Jun 2024 – Present · 2 yrs · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India · On-site

• Planning Manager

Oct 2022 – May 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Oct 2020 – Oct 2022 · 2 yrs · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Finding the Gap between the categories
• Assortment planning across girls apparel and accessories category
• Analysing low str reports on weekly and monthly basis
• Liquidating products with strategic markdowns, rtv planning according to the age of inventory and DOH
• Planning more visibility for head products to achieve the revenue for the month
• Liaising with the creative team for the freshness on the site with new creatives according to the merchandise we offer on daily basis
• Managing the inventory and analysing the head products are instock
• Cohort Analysis for push strategies for NB, RB and GU to generate traffic on the website
• Assortment planning on quarterly basis for the girl category with reference from the historic data

Mar 2020 – Oct 2020 · 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Responsible for Brand growth and development
• Product development, Costing, OTB, Production and Merchandising
• Analysed the past year sales data to understand best selling products
• Trend analysis and Market Research for upcoming trends and implementing same
• Relationship with seller and monitor production TNA
• Analysed the stock on hold data to replenish and manage the inventory

Nov 2019 – Jan 2020 · 2 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Studying tech packs provided by design team and identifying the right vendors who are capable of delivering products meeting the buyer's quality, cost and NOW requirements
• Liaising with the design team by providing valuable inputs from Import/ Domestic vendors on strength, design and possibilities that are in sync with Fashion trends
• Keeping records of the quotation and margins received from the new and the old vendors for making the future decisions
• Constantly searching for new vendors on sites like IndiaMart, Alibaba which could provide better quality of fabric with yarn strength, its trend in the market, the price ranges for sample yardages
• Responsible for making timely payments to the vendors according to the Purchase order and the invoice sheets been taken care of.
• Constant followup for the desklooms, strike-offs and labdips from vendors according to their given date for delivering
• Onboarded new vendors particularly for tie and cuffs category.
• Technical knowledge gained: yarn count constructions| Weavings: oxford, plain, twill, herringbone, dobby, leno | Finishing: mercerized yarn, brushed fabric | Fabrics: Cotton, Viscose, Polyester, Cordrouy(Wales), Ribstop nylon, RFD fabric | Printing: Digital and Rotary printing | Gsm value | Types in yarns: Melange, Grindle, Mercerized Yarn

Apr 2019 – Oct 2019 · 6 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Maintaining weekly reports to analyse the stock in hand, shelf life, stock cover for replenishment purpose
• Cataloging of products on the company's website portal and other marketplaces with strategic content, pricing and stock keeping in mind and planning discounts according to the views and conversions with each sessions on the website
• Execution of sourcing trims/accessories merchants and do follow up for the raw material
• Prepare production file with detailed documents of approved samples and swatches
• Conduct meeting after the sample approved by the buyer and discuss on its costing and negotiations and accordingly plan for its production
• Fabrics known- Dobby, desire, mesh, needle punch, 4 way Lycra, 3 way Lycra, rib, interlock, tencel, cotton polyester, denim washings: stone wash, acid wash.
• Trim and accessories known- coil zipper, vislon zipper, invisible zipper, tape, reflector, eyelet, Velcro, elastic, cord, suspender, belt
• Buyer: Pan India, E-commerce: Myntra, Amazon.

Oct 2018 – Mar 2019 · 5 mos · mumbai

• Analysed consumer buying habits through RFM model on quarterly basis and accordingly plan promotion and EOSS plan with proper allocation and margins keeping in mind
• Analysing weekly sell thru reports for better understanding of the slow moving products
• Budget planning for the new season according to the category wise margins and the sales reports for EBO, SIS, E-commerce portals
• Created the initial patterns and design for kurti
• Sourced and selected textile based on sketches
• Deciding upon the colour combination according to the trend analysing
• Sourced new broaches and the embroidery parts
• Fabrics Known-: Georgette, Santone, Dophian, Lycra, Rayon, Cambric, Modal, Satin, Linen, Hemp, Saturn Silk, Cotton Saturn, Cotton Polyester, Crochet
• Embroidery Known: Machine As well as Hand
• Prints known: Digital Printing, Screen Printing

Mar 2015 – May 2015 · 2 mos

• Worked as a store incharge in Thane- Koram mall for their brand and was responsible for the visual merchandising and analysed the customers tastes.
• Sourced new dyers, cutworks companies for their brand
• Made khaka for machine embroideries
• Checking of every garment before being delivered to the retail stores.