Nikshan is one of Kerala's leading retail chains dealing in Electronics and Home Appliances.Handling area: Home Appliance, Small Appliances and Digital purchase.Main Responsibility;Responsible for building and maintaining relationships with suppliers and vendors. This includes identifying potential vendors, negotiating contracts, and ensuring timely and accurate delivery of goods.Inventory Management: Oversee the management of inventory levels to ensure that the shop has sufficient stock to meet customer demands. This involves monitoring inventory levels, conducting regular stock checks, and placing orders to replenish stock as needed.Cost Control: Charge of controlling costs related to purchasing. This involves researching and comparing prices, negotiating discounts, and finding ways to reduce expenses without compromising quality.Quality Assurance: Work closely with vendors to ensure that the shop receives high-quality products. This includes establishing quality standards, conducting quality checks, and maintaining a system for feedback and complaint resolution.Budgeting and Forecasting: Responsible for creating and managing the shop's purchasing budget. This involves forecasting future purchasing needs, analyzing spending patterns, and making recommendations for budget adjustments.Compliance and Documentation: Ensure compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and policies related to purchasing. This includes maintaining accurate records and documentation of all purchasing activities.Team Management: Responsible for leading and managing the purchasing team. This includes assigning tasks, providing guidance and support, and conducting performance evaluations.

Work with Sales and Production team to make the right products right time.negotiate contracts with suppliers and customerscontrol manufacturing and delivery processesplan and implement logistical strategy, ensuring targets are metoversee product storage, handling and distributionuse computer software to track goods from origin to deliverywork on forecasts and inventories, keeping an accurate record of the process and analysing performancemanage the costs involved while maintaining qualityensure you're aware of exactly what is happening throughout the supply chainmanage and motivate a team of supply chain staffimprove the overall supply chain performance and look for any possible innovations to the processdevelop new and existing relationships with suppliersmanage and minimise the risks (for example operational or reputational) that could affect or interrupt the supply chainconsider the environmental impact of the supply chain in order to meet sustainability targetsimplement new technologies and stay alert to new trends and developments in the sector.

Feb’ 2019 Working at Popees Baby Care Products Pvt Ltd, Manjeri, Malappuram, Kerala as an Purchase /SCM / Operations Manager. Popees Group is one of the famous Kids Ware manufacturers in Kerala Responsible for managing end-to-end procurement process of OPEX & CAPEX items, budgeting in co ordination with inter departments & vendors Sourced vendors built relationships and negotiated prices. Developed productive relationships with key account holders. Negotiated and finalized contracts. Demand and planning and forecasting, Ensure availabilities of Inventory. Inventory Management, Warehouse Management, MRP fixing, Product development. Data analysis and interpretation: Assigning meaning to the collected information and determining the conclusions, significance, and implications of the findings. Sales analytics: the process used to identify, model, understand and predict sales trends and sales results while helping in the understanding of these trends and finding improvement points Sales Planning and Targets set: Based on Sales history and market research can predict the number and value of sales you expect. After that, set sales Targets. New Store Launch Operations: Manpower recruiting, Stock arrangement, Visual Merchandising, Event planning, Settings of Infrastructures, etc. Store /Warehouse Operations English Malayalam Hindi Tamil MBA (Finance and Marketing) – 2010 AVS College - Salem B.com (Cooperation) – 2008 Mery Matha College - Aalakkode SAP, Tally and Other ERP, MS Word, MS Excel and O

From Sep’ 2015 to Jan’2019 worked at DC Books, Kottayam, Kerala (Current Books India Pvt Ltd) as a Purchase Manager. DC Books is one of the famous publishers in India and having 45 retail shops in Kerala.  Responsible for managing end-to-end procurement Process covering the following areas: procurement planning, category management, procurement analytics, Source-to-Pay, Accounts Payable including, General, Packing material, IT, Civil, plumbing, Fire fittings, electrical, mechanical, Steel both materials & contract management.  Analyzing the marketplace to find the broadest set of capable suppliers who provide the best product cost, quality and delivery objectives ensuring maximum bottom-line impact.  Negotiating with suppliers in terms of new contracts and working on the agreements.  Review contracts and update required details (Payment terms, service start & end, effective date) on PO before issuing to suppliers.  Completing purchase order and issuing in accordance with applicable vendor with purchasing policies and procedures.  Assisting in the development of procurement reporting metrics, e.g. open PO reports, PO terms, etc.  Coordinating with the Vendors and internal teams on process and other issues  Attending process and operations calls, both internal and external  Training of new joiners and provide floor support and manage the team

From Feb’ 2011 to Aug’ 2015 worked at KITEX LIMITED, Aluva,Cochin, Kerala. (Anna Saras Group of Companies), as Purchase Officer. Kitex Limited is one of the Top Manufactures in India in Textiles, Garments and Bag divisions.  Responsible for all general purchase based on given inputs and coordination with inter departments & vendors for a smooth project executions & on time completions.  Understand business requirements, Floating RFQ’s to various approved suppliers Upon receipt of quotations Prepare comparison sheet, negotiations, costing and finalization based on the budget & requirements Preparation of Purchase orders and follow ups with suppliers for fast delivery.  Buy products and services at right price, right source, at the right specifications that meets user needs, in the right quantity & delivery at the right time.  Managing the supply base by cross checking the current suppliers are competent, identification of new potential suppliers & develop relationships Monitoring supply markets and trends (e.g., material price increases, shortages, changes in suppliers) and interpreting the impact of these trends on company strategies.  Maintaining proper purchase and stores data for setting up weekly & monthly procurement planning for timely supply/adequate stock & deliveries as not to hamper productivity.  Identifying & resolving customer and supplier issues at the earliest on priority.  Documentation, work with site/plant team with diverse backgrounds to drive continuous improvement in the process.  Development of new vendors including more local vendors for ease of access & reducing transportation cost.