Accomplished Senior Buying & Planning Manager with a proven track record at One Friday Brands, adept in Key Account Management and fostering team unity. Spearheaded innovative retail buying and Planning strategies, achieving significant sales targets and enhancing vendor relations. Excelled in planning and coordination, driving operational efficiency and surpassing performance goals.
· OTB Planning
· New season launch plan
· New store stock plan and launch
· Season initial allocation plan
· Inventory managements
· Assortment plan for all channels MBO,EBO & Online
· Sell thru analysis & take necessary actions
· Maintain base stock as per store capacity
· Analysis best seller and re-order plan
· Stock liquidation plan for slow seller and non seller
· Manage discount as per business plan
· EOSS discount plan,execute and review weekly
· RTW plan
· Handing LFS stores & work for Walmart,Lulu ,Spar ,Metro and other regional SIS Channels.
· Create buying plan for next season launch and present it with internal category team for manufacturing on time.
· Negotiate the distribution price with vendors and fix it
· Assortment plan for all vendor and launch on time
· Analysis the secondary and primary sales
· Visiting to vendors for new launch presentation and monthly sales review.
· Follow up timely payment with vendors & reconciliation with finance team
· Making new vendors for business developments
· Hiring sales staff and provide the product sales training
Max & Easybuy
· New store’s stock planning for Max & EB (Key Account)
· Prepare the merchandise allocation as per timelines
· Review fast- & slow-moving items
· Work on Signage's & coordinate with Marketing and VM
· Store visit to check merchandise visibility and gap
· Weekly work on category performance analysis, sales, and stock mix analysis, sell thru and ROS analysis.
Buying -Home Centre (Private Label)
· Initiate buying as per budget or OTB
· Prepare range sheet & attribute sheet for buying records
· Communicate with suppliers to negotiate best pricing
· Plan and ensure on time orders and re-orders
· Ensure timely implementation of planograms
· Interacted with vendors, store managers and warehouses to maintain on-time deliveries.
· Track sales performance and analysis and take actions.
· Arrange PO, Inspection, Shipment Nomination on time to meet store timelines and keep follow-up with Vendors.
Review current, upcoming shipments and inventory status
Retail Planning & Stock Management Analysis
Retail Buying & Planning (EBO & Multiples SIS Channels-KA)
· Assortment planning for season & new store launch
· Analyzed trends and sales targets to create distribution plans for retail partners or channels
· Planning & forecasting sales during Festive & EOSS.
· Base Stock & Option Planning at channel and store level
· Maintain freshness during season
· Provide in-season promotional plan and execute
· Plan and work out for RTW plan after EOSS.
· Coordinated with ops team, retail partners & WH team to develop ordering process and efficient delivery of items.
· Allocation – To monitor Roll-out of initial Season allocation to stores.
· Dispatches-Ensure timely dispatches from WH and track for same with regional warehouse.
· Deliveries-Follow up on deliveries at respective channel WH/Stores and ensure movement to floor.
· Replenishment – Weekly replenishment against requirement from stores and fill category options gap.
· Liquidation – Highlight non-moving styles for proposing markdowns/liquidation plan.
· Tracking deliveries through Buying order vs GRN
· Consolidation – Stock consolidation at end of season and during season for identified carry forward styles.
· Sell Thru - Maintain Sell Thru report on weekly basis and take necessary action on IST and replenishment.
· Weekly & Monthly performance reviews
· Contribution Analysis against gender/category/options
· Broken sizes analysis and make a list for IST
· Analysis of Best Seller and Worst Seller
Key Account Management
Retail Buying & Planning
Team Building
Planning and Coordination
Demand forecasting
Decision-Making