Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Accomplishments
Duration
Newstores
Keyindicators
Storeguru
Storeoperations
Children
Personal Information
Languages
Chess,Carrom and Cricket
Timeline
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Raju Gowala

Cluster Manager in Royal Oak Incorporation Pvt ltd(Furniture,Furnishing & Decor Section)
Gurgaon,Mb-8017070701,Haryana
Raju Gowala

Summary

Result-oriented professional in Retail Sector with nearly 17 years of impressive success in setting the target, & strategic plan for developing growth in sales, and amplifying GMROI through long-term planning & execution with team management which is the stores of Furniture and Decor departments in North Zone from Royal Oak Incorporation-pvt ltd as the no 1 company in India from Furniture store.Ex Service in Hometown, Homecentre & Royaloak Incorporation-Spend along terms of duration

Overview

17
years of professional experience
2
Certifications

Work History

Royal Oak Incorporation Pvt Ltd
Gurgaon , Haryana

Cluster Manager
01.2024 - Current

Job overview

Taking care of Homeware and Furniture Departments

Help to achieve Targets and Team Handling

Data Handling

Inventory Manage and Controlling

Shrinkages Control

DAD control

Training in Furniture,Furnishing Departments and Homeware Departments

Lifestyle Pvt Ltd (Homecentre) Landmark Group
Lucknow , Uttar Pradesh

Store Manager
01.2022 - 01.2024

Job overview

Taking care of Homeware and Furniture Departments in six stores

Help to achieve Targets and Team Handling

Data Handling

Inventory Manage and Controlling

Shrinkages Control

DAD control

Training in Furniture,Furnishing Departments and Homeware Departments

Plotting & Plano work

Stock Fill Rate working and Sales per sq. feet analysis with every plano movement

EPP and New arrival products analysis

Competitors data analysis

Weekly,Monthly,Yearly Data analysis with LY & TY

Visual Display as per colour themes

Proper offer communication

Experts in MS Excel,SAP.Oracle,Power BI

Praxis Home Retail Ltd
Kolkata , West Bengal

Retail Department Manager
01.2017 - 01.2022

Job overview

Pallasio Mall Homecentre in Lucknow 28000 sq.ft area & Pacific Mall Dehradun also

Taking care of Homeware and Furniture Departments

Help to achieve Targets and Team Handling

Data Handling

Inventory Manage and Controlling

Shrinkages Control

DAD control

Training in Furniture,Furnishing Departments and Homeware Departments

Plotting & Plano work

Stock Fill Rate working and Sales per sq. feet analysis with every plano movement

EPP and New arrival products analysis

Competitors data analysis

Weekly,Monthly,Yearly Data analysis with LY & TY

Visual Display as per colour themes

Proper offer communication

Hometown in Future Group
Kolkata , West Bengal

Assistant Department Manager
01.2014 - 01.2016

Job overview

Help to achieve Targets and Team Handling

Inventory Manage and Controlling

Taking care of Homeware and Furniture Departments

Hometown in Future Group
Kolkata , West Bengal

Senior Customer Associate
01.2008 - 01.2013

Job overview

Visual Display as per colour themes

Proper offer communication

Help to achieve Targets and Team Handling

Hometown in Future Group
Kolkata , West Bengal

Team Leader
01.2010 - 01.2013

Job overview

Visual Display as per colour themes

Proper offer communication

Help to achieve Targets and Team Handling

Education

University Overview

Board: ISC-XII

University Overview

Board: BA-Graduation

University Overview

Board: ICSE-X

Skills

Building strong relationship with Team & customer

Certification

Appreciation certificate

Accomplishments

  • Enhanced proper stock plan of the organization by establishing strategic alliances & tie-up with key decision-makers.
  • Decisive and performance-driven professional with experience of delivering transformational change in overall operations by driving retail operations, distribution, budgeting, cost control, new product launch and so on.
  • Build deeper relationships with Internal staffs, subordinates & category for promoted winning attitude while exceeding performance expectations.
  • Implemented strategies like initiating with moveable stocks, control DAD & shrinkage which led to increase in the revenue & helping to accomplish with the correct plannos and implemention of fresh stocks by following the LIFO & FIFO method.
  • Provided insight on business decision-making process through analysis, financial projections (planning, budgeting and forecasting) and reporting brought in scalable financial control in operations.
  • Expertise in setting strategic goals, providing consultancy, making effective decisions, and smooth sales activities. When in operation-Doing a highest bill of 22 lacs from the Holiday Inn company in Rajarhat as a single handed buisness that is the highest bill so far from fabric studio. Getting the huge buisness from coal India also & from the taksal Reserve Bank also during operations.
  • Empowers Retail Department Managers to predict future sales performance & be proactive in identifying trends with colour themes. And giving training also to the Management Traniee & the recruited Department heads also regarding the products and the SOP of the organization. Keeping good relationship with the furnishing and Kitchenware area heads of the renewed brand like-welspun, Portico, Maspar, Bianca, Boutique, Skipper, Deco Window, D Décor, Wonderchef, Prestige, Meyer, Ocean, Sage.
  • Working as the products experts in Furniture,Furnishing and Decor Departments and giving training also to Store Managers and staffs.

Duration

11/01/08, 06/01/24

Newstores

Patna Hometown stores and Raipur Hometown stores opened in 2022 with the help of General Manager, Maketing team and VM head also. Future group in Praxis Home Retail Ltd

Keyindicators

  • Internal & External Customers satisfaction with healthy environment over both organization & buisness also.
  • Revenue growth & keen eye on SPF & MPF.
  • Conversion Ratio aiming to give 100% always.
  • Working on Planos as overall.
  • Damage & shrinkages control and work on liquidation & dead stocks to clear it as soon.
  • Performing IST trainer and taking schedule for EMT during week days to educate all the internal customers well versed.
  • Keep monitoring over fast moving planos everyday to generate more sale that will help in earning revenue.
  • Taking care of the administration parts also-vendor like stationery, Water, Housekeeping items, Housekeepers alignment and Security also. Control over expences in petty cash also to add profit margin in EBITDA.

Storeguru

Hometown Kolkata in 2021 to 2022(Praxis Home Retail LTD)

Storeoperations

  • Planning & Execution
  • Planner
  • Innovater
  • In store Planner & optimization
  • Planning in BTL activity, Paper inserting with remote and metropolitan area.
  • Products training

Children

2

Personal Information

  • Father's Name: Biswanath Gowala
  • Mother's Name: Nirmala Gowala
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Marital Status: Married

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)
Bengali
Beginner (A1)

Chess,Carrom and Cricket

I Like to spend my leisure time while playing Indoor & outdoors games as per required.

Timeline

Cluster Manager

Royal Oak Incorporation Pvt Ltd
01.2024 - Current

Store Manager

Lifestyle Pvt Ltd (Homecentre) Landmark Group
01.2022 - 01.2024

Retail Department Manager

Praxis Home Retail Ltd
01.2017 - 01.2022

Assistant Department Manager

Hometown in Future Group
01.2014 - 01.2016

Team Leader

Hometown in Future Group
01.2010 - 01.2013

Senior Customer Associate

Hometown in Future Group
01.2008 - 01.2013

04.2001

04.2007

04.1999
Raju GowalaCluster Manager in Royal Oak Incorporation Pvt ltd(Furniture,Furnishing & Decor Section)