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Gaurav Kumar

New Delhi

Summary

Successful Senior Buyer offering many years of experience in targeting and procuring highly sought-after products. Accomplished in developing relationships with key suppliers and negotiating deals for cost-effective procurement. Talented in maintaining strong knowledge of product and pricing trends.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Sr. Buyer (Ladies & Kids Footwear)

Reliance Retail Ltd
Bengaluru
11.2022 - Current
  • Managing the PL Ladies & Kids footwear brand Outryt & Wotnot for Azorte brand in Reliance Retail.
  • Responsible for Range Development, Selection, and Presentation.
  • Price Point Analysis & Pricing of merchandise.
  • Fashion Forecasting, Benchmarking, and Trend Analysis
  • Creating category-wise sales projections and OTB plan, month and season-wise.
  • Store Space analysis so that the target SPSFs are met.
  • Tracking sales for online portal on ajio.com.

Assistant Manager Buying (Kids Footwear)

Firstcry.com
Mumbai
05.2020 - 11.2022
  • Managing the procurement of kids' footwear for the in-house brand Babyoye and Cutewalk.
  • Identification and onboarding of national and international vendors for sourcing in Babyoye.
  • Responsible for sample developments, quality checks, approvals, and product testing.
  • Analyze stock vs. sales, determine items to be ordered per forecasts and inventory targets, and place purchase orders accordingly.

Assistant Category Manager

Shop101
Mumbai
09.2019 - 05.2020
  • Taking care of footwear category.
  • Responsible for the KBMs like GMV, CM, Revenue, ASP, Conversion, and Orders of the category.
  • Identify key vendors and work with them to meet overall GMV and order targets.
  • Doing in-depth performance analysis of category buying and selling plans.

Category Account Manager

Clues Network Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon
11.2016 - 08.2019
  • Taking care of Men's Sports Shoes in the Footwear Category.
  • Managing Buying and Sourcing of Shopclues' in-house Footwear Brand, 29K.
  • Full accountability for managing OTB budget, implementing strategies to drive the best return for OTB.
  • Responsible for the KBMs like GMV, CM, Revenue, ASP, Conversion, and Orders of the Sports Category.

Key Account Manager (Sr. Associate)

Paytm.com
Noida
07.2014 - 07.2016
  • Vendor Management -: Handling Key accounts for various marketing and promotion.
  • Merchandise planning for achieving good sales.
  • Identifying new markets and merchants for business development.
  • Lower down the Burn percentage and increase the Net margin for my category.

Education

MBA - Masters of Fashion Management (MFM)

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
Hyderabad
06-2014

Business Administration And Management

Delhi University
New Delhi
05-2010

Advanced Professional Digital Design And Editing Diploma - Digital Design & Editing

MAAC
New Delhi
06-2012

Skills

  • Brand Management
  • Business Development
  • Inventory Management
  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Merchandising

Languages

Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

Timeline

Sr. Buyer (Ladies & Kids Footwear)

Reliance Retail Ltd
11.2022 - Current

Assistant Manager Buying (Kids Footwear)

Firstcry.com
05.2020 - 11.2022

Assistant Category Manager

Shop101
09.2019 - 05.2020

Category Account Manager

Clues Network Pvt Ltd
11.2016 - 08.2019

Key Account Manager (Sr. Associate)

Paytm.com
07.2014 - 07.2016

MBA - Masters of Fashion Management (MFM)

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

Business Administration And Management

Delhi University

Advanced Professional Digital Design And Editing Diploma - Digital Design & Editing

MAAC

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