Supriya Nanda
Bangalore
Summary
Results-driven Retail Planning & Merchandising professional with 10+ years of experience in Buying, Demand Planning, and E-Commerce Outright Business. Proven expertise in OTB management, range assortment, inventory optimization, and digital channel growth — with hands-on experience managing online outright accounts at a global sports brand
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager-Planning & Merchandising-Outright Accounts
Puma
Bangalore
09.2022 - Current
- Budget and Sales plan for wholesale business- Purchase plan of inventory and alignment with buying and sales teams
- Finalizing Buy Budgets for future seasons for placing orders and tracking of Open-To-Buy budget, basis latest sales plan
- Target Setting and Management of Targets for Offline and Online outright business accounts, contributing 1/3rd to company’s topline
- Maintaining optimal Stock cover at platforms/partners; Estimation of Season-end returns from to Warehouse
- Daily monitoring of business performance and profitability through KPIs
- Old-season inventory management, stock-turn and liquidation
- Continuous automation and analysis to enhance inputs using Data Science tools and Power BI
- Managing sales and inventory risks and managing customer returns
- Developed Replenishment and reorder models for Offline and Online businesses
- Developed Reordering tool to streamline size level ordering to improve sell thru and reduce OTB wastage
- “Cat of the Quarter 2023” for Streamlining billing, reducing business complications and increasing turn-around time for platform/partner order fulfillment
Assistant Manager, Demand Planning, GCC
Homecentre, Landmark Group
Bangalore
06.2021 - 09.2022
- Monitor Seasonal Budget performance against Plan and reforecast considering past performance and trends for Sales, Opening and Closing Stocks and monthly Inflows/Open to Buy
- Monitor Sales Margins to ensure that Margins are being achieved across Territories By department
- Analyze Territory Ageing Stocks and identify out of line situations to agreed Concept Targets
- Propose actions to management for approval & communicate to Concept Retail Manager and Territories on actions to be taken
- Monitor Orders being placed against Open to buy targets by month on the Buy Plan ensuring that the Orders are placed timeously and according to assortment plans
- Weekly forecasting on MFP down to Territory / subclass level in order to identify exceptions to be addressed i.e
- Over performance/ under performance in sales pattern
- Stock holdings, Forward Covers and Inflows and propose actions on out of line situations to the Buyers in a weekly Department meeting with action to be taken by the Planner
- Propose Seasonal Strategies on Sales, Price point, Supplier, Colour and Assortment Dimensions (Where applicable) at Concept/Territory levels down to Class/Sub-Class levels together with the Buyers taking into account past performance and future trends
- Prepare and Propose Seasonal Budgets derived and validated on MFP at Concept/Territory levels down to Class/Sub-Class levels based on the approved Strategy to match the financial targets set for Sales, Opening /Closing Stocks, Inflows, Forward covers and Sales Margins
Planning Analyst, Asia Pacific
Fossil Group, Inc.
Banaglore
12.2020 - 05.2021
- Driving strategies for sales and inventory based on region, category, style, and store performance to meet sales and inventory objectives for Retail and Concession Stores
- Coordinating preseason, in-season, and postseason store sales / assortment / inventory plans with merchants, demand planners, visual, and store ops
- Communicating plans with Global Store Planners/Regional Planners
- Input and maintaining weekly price changes and promotions
- Working closely with merchants, planners, marketing teams to ensure accuracy on style list, prices, and dates
- Monitor warehouse inventory and evaluate opportunities or risks for stores based on availability
- Administers new store opening/remodels/closure orders; coordinate with countries and store operations for special deliveries for key holidays
Assistant Manager, Retail Planning
The Collective, Aditya Birla Group
Bangalore
02.2019 - 12.2020
- Developing financial, sales, inventory plans, annual/ seasonal business plan and OTB plans- ensuring alignment with overall business requirements
- Ensuring adherence to the business plan to achieve the budgeted NSV, SSPD, Gross Margins, Sell-Through Review and Updating plan periodically
- Preparing Inventory Plan based on Retail Sales Projection, Pullback non-moving stocks and manage dormant inventory by strategic clearance
