Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
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Interests
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Shreyas Deshmukh

Shreyas Deshmukh

Category Management
Navi Mumbai

Summary

Business professional with experience in buying, merchandising, P&L management, assortment and inventory planning. Skilled in supplier negotiation, managing supply relationships, and leveraging analytics to drive category performance. Strong collaborator with a proven ability to align cross-functional teams toward strategic goals.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
3
3
Languages

Work History

Category Manager - Large Appliances

Reliance Retail Ltd.
08.2023 - Current
  • Managed Procurement for Washing Machines, Dishwashers and Clothes Dryer at Reliance Digital, JioMart, JMD, B2B and Extended Channels (Smart, BISMI, Metro).
  • Managing the Washing Machine category at Reliance Retail, significantly contributed to streamlining assortment, improving inventory health, and driving growth through strategic negotiations and channel expansion resulting in 14.5% YoY growth for FY 2024–2025.
  • Spearheaded 800Cr category business while managing Tier 1 & Tier 2 brands.
  • Planned & Executed Store product Display (Planogram) for RD stores, while simultaneously launching new addition to assortment for RDin, JMD channel.
  • Successfully negotiated TOTs, additional marketing budgets and Ad-hoc supports to arrest end of life & aging inventory surge throughout the year.
  • Worked on inventory health optimization along with strategic NPIs to improve overall assortment laddering & more acceptability from customers.
  • Strategized and executed average selling price increase and growth in counter share for the brands managed.
  • On boarded new brands & aligned assortment for incremental sales across channels.
  • Successfully onboarded BISMI as an extended channel partner for the Washing machine category, managing the end-to-end process, including negotiations, relationship building, and channel integration.
  • Supported the category lead collaborated with marketing and supply chain teams to drive seasonal campaign (Washotsav), which contributes to 35% of overall sale for FY 2024-25.

Education

M.B.A - Operations And Supply Chain

Indira Institute of Management
Pune
01.2021 - 1 2023

B.E. - Mechanical

Dr. D.Y Patil School of Engineering
Pune
01.2017 - 1 2020

Skills

Negotiation

Certification

Certified in Sourcing, Buying & Merchandising (Level - 1)

Interests

Cricket, Trekking, Following Market Trends

Accomplishments

Behind the Scenes Wonder Awards. (11/2024) Recognized with “Behind the scenes wonder” award by Reliance Retail for my performance during Festive season.

Timeline

Category Manager - Large Appliances

Reliance Retail Ltd.
08.2023 - Current

M.B.A - Operations And Supply Chain

Indira Institute of Management
01.2021 - 1 2023

B.E. - Mechanical

Dr. D.Y Patil School of Engineering
01.2017 - 1 2020
Shreyas DeshmukhCategory Management