Rakesh R

• Collaborate with Trade and VC sales, merchandising, and category teams to align on sales plans.
• Align demand forecast with supply planning and procurement teams using O9 tool.
• Support decision-making for buy quantities, assortment planning, and category strategy.
• Plan raw material and finished goods availability as per sales demand.
• Driving Trade channel Digital Trade show and supporting for venue bookings.
• Reduce stock-outs, excess inventory, and aged/slow-moving stock.
• Re-purposing merchandise from retail and wholesale Pull backs and returns.
• Monitor inventory health using SAP S4 Hana and recommend corrective actions.

Accomplishments/Achievements -

* Liquidating 1.2 Lakhs Peter England Girls and Boys slow/non-Moving Inventory out of system.

* Re-Purposed 1 Lakh FAB categories from returns making it saleable condition and completely liquidating.

* Handled Lot deal non-moving dormant merchandise re-purposing of 90k billing in 4 days to buyer.

* Re-purposed Inner wear packs to single piece for better salability and achieved 50% sales out of 1 Lakh nonmoving inventory.

* Liquidated dormant old fabric and trims reducing 2-3 crores every season.

* Increase in 15% growth L2L for VC channel by increasing the fill rate.

• Ensuring pcd for new styles and feeding for the monthly demand.
• Complete inventory management of warehouse and control flow of raw materials.
• Reducing slow and Non-moving RM and streamlining RM for future launches.
• Monitoring and releasing schedules of Raw materials to purchase and sourcing department.
• Follow up on regular and e-commerce sales against monthly order.
• Risk analysis of the dropped and discontinued styles.
• Buyer handled: Jockey Men's innerwear.

Accomplishments/Achievements -

* Utilized and reduced 5.5 cr value fabric and trims of Nonmoving RM.

* Streamlined RM flow to 95% availability.

• Complete follow up of fabric and trims.
• Ensuring to meet the cut trigger on time.
• Direct co-ordination with mill and trim supplier.
• Follow up with factory for production and garment deliveries.
• Buyers handled: A & F Women's, Kids wear and Hollister.
• Bangalore

• Line Planning through Fast React software and scheduling 360 machines.
• Allocation of all south orders.
• Coordination with sourcing dept for material and fabric flow for planning.
• Co-ordination with marketing & sourcing team on material requirement & material flow balance.
• Co-ordination and daily follow-up with materials dept, cutting section, sewing, and finishing on order status.
• Capacity planning.
• Preparing plan Vs actual reports.
• OTIF reports for fabric and garment deliveries.
• Conducting weekly pre-production tracker meeting.
• Conducting video conference meetings with HO bi-monthly.
• Preparing shipment plans on weekly basis to factory.
• Buyers handled: Wills Lifestyle, John Players.
• (Lifestyle Retail Business Division) Bangalore

• Line planning through Fast React software and scheduling 2048 machines.
• Preparing Plan Vs Actual report and submitting to Vice-President.
• Co-ordination and daily follow-up with materials dept, cutting section, sewing, and finishing on order status.
• Co-ordination with marketing & sourcing team on material requirement & material flow balance.
• Coordination with sourcing dept for material and fabric flow for planning.
• Capacity planning.
• Preparing and submitting the OCR and MIS reports to the management related to order performance.
• Preparing shipment plans on weekly basis to factory.
• Preparing Fabric MIS reports and Cost deviation reports to the management.
• Buyers handled: Ann-Taylor, A&F, Benetton, ESpirit, Eddie-Bauer, Gap, Monoprix, Tommy Hilfiger, JJILL, Charming Shoppe, S.Oliver, Matalan and Hudson Bay.
• (HO - Knits Division) Bangalore

• Handling single unit cut-to-pack production planning with 400 machines.
• Production planning and scheduling with 400 machines based on sales forecast.
• Preparing the style bulletin and advising costing of garment.
• Advising thread and trims consumptions for ordering.
• Ensure material flow for desired connectivity of all functions.
• Constant monitoring of production schedules and re-scheduling based on customer requirements.
• Daily follow-up with materials dept, cutting section, sewing, and finishing on order status.
• Preparing monthly and weekly shipment plans.
• Developing and planning vendors for out-sourcing process.
• Preparing and submitting OCR and MIS reports to the management related to order performance.
• Buyers Handled: Speedo, Levi's, MWWH, Jockey Thorobred, Jockey 3D, M&S, CIN-2.
• Bangalore