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Ontario, Canada

• Responsible for 5 brands in Hudson Bay stores to carry out process of merchandising, stock report, audit and mannequin styling.
• Carrying out task on a clear understanding of norms like health and safety, customer service and stock shelf life.
• Doing floor walk with department managers check on requirements both on floor and stock movement from back room.
• Photographing the departments before and after as per guidelines to meet requirements.
• Provide inputs on stock/style… Show more
• Provide inputs on stock/style requirement in order to maintain balance in all categories.

India

• Planning and timely execution of ‘long’ and ‘short’ term campaigns shared by global ensuring consistency within market.
• Efficient Planning of calendar, for various countries in sync with brand director.
• Directed a team of 10 visual merchandisers to implement campaigns and optimize sell through in region.
• Creating and sharing monthly performance reports with the head office and global team.
• Streamlined fixture order process with project team that resulted in saving of… Show more
• Streamlined fixture order process with project team that resulted in saving of 10% of cost and wastage of existing fixture.

Dubai

• Setting up a ‘model’ or ‘mock’ displays in departmental stores according to the company’s latest design directives and photographing the displays in order to create a visual merchandising pack to share it with.
• Collected quotations and prepared LPO (limited purchase orders) working on SAP.
• Successfully rolled out VM manual in guidance of manager for 10 regions.
• Ensuring quality & accuracy of design by… Show more
• Ensuring quality & accuracy of design by overseeing assessment of graphic materials with graphic designer.
• Supported more than 10 regions to achieve consistency on multiple campaign projects and providing monthly report on the same.

Chandigarh, India

• Functioned as In-charge of visual merchandising projects & activities to manage display on men’s fashion across 20 stores
• Ensuring store layouts, planograms and apparel plan for effective customer journey.
• Facilitated leadership, direction and guidelines to store staff and developing VM champs to carry out changeovers in timely manner.
• Developed on fixture assembly and store pre-opening process by working closely with project team that reduced the stress of new stores… Show more
• Developed on fixture assembly and store pre-opening process by working closely with project team that reduced the stress of new stores opening process.
• Facilitated sell-off of obsolete and overstock inventory through attractive displays and markdown strategies

Chandigarh Area, India

• Responsible for the Visual Merchandising of an 80,000 sq. ft. hypermarket in a fast paced environment, producing a variety of solutions that enhanced and supported the varied product offerings of the company.
• Managed the merchandising across all brands including men’s wear, women’s wear, kids wear, home wear, general merchandise & Electronics
• Liaised with Store Team to create store POS using software like Photo shop, Corel draw, Power point etc.
• Developed on selling skills by… Show more
• Developed on selling skills by supporting electronics department during rush hours.
• Contributed to store's winning Regional Sales Award for highest sales within one month of display overhaul Show less

Customized Programme, Buying & Merchandising

Activities and Societies: Market study, understanding Brands. Project report on understanding gap and how to launch collection in a.

Post Graduation, Marketing & Merchandising

Activities and Societies: Market study about upcoming international brands in Indian market and Window display in Institute Marketing.

B.Sc, Textile Design

Activities and Societies: Understanding colors, fiber, yarn, fabric, knitting, weaving, dyeing, visual aspects, retail world etc Textile.