Joyeeta ( Ghosal) Kumar

Business head fashion footwear and accessories. Ex-com member

Retail advisory and management consulting for brands across online, offline, MBO, EBO etc channels

P and L accountability of sales, margins and stocks. Sourcing head

Responsible for heading the Kids Apparel and Non-Apparel businesses; Ladies Apparel ( ethnic wear, sarees and dress materal, western wear and intimates) and Accys ( handbags, watches, jewellery) businesses for the Retail venture.

2. Employment with the future group ( October 2002- July 2009) a// November 2008 till July 2009 –Head, Central Planning cell of Big Bazaar Apparel division.

Category Head of Big Bazaar Kids and Ladies Categories - For Ladies, the products groups handled were western-wear, sarees , dress materials, ethnic-wear ( SKD and MNM), nightwear, accessories and lingerie. - For Kids, the product groups handled were boys-wear, girls-wear, infants and kids innerwear and accessories. The age groups covered are from 0 to 16 years. - The infant business also included the hard and soft utilities for infants. - The portfolio included handling of the following brands : Kids-wear - Private labels Pink N Blue ( infants 0 – 2 yrs and Kids 2 – 10 yrs) and Ctee ( for pre-teens and teens from10 yrs to 16 yrs) - Licensed Disney brands of Princess for Girls , Power Ranger for Boys and Disney classics for Babies. - National brands – Palm Tree by Gini Joni, Lilliput and Juno. - Movie merchandises like Krissh, My Friend Ganesha , Hanuman,etc. Ladies-wear - Private label Shristi for Ladies Mix N Match, dress materials, Sarees and Salwar kameez dupattas. - Private labels Shyla and DJNC for western-wear, nightwear and innerwear. - National brands – Biba, J Walk, W, Levis, Ruf N Tuf, - Licensed merchandise of Star Parivar - Movie merchandise like Laga Chunri Mein Daag, Sawariya Together Kids and Ladies accounts for 50% of the total apparel business of Big Bazaar. The Key responsibilities in the above role were:  Conceptualisation, creation and implementation of category vision, strategy and roadmaps.  Category budgets and business plans.  Achieve sales and profitability targets for the business  Vendor relationship management with supplier base in India and globally  Plan store design, layout, visual merchandising and communication strategies.  Build and manage core team of 50 members at HO  Set up independent cash flow and accounting system to enable independent P&L accounting for the business  Design and execution of IT / MIS and supply chain framework to support business

- Was responsible for the buying of the pre-teen ranges for both boys and girls. ( Brand Life) - Was working under the guidance of Mr. Keith Dunn , Buying and Merchandising Head; and learnt the best of the retail international practices from him.