Over 10+ years of professional work experience with progressive responsibility in Retail and B2B Natural and lab grown diamond jewellery industry. Manufacturing unit , design, or development knowledge is a plus to understand customer needs and propose creative solutions. Detail oriented team player with strong organization skill ability to handle multiple project simultaneously with high degree of accuracy.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
5
5
Languages
Work History
Merchandising Manager and Product Developments
Zar Jewels
04.2024 - Current
Developed strong relationships with corporate clients, as well as retail and B2B clients.
Maintained point of sale (POS) system by inputting accurate inventory information.
Researched new concepts and ideas as per customer requirements.
Trained and supervised manual designer team, CAD designing team, and 2D art CAM team members in best practices, improving overall performance.
Analyzed trends and design concepts research to determine seasonal merchandise direction.
Implemented innovative visual displays that captured attention and boosted sales significantly.
Interacted with customers to obtain feedback and drive satisfaction.
Analyzed industry trends to develop relevant offerings.
Merchandiser & PD Manager
Hunnar Gold, Mumbai
03.2024 - Current
Involve in product development, product demand forecasting and product management recommendations.
Provide inputs regarding NPI (New product introduction).
Maintain the product catalog and design bank for collections.
Ensure new and improved products are in line with the latest trends and customer preferences.
Recommend product and brand categorization criteria for uniformity in Gold & Diamond.
Plan product meets to identify new vendors by gathering feedback from Heads.
Guide, review and get sign off on the carrying cost of stocks.
Provide visual image, photographs of the design concepts to designers
Get the hand sketch designs done by designers and select the designs
Provide selected designs to CAD operator for developing 3D models with detailing and dimensions for jewellery pieces to be manufactured check quality of the hand sketch and CAD design
Give instructions to designers in terms of product type, size, dimensions, shapes, materials as per research information gathered
Prepare the product development plan
Coordinate with production manager and get the metal master produced
Merchandiser & PD Manager
Ambition Jewells Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
07.2022 - 02.2024
Work with the design, Sales & Marketing team to create designs, effective product descriptions and visual with strong presentations, concepts & visual merchandising that meet the overall product strategy and merchandising objectives.
Possess knowledge about the competitive retail sector & current fashion trends to remain up to date with the industry’s best practice and identify emerging trends & incorporate them in to new designs
Consult to client’s range of choices to design, conceptualize and developed distinctive jewelry collection and concepts. Ensure that proper design transition is executed in to actual samples by looking into the entire design process pipeline from conceptualization to manufacturing.
Attended various jewelry shows, retail exhibitions, workshop and other social events and developed outstanding interpersonal relationship building abilities with customers and vendors
Strengthened communication skills through regular interactions with other and proven ability to learn quickly and adapt the new situations.
Used strong analytical and problem solving skills to develop effective solutions for challenging situations.
PD Manager and CRM
Laxmi Dia Jewel Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
09.2017 - 01.2022
Generated weekly, monthly and quarterly designs & sales reports to highlight milestones and activities.
Conducted regular designs audits to verify work in process.
Completed efficient designs resets to prepare for special promotions and seasonal updates.
Continuous improvement for processes and tracking efficient management across the team.
Ensure smooth flow of orders.
Implementing, Maintaining, monitoring systems in Pres & Post Sales.
Leading the business meetings with existing clients.
Collaborate with all relevant units (designing team, cad/cam, production, diamond departments, and accounts) for streamlining and monitoring the management of all service orders.
Product pricing.
Asst Manager
Kiran Jewels India Ltd., Mumbai
01.2015 - 07.2017
Inter department co-ordination for order process.
Update and manage database on regular intervals.
Submission of reports of daily activities on regular basis.
Follow up with customers & Update customers about new products.
Coordination with customer for orders.
Education
Master of Commerce (M.COM) -
Nagindas Khandwala College
Mumbai
03-2014
Third Year Bachelor of Commerce (T.Y.B.COM) - undefined
University of Mumbai
Mumbai
03-2012
Second Year Junior College Commerce (H.S.C) - undefined
Bal Bharati College
Mumbai
03-2009
Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C) - undefined
Aspee Nutan Academy
Mumbai
03-2007
Skills
MS Excel
MS Word
MS Outlook
Jewel plus (Jewelry software)
Sea Net (Jewelry software)
Gati (Jewelry software)
Timeline
Merchandising Manager and Product Developments
Zar Jewels
04.2024 - Current
Merchandiser & PD Manager
Hunnar Gold, Mumbai
03.2024 - Current
Merchandiser & PD Manager
Ambition Jewells Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
07.2022 - 02.2024
PD Manager and CRM
Laxmi Dia Jewel Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai
09.2017 - 01.2022
Asst Manager
Kiran Jewels India Ltd., Mumbai
01.2015 - 07.2017
Third Year Bachelor of Commerce (T.Y.B.COM) - undefined
University of Mumbai
Second Year Junior College Commerce (H.S.C) - undefined