Abhishek Rahi

• Preparing buy plan and option plan • Set up a work flow process across all stores and align them towards a common organizational goal. • Ensuring proper Coordination and Communication of business ideas between the buyers and store operations. • Accountable for Stock Planning, Assortment Planning and Allocation of stock while preventing stock-out situations. • Created a Banding and Grading of every store and use that against an Inventory Assortment plan • Undertake market and store visits for customer response, competition mapping and product gap. • Conduct sell-through analysis to assess performance of different types of stocks or in specific stores as required. • Re – orders of fast moving styles. • Analyze opportunity gaps, Perform Analysis of category. • Plan merchandise mix for their respective categories at the time of new store launch, seasonal changes and also during sale.

Monitoring the operations of 150+ retail outlet stores in 6 GCC countries and 5 Franchisee countries, • Crosschecking the retail activities of 6 regional offices, 5 regional warehouses and one central distribution center. • Set up a work flow process across all stores and align them towards a common organizational goal. • Ensuring proper Coordination and Communication of business ideas between the buyers and store operations. • Accountable for Stock Planning, Assortment Planning and Allocation of stock while preventing stock-out situations. • Created a Banding and Grading of every store and use that against an Inventory Assortment plan • Undertake market and store visits for customer response, competition mapping and product gap. • Conduct sell-through analysis to assess performance of different types of stocks or in specific stores as required. • Re – orders of fast moving styles. • Analyze opportunity gaps, Perform Analysis of category. • Plan merchandise mix for their respective categories at the time of new store launch, seasonal changes and also during sale.

• Post Season Analysis by Item • Seasonal Budget Planning for Store/ Sub Class, Stock in Flow, Margins & Markdowns • Monitor Seasonal Budget Performance. • Planning allocation of stock for different stores. • Planning and executing store to store transfers to achieve better sell through and clearing of stock. • Planning the merchandise flow from the Vendor to the Retail store for the right time, right place product availability. • To plan the merchandise in new stores on the basis of demographic structure and past performance of various categories. • Monitoring the category targets, performance of each style and consolidating the stock accordingly to achieve better sell-through. • Planning and clearing of aging stocks. • Preparing discounts and sale plan for EOSS. • Coordinating with the stores to get a qualitative feedback of the season and plan for future buying. • Working on the Retail Price points in accordance with the competition and margins to be earned.

• Plan the OTB for respective category • Lock in the product, MRP and color grids based on the past season performance • Understand the range for season and communicating the same to retail front representatives • Monitor the performance of the category and take necessary actions to ensure that the contribution of category is in line with season plan • Take action i.e. promotion, stock transfer for non-performing styles • Ensure that budget is followed • Ensure timely replenishment of stocks • Plan merchandise mix for their respective categories at the time of new store launch, seasonal changes and also during sale • Plan allocation of stock for each store on the basis of past performance and potential

• Preparing T&A Plan • Range Development • Raising Pos and procuring all goods for T&A cut dates. • Checking Quality parameters according to the required specification. • Developing the new collection samples according to the specification and the requirements of Buyer. • Order Negotiations. • Product offer to buyers. • Taking care of sampling & approval. • Vendor Development.

Executive Post Graduate Program in Management