Aug 2022 – Jul 2023 · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Oct 2021 – Aug 2022 · 10 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Retail Business Lead
• Procurement & Logistics Management
• Category Management
• Private Brand Launch
• New Product Development
• Online & Offline Business
• New Channel Development
• Ecom Business

Jan 2021 – Oct 2021 · 9 mos

• Responsible for Procurement & Supply Chain of Branded Products for 400+ Stores of Mother Dairy Safal Division.
• Managing end to end 3P Operations for SAFAL Ambient , Frozen and Processed Food Product line.
• Bulk Buying of Frozen/Aseptic Pulp & Concentrate Products , Staples and Agri commodities.
• Managing Backend Supply Chain and logistics of Safal Peas.

Sep 2019 – Oct 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Dec 2018 – Aug 2019 · 8 mos

• SAFAL Procurement Lead - FMCG Food, Frozen and Staples

Apr 2018 – Nov 2018 · 7 mos · Gurgaon, Haryana, India

• Category Grocery Lead North
• Buying & Merchandising - Staples
• Category - Flours , Edible Oils , Ghee , Rice, Edible Nuts , Spices, Ingredients , Salt & Sugar.
• P&L Responsibility of Entire Staples for North Region.
• Responsible for increasing GMV & AOV and meeting targets month on month.
• Category management, Assortment Planning , Product Development, Branding, Pricing and Promotional Strategies.
• Negotiating Terms of Trade.
• Increasing the size of the category through innovative sales pertaining to the category.
• Manage and negotiate the product Cost Breakdown system that results in the lowest total cost of purchased goods.
• Forecasting of Business as per the market conditions and sales trend.
• Responsible for increasing Private Brand Share.

Mar 2017 – Apr 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Buying and Merchandising ( National Category - Pulses , Sugar and Rice )
• Handling the entire process from sourcing, trend understanding, order management and control from the point of confirmation of order to point of actual delivery of merchandise.
• Ensuring top line as well as the bottom line with agreed margin responsibility of the category.
• Category management, Product Development, Branding, Pricing and Promotional Strategies. *Negotiating Terms of Trade.
• Increasing the size of the category through innovative sales pertaining to the category.
• Manage and negotiate the product Cost Breakdown system that results in the lowest total cost of purchased goods.
• Forecasting of Business as per the market conditions and sales trend.
• Ensuring optimum inventory levels.
• Supplier Development for establishing efficient & optimized supply chain.
• Modular Planning, Visual Merchandising for displaying the assortment at stores.
• Planning, developing and branding of products for Private label brands.
• Identifying new assortment timely as per member requirement for continuous improvement.
• Ensuring compliance at each level of supply chain.

Jun 2014 – Mar 2017 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Category- Edible Oils
• Assisted in Edible Oils Category Pan india Best Price stores of Walmart India
• Developing, managing and negotiating with the vendors,Assortment Planning & Product development,Private label management.
• Assortment Planning-Defining Assortment according to the SKU budget provided and reviewing it in terms of pricing & benchmarking and making changes wherever required.
• Terms of Trade:-Part of Negotiating and finalizing terms of trade with suppliers.
• Inventory Management- Providing forecast to the vendors and planning for seasonal products. Keeping control on inventory in terms of High In stock and reviewing inventory, taking corrective measures on ageing inventory and slow movers.
• Store Setup-Assortment planning for new stores based on catchment study and consumer insight. Sourcing regional products if required.
• Private Label: Planning the private label products in categories required. Matching the product with market benchmarking in terms of price and quality.
• Marketing: Managing product promotions and special marketing activations to boost up new product introductions.
• Managing Space productivity - Keeping track of sku’s productivity and ensuring timely exit of products low on productivity and replacing with new ones.
• Team management: Guiding store teams on product features and providing modular for product displays. Taking corrective actions on store feedbacks towards product and prices

Jul 2013 – Jun 2014 · 11 mos · Gurgaon, India

• Major responsibilities are:
• 1. Database Management
• 2. Magazine Circulation
• 3. Strategic Ways To Market CEO India Awards and CEO India Magazine
• 4. Meetings with Advertising agencies & clients

May 2012 – Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Greater Indore Area

• Cash Management Services (CMS)
• Viability of Cash Management Services in india .Wholesale banking operations in HDFC .During Course of my training I did a survey of industries in surrounding of in and around Indore, Bhopal, Ujjain, Dewas related to their financial needs Satisfaction level with present service provider. Also about HDFC’s Penetration ,awareness and Service feed back

Jul 2010 – Aug 2010 · 1 mo · Ratlam Area, India

• Training on Voltage Regulator Panel from Indian Railways (Western Railways Headquarters), Ratlam 2010
• Created a system capable of handling different parameters like Voltage, Current , temperature, moisture, light etc and working automatically according to the conditions as well as pre programmed control settings.

Jan 2009 – Jun 2011 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Indore Area, India