiatives of new display ideas/slow-moving merchandise display idea/cost and time management by developing location-based vendors.-Cost control by using alternate materials for windows and in-store communications etc.-Planned and executed new stores opening /renovation store’s requirement such as facade, elevation, fixtures, mannequins, props, branding, etc.-Proposed and designed new store facade signages.-Trained Area VM & VM champs.-Vendor management, costing & budgeting

Andhra Pradesh, India & Tamil Nadu

Handled AP & TN With 46 stores & 68 Key A/C stores. Taking care of VM activities, Window display & Vendor management. Adaptation and execution of the promo docket & ensuring proper window installations and focal point. Training store manager & VM Champs. Involved in new store openings.

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Handled two stores in Pune. Handled window installation of various Promos & Vendor management. MPM maintenance & training of the VM representatives. Worked in 4 shoppers stop new store launches where handled execution of the planogram, Merchandise planning, Mannequin styling, Props ordering, Window installation etc.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Handled creative design for new window launches and Promos. Creating new ideas for best experience and maximum sales for the brand.