Current Role - Grow up Baby LLP - Mumbai
New started company in Mumbai (Sourcing Furniture, Toys, Soft line, Footwear)
Assistant Category Manager in Toys & Furniture Department - ME N MOMS PVT. LTD. - Mumbai
(2012-10-30)
Buying & Merchandising department responsible for product sourcing, planning, and management
- Visit international and local trade fair shows for Example: Canton fair china (GZ), HKTDC fair (HK), CBME fair (Shanghai & India), CMAI fair Mumbai
- Search new products and suppliers in India and overseas market
- Do product selection and negotiate the cost with the suppliers
- Do factory visits, check production capacity and manpower
- Suggest requiring changes in product branding
- Share product information with the marketing team to improve the sales in the market
- Handle export customers for existing available products
- Planning product ranges and preparing sales and stock plans in conjunction with buyers
- liaising with buyers, analysts, stores, suppliers and distributors
- Working closely with visual display staff and department heads to decide how goods should be displayed to maximize customer interest and sales
- Producing layout plans for stores
- Forecasting profits and sales and optimizing the sales volume and profitability of designated product areas
- Planning budgets and presenting sales forecasts and figures for new ranges
- Controlling stock levels based on forecasts for the season
- Analyzing every aspect of bestsellers (for example, the bestselling price points, colors or styles), and ensuring that bestsellers reach their full potential
- Monitoring slow sellers and taking action to reduce prices or set promotions as necessary
- Gathering information on customers' reactions to products
- Analyzing previous season's sales and reporting on the current season's lines
- Accompanying buyers on visits to manufacturers to appreciate production processes
- meeting with suppliers and managing the distribution of stock, by negotiating cost prices, ordering stock, agreeing timescales and delivery dates, and completing the necessary paperwork
- Identifying production and supply difficulties and dealing with any problems or delays as they arise
- Managing, training and supervising junior staff
- Meeting & Maintaining Timelines: Ensuring that the PO cycle is maintained, all weekly monthly reports are made and read
- Negotiations
- Tracking To Go Live cycle; Ensuring all details have been put up on site; Power Content if required; video shoot
- All new items are a part of ARS etc
- Planning for New Launch with Marketing & Merchandising team
- Reviewing Sales, Sales Return & Customer ratings for all Items
- Modifying the products as per customer feedback
- Being updated with competition's MRP and Assortment
- Vendor visits
- To work closely and ensure learning and growth for juniors in the team
- Allocation of Fast Selling Products from Warehouse - A&B SKUs availability of 90%
- Follow up with Stores for their requirement & ensuring availability of stocks in the store
- Weekly discussion with the stores & allocations are given on time to the WH
- Ordering of Fast Selling Products from Vendor – OTB Management
- Follow up with vendors for timely supply of stocks & ensuring availability of stocks in the store - Weekly discussion with the vendors
- POs are raised timely & sent to the vendors
- Monthly sales as per plan – Target achievement
- Brand & Vendor Fill rate above 90% – Weekly analysis
- Ageing Report
- Stock transfer: If not selling in one store & in higher demand at other stores
- Sell Through & product mix analysis – DCS sales & stocks, Brands, Margins, Price Points, color, brand, size etc
- A&B SKUs Product understanding
- Awareness about top selling SKUs
Purchase Executive - Monarch Innovative Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
- Handling Purchase Order & Inventory
- Supplying the Stock, Material for road show, Exhibition show & Service Camp Show
- Handling sales order & Inventory
- Maintain Report related to Stock on Monthly Basis
- Printer related issues
- Connect and set up hardware
- Input and maintain IP addresses in excel sheet
- Current and accurate inventory of technology hardware, software and resources
- Maintain log and/or list of required repairs and maintenance
Knitting operator - Star Knitting Ware Ltd. - Mauritius
3 months duration
Accounts Assistance/Office Assistants - Ralco Synergy Pvt. Ltd.
3 years duration
- Entering efficiently all data for accounting
- Maintain excel sheet of accounts (Sales, & Purchase)
- Office assistant in ralco synergy pvt ltd
