Rupak Samadder Email & Phone Number

Kolkata, Wb, In

India

Looking after Sales and Operations of multiple Flagship Stores with an annual Thru put of 1500 Cr and handling Man Power of 354 on a upward basis .

Kolkata

Handling a Cluster of Pantaloons Large Box Retail Store - Managing Topline, Bottom line and People Management.• Focus and drive of KPI’s for the 4 stores in the cluster. • Handling nearly Rs. 100 Cr’s of business.• Handling Approx 67 k sq ft of Retail space. • Ensuring that the store Opex cost is within budget. • Keeping Cost within budgets and drive topline performance. • Focus on revenue generation from Other Incomes(SOH, Promotions)• Constant Drive for improvement in all Front-end and Backend SOP’s.• Driving Employee engagement and Talent development and retention at the stores.• Weekly Review of Stores in the cluster. • Identification of new stores ventures and feasibility study.• Analysis and improvement of SSPD and GMROF by adding and removing of brand. • Working closely with Zonal Office team and implementation of various schemes and promotions at the store. • Proposing New Layout of the stores and refresh layout for the cluster.

Kolkata Area, India

• Handling the Flagship Store of 72,000 sq.ft with annual T.O of Rs. 124 Cr’ in the country, South City Pantaloons- Kolkata• Used analytics metrics to understand and increase SPSF of the store• Rationalised retail space based on analysis of SPSF and undertook layout planning for the store.• Train Mentor and Motivate and developed Managers to the next level for Store Managers/ Asst. Managers Role• Being the Catalyst in achieving ever single day highest sale in EOSS and Puja of 2015• In Guwhati break the racket of internal pilferage team and revive the Store from high Shrinkage and also putting other SOP in place and thus turn around the Store and it became, PAN India highest EBITA earner for the Company

Bangalore

Business Manager for the Bangalore City for Nilgiris Chain of Retail Stores.

Kolkata

Start up Business for Footwear Business for Reliance Footprint - a Chain of Retail Footwear MBO's. Site selection, negotiation and finalization. Manpower Recruitment and Training, Merchandise selection, Project work completion with due diligence. VM Management. Launch of Store and run them profitably

Joined The Nilgiris Dairy Farm Pvt. Ltd as Area Manager– Operation looking after Company Owned Store and Franchise Store in Bangalore Region. The Nilgiris is very Strong brand in Dairy, Bakery Products and the first Super Markets Chain in South India and currently under the expansion mode in Modern Retail.

2007(May) to 2009(March) _ Area Manager in North India and later Kolkata.

Joined Bata India Ltd as a Management Trainee in June 1996 and gradually escalated the Managerial portfolio in the following order:Career Path Territory Sales In Charge Oct’96 – May ‘01 District Manager June’01 – April ’04  Manager- Brand /Institutional Sales Since May 2004 to May 2007Noteworthy Initiatives Driving Sales, Business Development, Channel Management, Marketing initiatives for meeting up with organizational goals.

Management Studies- Marketing, , Grade :- A

B.Com, Commerce From Calcutta University

Activities and Societies: Represented School and Colleges in Inter School Sports and Crickets and Athletic Meets.

Indian Council Of Secondary Examination(I.C.S.E), English, Regional Language, Maths, Science, History, Geography, Accounts

Activities and Societies: An active Member of the Sports and Cricket Team.

Icse Passout Degree