Vandana Rana

Business Development Executive

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India8 yrs 2 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Over 7 years of experience in category management.
  • Proven track record in supplier growth and product development.
  • Expertise in supply chain management and e-commerce strategies.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned professional in E-commerce and Supply Chain Management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Project ManagementData AnalysisSupply Chain ManagementProduct Development

Other Skills

Microsoft ExcelMarket AnalysisOperations ManagementBusiness AnalysisSQLTrend AnalysisBridging GapsProduct LaunchTime ManagementE-commerceSupply Chain OperationsCategory ManagementMerchandisingCustomer ServiceMarketing

About

Over 7+ years of established professional credentials of successfully conducting smooth process for KPI’s of the category. Product development, Vendor Management, Merchandising, Supply chain management, key account Management, supplier growth, selection, pricing, discovery,sale.

Experience

8 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
2 yrs 8 mos
Average Tenure
2 yrs 11 mos
Current Experience

Flipkart

2 roles

Category Manager

Promoted

Oct 2025Present · 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Associate Category Manager

May 2023Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Meesho

2 roles

Senior Key Account Manager

Mar 2021Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 1 mo · bangalore

  • 1. Responsible for increasing & maintaining the Order Contribution & GMV of the portfolio/SSCATs and subsequent suppliers in bucket.
  • 2.Run initiatives and regular tasks to increase it consistently.
  • 3.To ensure central programs and OKRs are run successfully for Buckets like
  • Search, Selection, Pricing, Discovery etc.
  • 4.Finding avenues for growing supply and running initiatives to execute that.
  • 5.Identifying & bridging demand and trend gap within supply & users.
  • 6.Manage relationship with assigned suppliers, help them scale, guide them and
  • resolve their issues.
Microsoft ExcelData AnalysisProject ManagementMarket AnalysisOperations ManagementBusiness Analysis+2

Assistant Project Manager

Jan 2020Mar 2021 · 1 yr 2 mos · bangalore

  • Setup the product sourcing and development arm of Contract Manufacturing model
  • resulting in 20% GMV contribution to the Kurti & Kurta Set category.
  •  Identified product and supply chain gaps for scaling the Contract manufacturing business.
  •  Managed day to day category activities – supplier performance evaluation, product
  • costing and negotiations, inventory planning and replenishment.
  •  Established Quality check SOP across 150 suppliers and reduced Quality returns to 4.5%
  • against platform's avg at 12%.
  •  Improved catalog conversion by 48% against platform's avg of 12% by curating emerging
  • designs from the platform, assortment gaps from competitor and trend forecasts driven
  • by regional market.
  •  Scaled 6 Contract suppliers to hold ranks in the Category's Top 10 Suppliers by GMV.
  •  Reduced production lead time to 21 days against industry's avg of 45+ days by by
  • standardizing raw material, matching supplier capacity with product detail requirement
  • and eliminating multiple QC checks by setting up QC SOP.
Supply Chain ManagementBridging GapsProduct LaunchTime ManagementE-commerceProduct Development+1

Somani fabrics private limited

2 roles

Senior Merchandiser

Apr 2018Aug 2019 · 1 yr 4 mos · Greater Jaipur Area

  • Handling e-commerce merchandising.
  • Managing inventory, Cataloguing and Sales for portals like Amazon, Flipkart, Wooplr, Once upon a Trunk etc.
  • SMO planning on monthly basis and content management for various social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter etc.
  • Sale projection for the month and coming occasions as per data analysis.
  • Sub category wise assortment planning as per data analysis and current trends.
  • Planning for achieving monthly and quarterly sales and margin target.
  • Handling sampling and production of brand- Scarlet Ross (scarletross.in)
  • Coordinating with vendors and buyers.
  • Responsible for entire procedure from order processing till final shipment.
  • Planning and execution of online-offline promotions/offers.
  • Research and evaluation of customer market, analysis on product performance against plans; filtered information to draw inference and derive solutions and new strategies.
  • As per market demand, developing product promotions to drive sales while comparatively mapping industry trends and market competitions.

Assistant Merchandiser

Aug 2017Apr 2018 · 8 mos · Greater Jaipur Area

  • Planning and sourcing for seasonal launch.
  • Creating seasonal SKU plans based on previous selling, projections and current trends.
  • Product development includes product sampling, fabrics sourcing, prints, embroidery development and accessories.
  • Merchandising – Ensuring and approving samples for production.
  • Catalogue management includes photo shoots, detailed descriptions packing and presentation.
  • Costing to create a clear pricing structure that ties perceived value, quality and retail pricing together.
  • SMO planning for new season’s launch and promotional campaigns.
  • Inventory management: Managed in-house inventory stock for RTW collections and made to measure for exclusive customized products in apparel and home category.
  • Order processing.
  • Exhibitions-Handling product development and sampling for international exhibitions.

Future group india

Marketing Intern

Jan 2017Apr 2017 · 3 mos · Bangalore, India

  • Worked with marketing department for plan and formulate strategies and promotions like ATL, BTL, and TTL.
  • Organised day to day in-store and outdoor events and activities to engage and encourage customers.
  • In store research to find out gaps in assortment planning.
  • Performed ‘gap analysis w.r.t marketing mix of the brand-fbb, mapping and corrective measures to improve brand performance.’
  • Suggested and executed innovative ideas for store VM.

Li & fung limited

Sourcing Intern

May 2016Jul 2016 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

  • Deeply understood the process at buying house for brand –Crown & Ivy (Belk).
  • Sampling of SS’17 - fabric, trims, accessories artwork approval.
  • Coordinating with vendors, follows ups, timely submissions of samples and getting approvals from buyers.
  • Creating, updating and tracking season files, IBS files, recaps, WIP files and track charts.
  • Tracking and updating on PMS software related to new update and status.

Aana designz

Design and product development Intern

May 2015Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Greater Jaipur Area

  • Worked for fusion wear collection SS’15 inspired by mandala art.
  • Assisted in developing mood boards, story board, colour boards, inspiration boards.
  • Product development, styling, photo shoots and launch in events and fashion shows.

Pezalli creations pvt. ltd.

Merchandising Intern

May 2014Jul 2014 · 2 mos · Greater Delhi Area

  • Study on ‘Scope of garment customization in Men’s wear in India’.
  • Study on ‘Influence of geographical indication on men’s buying behaviour in India’
  • Trend analysis for Men’s RTW SS’14 collection.
  • Assisted in forecasting, designing, sourcing, order processing and photo shoot.

Education

National Institute of Fashion Technology India

Masters of Fashion Management

Jan 2015Jan 2017

Maharana Pratap Group of Institutions

B.Sc in Fashion Design — Fashion/Apparel Design

Jan 2012Jan 2015

Central Academy Senior Secondary School

12th

Jan 2009Jan 2011

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