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PRASHAM JAIN

PRASHAM JAIN

Bengaluru

Summary

Senior analytics professional with 9+ years of experience across global retail planning and inventory analytics, including Target (US), Bestseller, Kmart Australia, and Future Group. Proven expertise in retail merchandising, forecasting, inventory optimization, and planning transformation, with a strong track record of partnering with Director / VP / SVP-level stakeholders to translate complex business problems into scalable, decision-ready analytical solutions. Delivered $200M+ cumulative business impact across enterprise initiatives.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Analyst – Planning & Inventory Management Analytics

Target
02.2023 - Current
  • Act as lead analytics partner to merchandise planning and inventory leadership (Director / VP / SVP), owning end-to-end solutioning for enterprise planning problems.
  • Lead analytical workstreams translating ambiguous business challenges into scalable planning tools across Apparel, Home, Food & Beverages.
  • Key Initiatives & Impact
  • Forecast for Allocation (FFA): Led enterprise inventory positioning framework (Class/Cluster → Country → RDC → Store), processing 100K+ items; improved availability (+8%), reduced forecast bias (–11%), optimized weeks of supply (–3.6 weeks); contributed to ~$200M cumulative impact.
  • Ideal Inventory Solution: Built attribute-driven inventory targeting capability; enabled clearance reduction (–44%, ~$3.1B), inventory carry reduction (–11%, ~$4.4B), and sell-through improvement (+9%).
  • New Item Forecasting: Designed attribute-based cold-start forecasting; improved new item forecast accuracy (+36%) and reduced opening-week OOS (–56%).
  • Store Clustering: Delivered demand-based store segmentation; improved forecast accuracy (+12%), allocation efficiency (+18%), enabling ~$400M sales impact.
  • In-Season Demand Pulse: Built automated forecast correction logic; reduced forecast bias (–14%), enabled ~$180M lost-sales reduction, improved in-season availability (+23%).
  • Leadership & Consulting
  • Lead problem definition, solution design, validation, and executive storytelling.
  • Mentor junior analysts and support onboarding and capability building.
  • Planning & Inventory Insights

Planning Consultant

Bestseller India
12.2021 - 01.2023
  • In-house planning consultant supporting central merchandising leadership.
  • Functional consultant for Board Planning implementation (Demand Planning, Assortment, OTB, Replenishment).
  • Defined business requirements, use cases, and validation cycles; supported forecast accuracy diagnostics and seasonality analysis.
  • BESTSELLER United Pvt. Ltd.

Demand Planner

KAS Services India
11.2020 - 12.2021
  • Delivered multi-level demand forecasting for apparel and GM.
  • Performed forecast accuracy analysis and promotion planning to minimize lost sales.
  • Kmart Australia

Assistant Manager – Merchandising Solutions

Future Retail Ltd.
08.2018 - 10.2020
  • Internal retail consultant for TXT Retail planning transformation across multiple business formats.
  • Supported MFP, Range & Assortment, Allocation & Replenishment rollouts.
  • Partnered with senior stakeholders on inventory investment and category planning.
  • Future Group

Education

Professional Certificate - Advanced Data Analytics for Managers

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode
Kozhikode
07.2025

Bachelor of Fashion Technology -

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
Kannur

Skills

  • Retail Merchandising & Planning
  • Demand Forecasting
  • Inventory Positioning & Optimization
  • Allocation & Replenishment
  • Retail KPIs
  • Consulting Solutioning
  • Executive Stakeholder Engagement
  • Team Mentorship
  • R
  • SQL
  • Power BI
  • Tableau
  • SAP
  • Planning Platforms
  • Python
  • PySpark
  • Excel

Core Expertise

  • Retail Merchandising & Planning (MFP, OTB, Assortment)
  • Demand Forecasting (Pre & In-Season)
  • Inventory Positioning & Optimization
  • Allocation & Replenishment
  • Retail KPIs (Availability, Sell-Through, Weeks of Supply, Forecast Bias, Inventory Turns, GMROII)
  • Consulting Solutioning (Use Cases, Scenarios, Validation, Rollout)
  • Executive Stakeholder Engagement
  • Team Mentorship

Timeline

Senior Analyst – Planning & Inventory Management Analytics

Target
02.2023 - Current

Planning Consultant

Bestseller India
12.2021 - 01.2023

Demand Planner

KAS Services India
11.2020 - 12.2021

Assistant Manager – Merchandising Solutions

Future Retail Ltd.
08.2018 - 10.2020

Professional Certificate - Advanced Data Analytics for Managers

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

Bachelor of Fashion Technology -

National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)
PRASHAM JAIN