- Optimizing GMROI / GMROF, Inventory Turns, Full price Sell-Through
- Developing and driving strategy and growth of category and subcategory teams for large, complex, or high-risk categories and subcategories
- Managing Profit and Loss (P&L) and financial forecasting for category teams for large, complex or high risk categories and subcategories
- Tracking and validating Orders from the stores Pan India and working with the Buying Team to ensure the right stocking of products
- Analysis of movement of various divisions, categories, styles and sizes- Checking trends and identifying Fast-moving / Slow-moving styles
Senior Executive, Retail Planning
Splash Fashions, Landmark Group,India
Bangalore
03.2016 - 01.2019
- Responsible for Men’s Fashion Business for Splash India- 52% contribution to Top Line
- Budgeting and Rolling OTB control
- Clearance Plan and timely projections
- Maintaining stock levels across 22 stores for 2250 options
- Identification of stock requirement for all the Men’s business, carrying out stock transfers, Vendor Returns, Consolidations and Top up to fulfil the needs to the business
- Identification and close monitor of top performing categories by ensuring inventory and value targets are met
- Interfacing with Retail, Warehouse, Buying and Design function for periodic performance review
- Regularly collect and analyse product feedback from the Retail team
Management Trainee
Reliance Brand Limited
Bangalore
05.2015 - 02.2016
- Monitor Concept performance and the targets to be achieved by the concept
- Ensure attractive merchandise display & overall store layout
- Ensure the adherence to SOPs in store; replenishing and controlling the merchandise
- Monitor merchandise planning of the store
- Strategize to reduce shrinkages; managing the inventory; ensure strict adherence to the Statutory Compliances
- Competition mapping and data analysis
- Store KPI Management and Inventory Planning
Education
General Management-Executive EP -
Indian Institute of Management
Bangalore08.2019
B.F.Tech (AP) -
NIFT
Hyderabad07.2015
HSC, SSC -
DPS
Rohtak01.2011
Skills
- Demand Planning
- Supply Planning
- Marketplace Management (Myntra/Amazon/Flipkart)
- Digital Shelf Optimization
- Sell-through Analysis
- Range Assortment
- OTB and Inventory Management
- Spend Plan/ Buy Plan
- Budget and Forecasting
- Markdown Strategies
- Trend Analysis
- MS Office
- SAP/Oracle
- Power BI
- Increff Management
- Performance monitoring
- Operational support
Websites, Portfolios and Profiles
https://www.linkedin.com/in/supriya-nanda-80921662/
Projects
- Arvind Brands Ltd., 2015-01-01 to 2015-03-01- "Customer Driven Product Development for Men’s Jeans- Flying Machine. "
- Shahi Exports, Faridabad, 2014-06-01 to 2014-07-01- "Analyzing and modifying worker training methods in order to reduce the present DHU level of 23% to below 5%."
- ENSAIT, France, 2014-01-01 to 2014-06-01- "Defining methodology for development of adaptive morph type for a target Population via Virtual Fitting Methods."
- Grasim’s Textile Ltd., 2013-05-01 to 2013-05-01- "Implementing a Kaizen with minimal expense in order to recover damage in the Yarn Warping Machine."
Accomplishments
- "Cat of the quarter 2023"-Streamlining billing, reducing business complications and increasing turn-around time for platform/partner order fulfillment.
- Table Tennis Runner Up-2023
- Runners Up- Shoe Design 2024-Puma's 75th Anniversary
- Winner- Puma Gifting/ Donation Drive 2023
- "Value Driver"-Landmark Group-2016 Guest Speaker on “Importance of Education for Women” On All India Radio, Rohtak.
- Captained School Girls’ Basketball Team and won Inter-DPS North Zone Basketball tournament-2009
- Bronze Medal –Table Tennis Girls, NIFT, Hyderabad
- Won SPECIAL TALENT, runner’s up in Rang-Tarang, organized by NIFT, Hyderabad in 2011.
- Won best speaker in inter-school debate in 2010.
- Worked at various posts in school’s Students’ Council for five years.
Timeline
Manager-Planning & Merchandising-Outright Accounts
Puma
09.2022 - Current
Assistant Manager, Demand Planning, GCC
Homecentre, Landmark Group
06.2021 - 09.2022
Planning Analyst, Asia Pacific
Fossil Group, Inc.
12.2020 - 05.2021
Assistant Manager, Retail Planning
The Collective, Aditya Birla Group
02.2019 - 12.2020
Senior Executive, Retail Planning
Splash Fashions, Landmark Group,India
03.2016 - 01.2019
Management Trainee
Reliance Brand Limited
05.2015 - 02.2016
General Management-Executive EP -
Indian Institute of Management
B.F.Tech (AP) -
NIFT
HSC, SSC -
DPS