Inder Kumar Mehta

· Leading and managing operations of company’s India sourcing offices based in Delhi-NCR and Mumbai

· Overseeing development, implementation and enhancement of strategies, policies and procedures for business sourcing initiatives including system development, process improvements, monitoring, forecasting and budgeting

· Leading teams in identifying opportunities and developing resolution strategies, especially focused on achieving expectations around price, quality and delivery

· Investigating, diagnosing and taking necessary action to handle any claims/challenges

Director - Sourcing (April 2014 - May 2015)

· Set up JLA’s India sourcing office by identifying and reviewing real estate locations, liaisoning with legal and financial experts, banks, and relevant government authorities

· Worked on key sourcing initiatives to enhance growth of direct business out of India, Pakistan region

· Responsible for all of company’s direct import business out of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh

· Directed costing strategy to support corporate sourcing plan and facilitated price negotiations on major programmes with vendors

· Based on company’s target IMU goals and volume requirements, sourced and selected right combination of products and factories from various production locations – India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, etc.

Merchandise Manager - Soft Home, Apparels (Sep 2009 - April 2012)

· Supervised team of merchandisers, ensuring order tracking activities and meeting product specification and on-time expectations

· Monitored supplier and factory performances - identified new factories and evaluated existing vendors for annual planning of product allocation

Buying Contractor (Jan 2009 - Aug 2009)

· Set up Dollar General’s India liaison office:

Legal: Liaised with legal representatives and accountants in India and head office

Real Estate: Reviewed and worked with real estate companies on prospective office spaces and finalized on DG’s eventual office location

Recruitments: Hired requisite staff for the office

· Worked on direct import sourcing opportunities out of India & Pakistan

(Short tenure was due to sudden closure of ALL Global HOME teams as a business repositioning measure by top management in 2008)

· Headed home textiles and hard goods division for South Asia region

Senior Merchandiser – Home Textiles (July 2004 – June 2005)
Merchandiser – Home Textiles (Jan 2003 – June 2004)

· Led a team of Senior Merchandisers and Merchandisers handling North American retailers - Meijer, Shopko, Loblaws and southern hemisphere retailers like Edcon (South Africa), Myer (Australia)

· Global Market Representative for Meijer: Responsible for total direct import business of Meijer’s home textiles through Li and Fung, with reporting from other LF offices – Shanghai, HK, Taiwan and Pakistan.

· Handled home textiles business of North American retailers like Meijer, Shopko, and Loblaws

· Worked aggressively for growth of direct import business with all retailers

· Worked with retailers like Belk, Fred Meyer, Shopko, Meijer and Loblaws towards growing their direct import business out of India

· Worked with senior team members on business development and execution for design oriented customers like Spiegel Catalogue (USA) and Heinrich Heine (Germany)

· Marketed for products of company at various domestic and international fairs including IHGF, Heimtextil, Domotex (Germany), etc.

· Co-ordinated production with various sub-vendors spread across multiple centers across India

· Worked with senior team members on business execution of European retailers Esselunga Spa (Italy) and Oppermann, Hach (Germany)