Yogesh Mankar Email & Phone Number

Gurgaon, Haryana, IN

• Responsible to ensure respective categories perform in accordance to the Estimate given per Season – Turnover, Stock Turn, Margin and GMROI, Stock FWC should be in accordance with the given categories as per management.
• Make Range as per Brand requirements customer profile and also by identifying market gap; ensure shoe-line is synchronizing with international trends, and a back-up collection as replacements on non-performance articles.
• Negotiate with vendors (full shoe & Raw material supplier) on costing to get best margin & Pricing the articles based on product value & margin keeping in mind minimum cushions required for reduction during EOSS
• Work with OTB/Higher Management to generate new orders and communicate/co-ordinate effectively with production/sourcing/CFS(import) team to ensure deliveries are as per plan for smoother product flow to showrooms.
• Prepare seasonal PPA investment budget by keeping Pricing/costing in mind on development/production and also by company strategy & competition mapping.
• Month-wise Factory, Contract buying plan based on the sales pattern. Constant revision in the Plan based on the sales pattern.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, IN

• Handled entire sourcing project and process management of Skechers India Footwear Business.
• Brand Development - Range planning for every season, finalizing factory for production by analyzing factory’s specialization capabilities & statistic data then allocating development & production orders to.
• Ensure new business – Gives special attention to new product development, commercialization and production and to the new model hitting production floor to achieve desired profit margins.
• Brand & Business Strategy - Making strong materials supplier base in India for skechers product & making potential supply partners to achieve business goals.
• Making Skechers sourcing business structure by strategically planning & drafting new polices (product & commercial related for smother finance flow) structuring new product creation team for smother product flow.
• Responsible for people management with healthy and congenial employee relations, thus creating a cordial and enjoyable work environment between factory & retail office.

• Coordinate with marketing, sales & world Head qtr (USA) to obtain project brief and a two-dimensional design, and convert the same into a three-dimensional sample that meets the customer/ athlete needs.
• Drive the product creation process, plan and organize resources and communicate project status and margin analysis report to Product Team/Marketing.
• Participate in Pre-production & production trials in Kundali, Ponta sahib & Sela qui.
• Help Nike in Technical Marketing, Product Training, Production & Quality Control of Sports equipment & accessories sourcing.Achievements:
• Independently orchestrated the design, development, Commercialization, Production and launch of a completely new thongs line for Nike in SU09’. This led Nike to achieve revenue targets for FY08-09.
• Two times got recognition for work & received cash award from Nike head office.

Beaverton, OR, US

• Identify key cost drivers and areas of improvement and provide feedback and recommendations to factory.
• Develop new vendors and ensure availability of resources, quality of materials and ensure that no Corporate Responsibility issues (Child Labor, forced labor, etc) occur.Achievement
• Successfully implement Scorecard for International/National Raw Material suppliers & manufacturing partner this help Nike to start work with liberty & Bawa. Now has strong supplier database in India.

Beaverton, OR, US

• Successfully designed and developed India’s first Visi Air shoe, Achievements
• Successfully implemented Nike’s spring’ 08 (SP08) re-invention line – 17 new models in one season, as opposed to the normal standards of 3-4 models per season.
• Selected to be a member of core team visiting China to learn Nike Plus Technology® in production and successfully implemented the same in India operations.

Beaverton, OR, US

• Introduced Water Base Inks in Production, to ensure no damage to environment & workers.
• Keep Track on all Development activities, make monthly report to see improvement & assist Senior Development manger on daily activities.

Bfa, Applied Arts

Adfd, Footwear Technology