Senior Manager – Planning | Women's Western Wear (Private Labels) - Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd. - Bengaluru, Karnataka
(2021-12)
- Lead Merchandise Planning, Category Planning, Assortment Planning, Range Planning, Buy Planning, and Commercial Planning for Women's Western Wear Private Labels across a Pan-India retail network.
- Own P&L, OTB Management, Inventory Planning, Sales Forecasting, Margin Management, Markdown Strategy, and Financial Planning to drive profitable business performance.
- Develop seasonal strategies through Post-Season Analysis, SWOT Analysis, customer insights, pricing strategy, and assortment optimisation.
- Prepare and manage MFP Budgets, Sales Forecasts, Inventory Plans, Forward Cover, and OTB aligned with financial targets.
- Drive in-season trading by monitoring sales, inventory health, replenishment, ageing stock, promotions, and forecast revisions while collaborating with buyers and business leaders.
- Present commercial insights, business performance, and planning recommendations during management reviews.
- Support planning transformation initiatives, system enhancements, planning governance, and team development.
Retail Planner – Women's Division - Project Eve Division | Reliance Retail
(2018-11 - 2021-11)
- Developed seasonal merchandise plans through Financial Analysis, Assortment Analytics, and category performance reviews.
- Managed OTB, Inventory Planning, Store Allocation, Replenishment, and Inter-store Transfers to optimise inventory productivity.
- Prepared weekly trading reports, promotional analysis, sales forecasts, and commercial performance reviews.
- Partnered with buyers to improve assortment planning, inventory utilisation, and category performance.
- Recommended planning process improvements to enhance execution efficiency.
Retail Planner – Women's Division - Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd.
(2015-11 - 2018-10)
- Supported Merchandise Planning, Seasonal Planning, OTB Management, and Financial Planning across assigned categories.
- Monitored Core Styles, Sell-through, Margins, NOD, MRP, Size Performance, and inventory productivity.
- Partnered with Buyers and Inventory Merchandisers on replenishment, allocation, and category planning.
- Delivered weekly and monthly planning insights to improve commercial performance.
Inventory Merchandiser – Women's Division - Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd.
(2013-12 - 2015-10)
- Managed Store Allocation, Replenishment, Display Capacity, Stock Rotation, and inventory availability.
- Monitored fast-moving, slow-moving, and core products to improve sell-through and inventory productivity.
- Coordinated stock consolidation and inter-region inventory movements.
- Developed inventory maintenance SOPs to standardise stock management.
Assistant Department Manager – Women's Division - Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd.
(2013-06 - 2013-11)
- Managed daily operations of a 17,000 sq. ft. retail store with 50 associates.
- Oversaw inventory audits, customer service, merchandising standards, and operational compliance.
- Supported the successful launch of a new Chennai store with a 30-member team.
Management Trainee – Women's Division - Lifestyle International Pvt. Ltd.
(2012-06 - 2013-06)
- Built foundational expertise in Retail Operations, Store Management, Customer Service, Inventory Management, and Merchandising Operations.
