Rahul Vasudev Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

Lead Product development & merchandising for 6 company owned brands & private brand for various retailers. Develop and execute extensive retail strategies for wholesale and eCommerce drop ship/marketplace businesses. Partner with marketing on development and execution of promotional calendars and supplemental marketing to communicate the message. Work.

New York, NY

Provide leadership in Concept Design, Brand Management, Merchandising, Product Development, Pre-Production & office management for NY based JCP private brands. Drive product success with a thorough understanding of the complete product development and design process coupled with a highly developed retail planning and analytical background..Team.

Greater New York City Area

Responsibilities include: Claiborne: collections, tailored, dress shirts & big and tall collections. Oversee domestic private label resources and licensees for outerwear and topcoats. Liaison b/w design, merchant, and market resources to drive brand vision for all men's private label accessories and footwear.

New York, NY

Greater New York City Area

• Manage all merchandising/retail planning/sales activities for Claiborne launch in JCP across all Men’s Sportswear, B&T, Dress Shirts, Classification Pants, and Tailored Clothing with annual retail sales of $80 million.
• Teamed with buyers and retail planning team to manage OTB, discuss retail plans, weekly sales reports, daily sales and communicated results weekly to senior management and all members of team.
• Managed all merchandising and sales activities by issuing sku plans, overseeing cost analysis, product development, reviewing production/design calendar, managing sample ordering, relaying full retail analysis, &.
• Managed production calendar, coordinated with sourcing to recognize order due dates and built market schedules in 3 stages approaching these dates.
• Partnered with VP of Design for all licensed merchandise including: Neckwear, Underwear, Hosiery, Sleepwear, Outerwear, Footwear, Small Leather Goods, and Belts to assure all product is on brand profile.

• Exceed $19 million in net shipments for fiscal year 2007 with a complete mix of Kenneth Cole stores, private label, major specialty stores, off price stores, international and small specialty stores.
• Coordinated and managed all activities for large specialty store across 5 major brands internally, acting as the sole buyer contact and partnering with buyer for all Fall 2007 purchases as well as continuing the.
• Negotiated all upfront off price retailer purchases independently by having a thorough understanding of product costing structure including royalty payments.
• Partnered with Vice President to maintain and manage import PO’s, analyzing division margin percentage, and tracking all import PO shipments from overseas.
• Conducted training classes for all G-III employees regarding retail math and general retail analysis.

• Independently managed all planning and buying activities of Men’s Personal Furnishings departments, with an annual volume of $11 million.

• Participated in Executive Training Program, trained in buying, planning, and merchandising.