Vinay Rao

Demand Planner for Forever 21, Adventure HQ, Typo and Cotton On

Merchandise Planning, allocations, category management, local buying Reviewing the allocation plans created by the Allocators/Location Planners Markdowns, sales projections Manage the local buying within UAE for baby care/ cosmetics/ feeding and maternity lines Vendor account management and LPO creations for local buys Working very closely with the store sales teams and understanding the areas of improvements which can improve sales New Store assortment selection and layout finalization In Season/ Post Season sales/SKU Analysis Tailoring store sales improvement plans by category Trained and comfortable in using Planning Tools such as Merchandise Financial Planning (MFP), PARX (Store Replenishment), Enterprise Reporting and OBI

1. Sales Projections 2. OTB management 3. Allocations and replenishments 4. Working closely with the buyers for new product and range selection 5. Markdown and Pricing Management 6. Product performance and review 7. Merchandise Planning for 130 stores across GCC 8. Shipment tracking and working closely with the sourcing and logistics team 9. Working closely with store teams and area managers 10. Brands managed - Balmain, Gianfranco Ferre, Ferre Milano, Alessandro dell’acqua, Louis Feraud and Pierre Cardin 11. Stock and Inventory Management 12. Assortment Planning

Category Planning Manager for Toys, Luggage and Queue Bay for the KSA business.

1. End to end ownership of Footwear, Toys, Luggage merchandise planning 2. In season and post season analysis 3. Allocation and distribution of new season merchandise 4. Regular follow up with the buying and logistics team on new season and in season orders 5. Consolidation of merchandise across stores 6. Managing age of stocks and ensuring that the same is within control at all times 7. Strategizing on liquidation of ageing stocks 8. Analysis of poor selling styles and markdown management 9. Work closely with the Area Managers and ROM and chasing them on store level budget achievements 10. Store visits on a regular basis 11. Work closely with the visual merchandising team to suggest improvements to the product display in stores 12. Daily replenishment to all stores and ensuring stock availability in stores as per min max levels 13. Merchandise campaign launch and management 14. Creating store level budgets for the year 15. OTB management in conjunction with the centralized planning team in Dubai

1. Support multiple areas of Business Operations and ensure that applications used by the teams are running as per requirement 2. Understanding the needs of the end user of applications in the operations teams and translates the requirement into a well defined project and getting the buy-in from the Technology team to develop further 3. Troubleshooting applications issues faced by both the internal and external client and providing a quick resolution to the issue 4. Working with Technology teams to ensure that issues faced by internal and external clients are resolved in a speedy manner 5. Engaging with senior leaders from business operations and technology teams to understand the requirements and working towards translating those requirements by way of application enhancements 6. Supporting various products within retail operations - Item, Presentation, Planning, Vendor Management, Business Intelligence 7. Supporting application rollouts across the business operations teams by way of testing and suggesting enhancements to improve efficiencies 8. Working with the Technology teams and helping prioritize projects as per degree of impact 9. Taking the lead in developing innovative solutions for business teams and ensuring that results are delivered with a quick turnaround 10. Working with minimal supervision and guidance and managing and prioritizing tasks effectively 11. Working with vendors and getting them onboard 12. Resolution of vendor queries through Partners Online 13. Supporting vendors on the various reporting tools and applications through Partners Online

Role: Enabling and ensuring that the desired guest experience is created around the merchandise sold by Target thus infuencing a guest's desicision to buy the product. Core Responsibilities: 1. To create the merchandise that Target intends to sell in their store in the Item Management System. 2. To setup the merchandise (Apparel & Accessories, Home & Hard lines Divisions) after reviewing all the attributes of the merchandise in the Item Management System. 3. Follow up with vendors and Market representatives to ensure that the Merchandise attributes correct and to procure any missing information. 4. Monitor the Customs Approval Status of the Merchandise setup in the Item Management System. If Merchandise is rejected by Customs Commodity Specialists then follow up with Vendors to get the Merchandise approved. 5. Purchase Order Writing in the Order Management System 6. Location maintenance- Re activating or de activating a Store location for the sale of Merchandise. 7. Cost and Retail updates to the Merchandise 8. Any other maintenance to the Merchandise as and when requested by the Buyers. 9. New Vendor setup and tie up in the Target Host System 10. Monitoring the New Vendors setup for approval by the various Teams such as Transportation, AP, EDI, etc. 11. Follow up with Vendors to provide any missing information while creating a New Vendor in the Target System. 12. Ensuring that all launch blocks are clear before an item launches on the website. 13. Communicating with various internal teams to ensure that launch date of items is met without any roadblocks. 14. Omni channel item setup Additional Responsibilities: 1. Reporting to the Team and Managers the monthly metrics such as Quality, Efficiency, Utilization, and Timeliness of the Team Members. 2. Reporting the monthly dashboard to the mangers giving the details such as volumes and type of work received during the month. 3. Reporting the daily workload status to the Managers. 4. Daily work allocation the Team

Role: Performing daily activities related to payables, accounting, bank reconciliations and cash flow analysis. Responsibilities: 1. To create payment batches in Oracle and upload into bank. 2. Running reports to find out various details of the payments made. 3. Performing payment runs in the bank 4. Accounting for the payments made in Oracle and generating reports for the same. 5. Looking into queries from suppliers whose payments have been delayed. 6. Generating cash monitoring reports. 7. Receipt creation and matching during month end 8. Petty cash write off during month end 9. Extracting GL balances at month end and ensuring that balances are zero and accurate 10. Balance sheet reconciliations 11. Key ownership of treasury accounts