Chirag Abbott

Brand Manager

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India7 yrs 11 mos experience

Key Highlights

Over 6 years in category management and procurement.
Expert in vendor relationship management and negotiation.
Proven track record in driving sales and product strategies.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Retail and Category Management professional with strong negotiation and business development skills.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business DevelopmentNegotiationBusiness PlanningCategory Management

Other Skills

Microsoft ExcelData AnalysisMicrosoft OfficeCustomer ServiceManagementMicrosoft WordLeadershipPowerPointPublic SpeakingCommunicationDecision-MakingTeamworkVendor ManagementBudgetingRetail Operations

About

Business professional encompassing 6+ years of experience in category management - Influencing procurement decisions, negotiating preferred pricing, managing vendor relationships within food and non-food domain. Operates as a key contributor to revenue, Business & Industrial growth along with being responsive to changing demands to execute and manage product processes in alignment with employer’s mission, vision and objective.

Experience

7 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 1 mo

Average Tenure

1 yr 8 mos

Current Experience

Amazon

Brand Manager

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Business DevelopmentBusiness PlanningMicrosoft ExcelNegotiation

Flipkart

Assistant Manager

Oct 2021 – Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Business PlanningData Analysis

Spar india (max hypermarket india pvt limited)

Category Manager-Private Label Food

Feb 2021 – Oct 2021 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

>Accountable for driving In-Store sales along with Omni Channel environment; managing marketing activities (BTL) in order to propose, implement and run category related campaigns.
>Set up a scalable price benchmarking process and drive inputs to improve price competitiveness.
>Negotiating contractual terms with vendors, managing initial order quantities and product distribution by developing and cultivating collaborative partnership with vendors.
>Ensuring correct product assortment in the store.
>Responsible for developing and executing the strategic plans for the overall new product portfolio by following a stage-gate process.
>Forecasting based on the past data and current market trends.
>Implementing category strategies & deliver the category plan to achieve Sales/Margin targets

Business PlanningData AnalysisCategory Management

Aditya birla retail limited

2 roles

Assistant Manager

Mar 2019 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

>Placing appropriate orders to ensure product availability that meets consumer demands.
>Managing vendor relations to develop long term reliable & sustainable supplier base.
>Forecasting sales, carrying out competition analysis, and developing long term business strategy for category.
>Analyzing the current growth rate & planning strategy laid for augmenting the sales turnover and segregating potential market segments in pursuing market opportunities.
>Delivering measurable & value-added results to achieve continuous growth in sales volume and market share.
>Developing valuable strategies and detailed sales plan to drive positioning of a product category to maximize visibility.
>Preparing the annual budgets while streamlining expenses and identifying opportunity gaps.

Management Trainee

Jun 2018 – Mar 2019 · 9 mos

>Understanding Supply chain Management-Working of DC, F&V DC, Private Labels DC.
>Acquired understanding of stock procurement & distribution of goods. (RPC).
>Looked after the day to day store operations for seeking Ground Level Training.
>Worked closely intra department to understand the operations of Cashier, Assistant Store Manager, Store Manager and HR.

Enable india

Student Volunteer

Dec 2017 – Dec 2017 · 0 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

Itc limited

Marketing Trainee

Apr 2017 – May 2017 · 1 mo · Bengaluru Area, India

(Market & Competitive analysis of Mangaldeep Agarbattis)
>Functioned as a Management Trainee under the Personal Care Product (PCP) department with FMCG division of ITC Limited, Bangalore. Deep understanding of their functionality and distribution along with on the field experience of selling thier products.
>Efficiently conducted a market research for the PCP products particularly the ones which were not selling well- Engage & Agarbatti. Provided a detailed analysis and suggestions on improving their PCP (Mangaldeep) while keeping the costing at par.