Rupesh Panchal Email & Phone Number

Retail Professional with over 3 years’ experience with firms such as The MobileStore Ltd (largest telecom retailer) I have extensively worked on merchandising & and Visual management at Leadership positions.In-depth exposure to diverse product domains like Mobile Handsets, Tablets, Entertainment products, Mobile Accessories, Data Cards, Apparels in channels like eCom, CoCo, Shop in Shop business, Franchisee, B2B.At present, as merchandising executive responsible for vendor management at Store-SKU level. Planning for Gross, New Product & Store Launch, Consumer Promotions, etc. with cross functional teams. Forward Integration with Sales teams to understand market trends, customer insights, competition.Business forecast for demand assessment/ forecasting and inventory planning.Product life cycle management, forecast and purchase decisions. Merchandise availability enhancement. Ensuring strong customer centric processes. Improve and maintain Supply Chain processes ensuring high compliance on inventory aging & Stock Turn, etc.Key highlights – Complete overhaul of the B & M processes. This initiative was recognized by the “World Retail Awards - 2013 (Paris)". Company was nominated among top 5 finalists in SCM category.The initiative was on 4 critical areas: Correct sale trend assessment for forecasting accuracy, Assortment mix, Replenishment and Rebalancing (reverse logistics for inventory rationalization).Earlier, in the role of responsible for business growth and expanding market share, customer experience, etc.Driving sales targets, margin targets, vendor management, sourcing, inventory management, training, etc.

Listed skills include Visual Merchandising, New Product Implementations, Cost Management, Vendor Management, and 5 others.

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  Senior Executive (Merchandiser)

  The Mobilestore Limited

  Aug 2011 - Present - Mumbai Area, India

  •Planning/ Strategy for GroResponsible for Range Plan, Demand Plan & replenishments.Team training on product, visual merchandising.Support Central Buying function by providing inputs through market study.Responsible for department level markdown and promotion recommendations.Maintaining balance between aesthetics & commercial viability.•Product life cycle management – Product Phase In and Phase Out planning, liquidation plan for obsolete & aging.•Inventory planning & management for online store•Improve and maintain Supply Chain processes and ensure high complianceoStore Replenishment and Inventory Rebalancing – 700 stores across 50 warehouseoControl over inventory aging profile & Managing Stock TurnoVendor & Brand collaboration – fill rate, schedules, availability, etcoDemand forecast and purchase decision (covering cash flow) – OTB

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  University Of Mumbai

  Bachelor Of Commerce (B.Com.)