HARISH SHARMA

Presently developing & sourcing products from India & Vietnam for
the following American Customers

• Provident Standards, TX US Corp, Menards, Bottomline Sales Group, USA.
• Product categories & collections: Home Decor, Home Textiles,
  Accent Furniture & Houseware products Collections: Everyday,
  Seasonal & Farm House themes.
• Delivered products such as Statuary, Lanterns & Accent tables to customer locations within specific timeframes.
• Drove operational improvements such as working closely with Freight Forwarders which resulted in savings and improved profit margins by minimizing the freight charges.
• Prepared vendors to handle - CIF & DDP shipments from India.
• Working closely with operations heads of different buyers to maintain optimum levels of communication to effectively and efficiently complete projects.

• 05 Feb’ 15 – 30 Jun’ 20 Major Customer Accounts:.
• Costco – USA ; Walmart – USA – D17, D18 ; Supermercado – Peruvian Supermarkets ; Chile supermarkets ; Easy, Retail - Chile – Hypermarkets ; Carrefour, Argentina ; City Club – Mexico ; Rossmann, Germany ; Menards-USA
• Attained over all business growth with various Big Box customers to over $ 7 million in 4 yrs.
• Coordinated sales with Walmart, USA – Business growth to $ 1-1.5 million.
• Reined in project costs while meeting key milestones..
• Effectively Shipped Volume - Oversaw Modular orders via Testrite’s warehouse program. Tracked the Day to Day sales performance & reorders.
• Key promotional sales program handled for WM, D-17 in 2018 – FALLIDAY.
• Streamlined Costco, USA orders worth – 1.5-2 million.
• Supermercados, Peru – Business growth from $80k to $3 million in 5 yrs.
• Prepared entire India showroom in TR Shanghai office, quarterly from 2015 to 2019.
• Categories presented Home Décor, Textiles, Cookware, Accent Furniture & Houseware programs.

Took charge of four new accounts: Edelman – Netherlands ; Esprit – Worldwide – Germany ; Dinnerware Corporation – Holland ; Haans Lifestyle

• Proven Business Growth ; Brand establishment ; Team establishment ; Ontime shipment rate 99%.
• Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
• Worked with customers to understand needs and provide excellent service.
• Led Merchant team in delivery of all seasonal projects, resulting in 90% growth of all accounts.
• Created spreadsheets trackers using Microsoft Excel for daily, weekly and monthly reporting.
• Eliminated downtime and maximized revenue by providing top project quality control.
• Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere.

• Pivotal role in handling Mail order shipments to major TV station clients in USA - Home Shopping Networks (HSN), SNBC, NBC sales by detailed knowledge and knowhow of ISTA-1A packaging procedures & entrusted the duty of training key vendor staff at the same time.
• Mitigated business risk and improved product lead times through thoughtful supplier network design.
• Identified and reported key performance indicators to define successful category management.
• Fostered positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating collaboratively with overseas team & customers.
• Liaised with Operations leaders to address supplier performance issues and develop solutions.
• Identified cost-effective vendors and set up favorable contracts, saving $50k per year in product procurements expenses.
• Improved inspection policies to increase quality of raw materials and finished goods.