Sumy Jose Thomas
Mumbai,MH
Summary
A very dedicated individual with experience in achieving tangible results and cross-team collaboration. Proactive and excited to partner with like-minded individuals to achieve goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Freelance Project
Tanishq Jewellery
03.2024 - 05.2024
- Pan india and online research on lab grown market and its competitors
- Streamlined data collection processes, resulting in faster insights and more informed decisionmaking.
- Conducted competitive analysis, providing valuable insights for business growth and development.
Senior Merchandiser
5C And Co
06.2023 - 02.2024
- Consult with sales, media and marketing representatives to obtain information on product or service.
- Develop industrial standards and regulatory guidelines for the products.
- Confer with management or subordinates to resolve worker problems, complaints, or grievances.
- Calculate labor and equipment requirements and production specifications, using standard formulas.
- Sales forecasting, Competition Analysis Etc
- Selected merchandise based on price, quality and demand.
Manager - Merchandising
CaratLane
05.2021 - 02.2023
- Established strategic monthly Introduction goals, communicating priorities to team and closely tracking progress to ensure success.
- Researched industry trends to provide knowledgeable insight.
- Expanded design concepts to highest standards to come up with great collections and category additions.
- Reached out to vendors to resolve problems, provide information and order samples.
- Put together, corrected and updated product assortment sheets.
- Planning store wise quantity during collection launches and during festivals to make sure enough inventory last till the next production cycle gets over.
- Planning and analysis data for the upcoming season and determining by the performance to update the current catalog.
- Analyzed and tracked data to prepare forecasts and identify trends.
- Analyzed operational improvements against KPIs to measure progress.
- Evaluated performance data and established benchmarks for future tracking.
- Analyzed both online and offline date for future developments
Deputy Manager , Category
Reliance Jewels
08.2019 - 05.2021
- Ownership of regional as well as national design introductions as per the requirements for the stake holders
- Expanded design concepts to highest standards and prepared Designs and products
- Negotiated designs, costings and solutions with suppliers and clients.
- Monitored competitor activity, observing current jewellery trends and customer preferences to consistently meet market demand.
- Discovered processes and techniques for improving ethical practices within current jewellery design and manufacturing operations.
Merchandiser
Hazoorilal Legacy
05.2018 - 08.2019
- Generated, reviewed and distributed sales reports each week for management.
- Put together, corrected and updated product assortment sheets. For all 3 categories Gold, Diamond and Polki
- Reached out to vendors to resolve problems, provide information and order samples
- Part of international exhibitions(UAE) and their product selection and pricing, Sale of the products during the time period
Assistant Manager
Khazana Jewellery
06.2014 - 06.2016
- Monthly visits to stores including upcoming and low performing stores: these visits include: requirement gathering form sales rep, collection training, etc
- Responsible for complete end to end activities of collection launch
- Coordinating with vendors for the requirement and lead times for order
- Planning and allocation for stores
- Completion analysis for new store launch
Education
Luxury Brand Management - Branding
Pearl Academy
2018
BBA, With jewellery design and management - Management
Manipal Institute of Jewellery Management
HazoorilalCaratLaneMundakayamMundakayamPolkiManipal2014
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- MS Power Point
- Research
- Leadership
- Planning
- Product Development
- People Person
- Market networking
- Client research
- Market trend analysis
- Relationship Building
- Analytical Thinking
- Networking
- Multitasking
Languages
English
Advanced
C1
Hindi
Upper Intermediate
B2
Tamil
Upper Intermediate
B2
Italian
Beginner
A1
Malayalam
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Malayalam
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Freelance Project
Tanishq Jewellery
03.2024 - 05.2024
Senior Merchandiser
5C And Co
06.2023 - 02.2024
Manager - Merchandising
CaratLane
05.2021 - 02.2023
Deputy Manager , Category
Reliance Jewels
08.2019 - 05.2021
Merchandiser
Hazoorilal Legacy
05.2018 - 08.2019
Assistant Manager
Khazana Jewellery
06.2014 - 06.2016
Luxury Brand Management - Branding
Pearl Academy
BBA, With jewellery design and management - Management
Manipal Institute of Jewellery Management
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