Swajit Gade Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, Mh, In

Karnataka, India

Banaglore

From solution development/design on software platform to implementation at customer end.

Thane

Strategic Planning / Demand Planning for a sub 320 Crore Fashion Apparel Brand Working closely with Top Management in Forecasting Demand i.e. Annual Budgeting, Rolling Forecast, etc Coordinating with the stakeholders in implementation of Strategy initiatives to achieve demand Tracking and Analyzing Performance on weekly/monthly basis Carrying out Seasonal / Monthly / Fortnightly S&OP’s, Supply-Demand Gap Analysis etc Coordinating with all the departments for achieving Strategic / Operational objectives. Coordinating with Exclusive Branch outlets (EBO) and Large format stores(LFS) team to do seasonal merchandising and stores racking plans along with buy Plans for a season.

Thane

• Development of Solution themes: Driving the SCM growth along with external consultant to develop innovative SCM solutions in order to be Responsive towards ever-changing customer.• Drive Implementation of Sprint Solution themes in Raymond Apparel Business to drive growth and improve SCM strength.• Implementation of Segmented Supply Chain Strategy.• Implementation of Product mapping, ARS implementation, Inventory and replenishment model for “Never out of Stock category” Products.• Implementation of Integrated Planning, i.e. Demand Consolidation, Supply Consolidation, S&OP meeting to resolve issues & action on decision.• Reduction in Idea to Shelf time by ensuring adherence to calendar through timely update, reviews & corrective action/escalation on actionable items / exceptions.• Redefining the SCM network to reduce logistics costs (i.e. Network Modelling).

Mumbai Area, India

Category Manager(Beverages Category-National)• Category Planning: Developing national category strategies (across product, price, placement & promotion) to drive differentiation and deliver financial objectives.• Promotions: Negotiations and executions of promotions month on month basis with alignment from vendors. • Vendor Relations: National trade terms negotiations, Monitor Category Service levels, identifying potential opportunities to improve business.• Instock Levels: Setting SKU level MBQ’s for all India across stores, Monitoring Stock levels and Supply chain(FT-NFT) to ensure smooth Flow.• Category Implementation: Facilitate prompt and effective internal and external communication, having regular market visits to understand the category and build upon competitor awareness.• IT/MIS: Creating effective information systems to track sales, stock levels and category build-up, Provide inputs to IT backend team for smooth Functioning.• Private label: Developing new vendors for private labels exclusively for ABRL. Increasing the share of private label in the category to drive growth.

• Stock management- raw materials and finished products.• Studying and suggesting suitable methods to ensure business operations are efficient in terms of using as little resources as needed and effective in terms of meeting customer requirements.• Suggesting areas of improvement in production departments of Jaipan (Silvassa and Goregon).• Helping Jaipan Mobile Division (Cell phone) setting up their operations (Part of the New product launch team).

• Carrying out Market research on Mobile Number Portability in India (designing/modifying questionnaire). Conducting survey and interpreting its Results.• Participating in Promotional Activities of Virgin Mobiles which included Logo Design, T-shirt Design and promoting Brand Virgin through Xerox Vendors.• Sales Activity: Selling certain number of Virgin GSM SIM cards in given time period.

M.M.S(M.B.A), Operations

B.E.(I.T), Information Technology