vivek Vivek

• Manage end-to-end inventory planning for 12 wholesale stores across Western Canada and support 20,000+ salon clients, ensuring service continuity and accurate demand fulfillment. • Delivered 8% YoY growth by applying data-driven forecasting models, optimizing replenishment cycles, and improving SKU-level availability. • Conduct EOQ, safety stock, and reorder point analysis across all locations, improving replenishment accuracy and reducing stockouts on high-velocity items. • Perform store-level sales performance analysis to identify demand patterns, adjust inventory strategies, and optimize product mix by region. • Build and maintain Power BI dashboards to analyze inventory trends, stock movements, supplier performance, and SKU profitability. • Reduce lost sales through predictive demand modeling, proactive restocking, and inventory balancing across stores and warehouses. • Improve inventory accuracy through cycle counts, variance analysis, and root cause investigations, implementing corrective actions that reduce recurring discrepancies. • Strengthen supplier reliability by analyzing lead times, managing purchase orders strategically, and resolving goods receipt variances promptly. • Increase inventory turnover by identifying slow-moving SKUs and executing targeted reduction, rotation, and promotional strategies. • Align inventory with promotional calendars and brand priorities, ensuring adequate stock for high-impact marketing periods. • Enhance operational efficiency by standardizing inventory processes, training store teams, and implementing loss prevention best practices. • Maintain 100% synchronization between physical inventory and Shopify listings, improving online accuracy and customer experience.

• Preparing all India Procurement plan for our $ 6 million sale business. • Establish Supply / Demand Process managing open orders, forecasting, purchase order placement, replenishment. • System Expert and primary support contact for SAP transactions in the Material Management module, Master Data and Supply Chain processes. • Offer system knowledge and provide training on Supply Chain procedures, best practices and SAP transactions to remote sites and Central Warehouse. • Review inventory adjustment requests from Warehouse and post approved inventory adjustment requests in ERP system. Work with Finance to ensure that costs of material are charged to proper financial account/ cost center. Monitor volume of inventory adjustments and flag potential areas of risk. • Schedule cycle counts for Warehouse. Review and post cycle count results in ERP system. Track and analyze inventory accuracy rates. • Complete special projects as directed by management. • Structured the inventory policy and fixed Max / Min., reorder points, EOQ and safety stock level for each item. • Handled various analyses such as Fast / Slow / Non Moving, XYZ, ABC etc • Implementing systems to avoid situations like over-stocking or out-of-stock which cause production and financial losses. • Plan and schedule all inventory activities including cycle counting, inventory transactions, auditing and reporting • Implementing Standard Operating Procedures within the warehouse. • Monitoring incoming and outgoing stock, deliveries and logistics • Supervising logistic operations. Negotiating with transporters, shippers, etc. to ensure seamless and cost-effective movement of consignment. • Regularizing material receipts and ensuring the fluidity of stocks from warehouse to stores • Liaison with finance department for timely payment of bills. • Evaluating vendors & negotiating the price, delivery schedule and terms and conditions with them.

• Managing Inventory worth 24 Cr. • Controls inventory levels by conducting physical counts; reconciling with data storage system. • Maintain Inventory SOP in Store. • Maintains receiving, warehousing, and distribution operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing program, operational, and personnel policies and procedures. • Inward and Outward of material • To maintain smooth operation in Ware house inbound IRT activities • Responsible for supplier returns dispatch within given TAT ensuring all relevant documents are attached along with returns like T2,38,VAT • Safeguards warehouse operations and contents by establishing and monitoring security procedures and protocols. • Maintains physical condition of warehouse by planning and implementing new design layouts; inspecting equipment; issuing work orders for repair and requisitions for replacement. • Completes warehouse operational requirements by scheduling and assigning employees; following up on work results. • Maintains warehouse staff job results by coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising job results. • Provide timely and detail oriented shipping and inventory issue resolution • Develop inventory control policies and procedures enhancing program efficacy • Shrinkage Control • Monitor stock levels and carry out periodic stock takes • Supervise up to 30 staff members, including preparing weekly rosters and leading staff evaluations • Interview prospective employees and train new staff members • Record all stock movement and deliveries in database and prepare regular reports • Helping all the Floor managers in improving sale. • Return to Vendor and GIT monitoring.

• In charge of a 8000 sqft IT department that sold dozens of product lines and responsible for implementing company procedures and plans, and delivering excellent operational standards in partnership with the Retail Operations Team • Preparing plan for achieving store level target. • Responsible for Sales and bottom-line profits of the store. Regular tracking of ticket size & converting foot-falls in store • Ensuring attractive merchandise display & over all store layout. • Resolve customer problems or complaints by determining optimal solutions • Mapping competition in terms of categories, price points, physical appearance • Effectively manage employee turnover. Provide a positive working environment and handle employee issues appropriately and in a timely manner. • Building up a healthy culture by fostering organizational Values and maintain over all discipline in the Store • Prepare strategic plan to improve the business • Reducing shrinkages and ensure Stock replenishment • Part of New store opening team • Setting the Sales target and Revenue target for Staff. • Monitoring effective inventory management / product planning / stock replenishment & reordering • Monitor and control cost within budgetary guidelines. • Maintain minimum shrinkage. • Maintained 16 % EBITDA for store. • Ensuring year on year growth as well as month on month basis.