Ipsita Subhadarsini
Assistant Manager
Bhubaneswar,OD
Summary
Assistant Category Manager supporting category operations across sourcing, promotion planning, and pricing control. Coordinates with 3–6 vendors per month and resolves 2–4 sourcing or availability issues per month with CC and mandi networks to maintain supply flow and support category availability. Strengthens reporting and decision support through spreadsheet-based documentation and daily execution follow-up.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
Project Supervisor
ECOPROS
12.2021 - 02.2023
- Managing and coordinating day to day activities
- Created and maintained documentation spreadsheets to track project progress
- Interacted with vendors to manage contract compliance and delivery
- Coordinated daily operations, optimizing workflow and resource allocation among team members.
- Improved team collaboration with regular meetings, clear communication, and shared goals.
- Partnered with project team members to identify and quickly address problems.
- Delivered completed projects on time by prioritizing multiple tasks.
- Achieved on-time completion of all projects by effectively delegating tasks and monitoring progress.
- Managed budgets, resources, and timelines for multiple simultaneous projects, ensuring maximum efficiency.
Category executive at F & V category
Reliance Retail
03.2023 - 01.2024
- Executed special projects for F & V category to enhance product offerings.
- Coordinated sourcing efforts with CC/Mandi to ensure optimal supply chain efficiency.
- Daily price benchmarking and implementation of Pricing guidelines.
- Conducted daily price benchmarking and implemented pricing guidelines to maintain competitive positioning.
- Developed operational strategies to enhance inventory management and reduce stock discrepancies.
- Optimized store layouts based on customer flow analysis to increase sales opportunities.
- Established key performance indicators to measure team productivity and operational efficiency.
- Implemented cost-saving measures through reevaluation of supply chain management practices.
- Ensuring sourcing through Interaction with CC/Mandi etc.
RAWE Conducted by SOA University
SOA University
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Programme was conducted at Mendhasala village,Chandaka,Khordha.
- Exposure to various natural setting of village situations, work with and for the agricultural community.
- Identify and understand the problems faced at various stages of crop in the field.
- Familiarization on various issues and problems expected on farmer's field, thereby tackling them competently.
- Established effective communication between farmers and scientific community to facilitate adoption of new technologies.
- Promoted utilization of new technologies to improve agricultural practices among farmers.
- KUS Programme of Govt. of Odisha
- Worked under the government in making awareness to the farmers about- Benefits of seed treatment. Safe use of pesticides. Invasion of Fall Army Worm.
- Issuing Farmers' ID CARD.
- Understanding seed indentation process, supply chain and mFMS Portal.
- Impact Assessment of DBT in fertilizers.
- Assisted in executing PMFBY, PMKSY, and SAURA JALANIDHI programs to enhance farmer support.
- Participated in e-PEST SURVEILLANCE AND PEST MANAGEMENT.
- Participated in BGREI sub-scheme.
- Training on Mushroom cultivation by CTMRT,OUAT
- Experiential Learning and Training programme on mushroom spawn production.
- Arranging potential input sellers through effective dispersal of purpose.
- Showcasing effective agri-business model by us of low investment and less space.
- Arranging for potential customers for profitable sell of the produce.
Education
M.Sc (Ag) (Hons.) - Sustainable Agriculture
Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology
Bhubaneswar01-2022
B.Sc (Ag) (Hons.) -
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University
Bhubaneswar01-2020
XII (C.B.S.E) - Science
Prabhujee English Medium School
Bhubaneswar01-2015
X (I.C.S.E) -
Stewart School
Jajpur01-2013
Skills
Vendor coordination
Spreadsheet management
Document preparation
Data entry
Meeting coordination
Category planning
Pricing analysis
Promotional planning
Sourcing coordination
Retail merchandising
Microsoft Excel
Purchase order processing
PowerPoint presentations
Assortment planning
Retail analytics
Inventory management
Supplier negotiation
Demand forecasting
EXTRACURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS
Awarded certificate of merit for participating as an active member of National Social Service. Associated with “Eradication of Parthenium Grass” campaign, 2019 a national level campaign initiated by MOA, GOI. Awarded Rajya Pruskar in 2012 for emerging as one of the best candidate in Scout and Guides. Awarded certificate of merit for participating as an active member of National Social Service. Associated with “Eradication of Parthenium Grass” campaign, 2019 a national level campaign initiated by MOA, GOI. Awarded Rajya Pruskar in 2012 for emerging as one of the best candidate in Scout and Guides.
POST GRADUATE RESEARCH PROGRAMME OUTLINES
- Title of the thesis : Impact of variety, seed size and plant protection measures on healthy seed potato Production
- To study the effect of variety on morphological and biochemical characters of potato
- To assess the standard seed potato size of six high yielding potato genotypes on plant growth and productivity.
- To identify the most efficient insecticide against sucking pests attacking potato crop for avoiding clonal degeneration.
POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY
- Core member of organizing committee, SOA University, 2018-2020.
- Head girl at Stewart school 2012-13.
Timeline
Category executive at F & V category
Reliance Retail
03.2023 - 01.2024
Project Supervisor
ECOPROS
12.2021 - 02.2023
RAWE Conducted by SOA University
SOA University
06.2019 - 08.2019
M.Sc (Ag) (Hons.) - Sustainable Agriculture
Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology
B.Sc (Ag) (Hons.) -
Siksha 'O' Anusandhan University
XII (C.B.S.E) - Science
Prabhujee English Medium School
X (I.C.S.E) -
Stewart School