A strategic leader, who drives positive, results through strong leadership and an engaging personality by creating energetic teams that are focused on achievement. A highly self- motivated individual with wide ranging International Fashion Franchise experience in the Retail industry, with commercial acumen.Specialties:Business Strategy ,Planning & ReportingFranchise Brand DevelopmentMulti Channel RetailBuying and Merchandising ManagementRange Planning,Forecasting and Inventory ControlCommercial and Financial AnalysisProject Management Recruitment Leadership and Motivation of multicultural teams

Head of Buying & Merchandising- • Introduce new Brands &fashion trends• Ensure stock is appealing ,adequate & priced competitively• Cover 100% customer demand within set Space & OTB• Negotiate advantageous cost price control• Control Open to buy for sales fore cast & buying budget after reviewing sales at group level, supplier & sub group level• Responsible for putting SOP, ERP (Enterprise resource planning) systems in place to maximize &achieve high level performance from each individual• Train , motivate & develop new Buyers/Merchandisers • Driving the business module as Head of Buying/Merchandising/ Retail operation• Interacting& giving directions to Buyer’s , Assistant t buyer’s, Concept managers from 10 different countries, retail & area managers , Visual merchandising team, Marketing team, Imports executives, Finance department, sales staff & Logistic manager in setting, streamlining business module & making sure all the departments are functioning smoothly with complete focus & 100% contribution. Was managing a team of 50 odd team mates directly & indirectly reporting to me

• Completely responsible to develop ,train - 6 Buyer’s, 4Assistant buyer’s, 6 Planners, 3 D.E.O• Was closely guiding them at every stage of buying activities as a guardian & mentor• Trained them & set separate SOP for traveling /report mapping formatsa) Buying trips reportsb) Territory store visit reportsc) Competition mapping reports• Successfully launched in developing new categories Lighting, Bath room accessories & Towels categories• Started initiative to update in advance Projects &Architect team of all new arrival categories, brands, so they prepare & get enough time in making new fittings• To achieve uniform display standards across all the Lifestyle stores in 10 countries, initiated presentation to VM team with all new ranges, categories ,brands enabling them to prepare modular display visual guidelines in advance• Retail operation group was informed, trained & guided with all new initiatives, new product launch, and new categories