Vinay AA

Managed Personal care Category as Category Manager from Sep 2012 effectively managing a business of 60 Cr Per Annum.

 Responsible for delivering channel wise Category Sales Growth and margins.

 Responsible for TOT closure with Vendors/JBP Planning and closure for the same.

 Responsible for Category assortment, tracked trends and suggested enhancements that would both challenge and refine the company’s product offerings.

 Managed all facets of category, setting pricing, directing merchandising, and training staff.

Development of Business Merchandising Strategy.

Develop section financial plans with in the overall corporate budget process.

Receiving brands/supplier performance & profitability to seek out & consider the interests of both internal & external customers.

To ensure proper coordination between category buyers, store operations & customers.

Monitoring category growth (Food, Non-food, Staples, F&V & wellness), vendor sourcing and vendor management.

Planning and Merchandising activities.

Generating incomes.

Achieve 100% vendor returns.

Inventory management. Preparation of F&V Purchase Order. Institutional sales. Visual Merchandising. Monitoring logistics in terms of stock movement between locations. Upkeep and maintenance of store discipline .Training and motivating staff to deliver results. Devising and executing store level promotional initiatives. Store process management-manage damages, expiry, stacking & facing. Providing service to the customers in committed time. Handling Liquor.

Inventory management, checkout/cash till management, Stock-check management. Institutional sales, Sales building and target setting, Preparation of daily sales report. Housekeeping and quality display .Visual Merchandising and implementation of Plano grams. Directly responsible for achieving sales targets. Minimizing shrinkage at budgeted levels.