Abhishek Bajpai
Footwear Buying, Sourcing & Development
Summary
With a history of successfully managing operations, building teams and equipping employees with skills to independently handle business needs. Offers progressive experience combined with sound judgment and good problem-solving abilities. Strong record of surpassing organizational goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Product Development Manager
Reliance Retail
02.2024 - Current
- Boosted revenue through the successful launch of innovative products that met market demands and consumer needs.
- Increased customer satisfaction with product quality by implementing rigorous testing protocols and addressing issues promptly.
- Developed long-term product roadmaps, aligning business objectives with customer needs and market trends.
- Spearheaded the successful integration of acquired product lines into core offerings, resulting in seamless transitions for stakeholders.
Assistant General Manager
Shufab
7 2023 - 02.2024
- Resolved problems promptly to elevate customer approval.
- Motivated, trained, and disciplined employees to maximize performance.
- To manage QMS of complete group
- Repair, Rejection & customer complaint rejection
- Skill enhancement programme
- Representation of factory during Quality summits
Production Leader
Decathlon Sports India
03.2020 - 04.2023
- To Manage the team & vendors on footwear development/duplication and industrialization for india footwear procurement
- To increase local manufacturing % by faster duplication in India
- To reduce development leadtime
- Local component supplier mapping to reduce the impact of external factors ie; Currency fluctuation, Leadtime, Geo political situation etc
- To prepare annual calendar for all new development and based on calendar highlight and to meet ontime all required milestones.
- To co create the development plan of team members
- Coordinate all new process, material, moulds, Development with global team (based in france).
- Social compliance & Process Audit of vendors
- Training coaching and on-field assessment of team members
- Copy paste global best practices in Indian factories
- Management of complete vendor management (Quality, Development, Supply, Compliance etc) of one factory in southern part of India
Production Team Manager
Decathlon Sports India
02.2017 - 02.2022
- To Map and identify potential Indian footwear factories for local sourcing
- To work on Quality cost ratio on defining the correct production flow (Cut to box, SKD/CKD etc)
- To asses the factories on Social & Process audits to find the areas of improvement
- Based on local sourcing project identify the suppliers category for long, mid & short term
- To plan YOY increase in local production
- Managed personnel by implementing company policies, procedures, work rules, and disciplinary action.
- Researched latest industry trends and technologies, boosting knowledge and understanding of industrial production.
- Devised and administered cost control initiatives saving.
- Utilized data analysis tools to identify and resolve production issues.
- Sourcing team management
Quality Production Leader
Decathlon Sports India
08.2014 - 02.2017
- Maintained vendor flexibility and embraced change to adapt within new ways of working.
- Identified vendor's points to improve and implemented corrective actions to resolve concerns.
- Evaluated vendor's skills and knowledge regularly, training, and mentoring individuals with lagging skills.
- Worked with colleagues to create prototypes for designs and training materials.
- Quality issue resolution at factory/retail side
- incoming, In process and final control mechanism establishment at factory.
Quality Intern
Decathlon Sports India
02.2014 - 08.2014
- Input data into spreadsheets or electronic databases to build complete documentation of testing and troubleshooting procedures.
- Maintained complete, accurate and legible test records, reviewing data for accuracy and trends and communicating concerns to seniors.
- Studied reference materials and technical reports to develop thorough understanding of job requirements and role of related jobs within respective departments and broader company.
Education
MBA - Footwear
Footwear Design & Development Institute
Noida 07.2012 - 07.2014
Skills
Project management
Sourcing & vendor development
Footwear development & costing
Leadership & human management
Functional leadership
Accomplishments
- Nominated to do social & process compliance audit in Decathlon
- Created the complete set of vandor panel for Decathlon
- Referent on coaching of various footwear technical topics
- Appreciated for upskilling of team members within a very short span of time
- At college level win awards for debate & essay writing
Timeline
Product Development Manager
Reliance Retail
02.2024 - Current
Production Leader
Decathlon Sports India
03.2020 - 04.2023
Production Team Manager
Decathlon Sports India
02.2017 - 02.2022
Quality Production Leader
Decathlon Sports India
08.2014 - 02.2017
Quality Intern
Decathlon Sports India
02.2014 - 08.2014
MBA - Footwear
Footwear Design & Development Institute
07.2012 - 07.2014
Assistant General Manager
Shufab
7 2023 - 02.2024