Prashant Jain

Experience

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  VIJAY SALES

  Aug 2010 - Sept 2015

  • Finding product opportunities and objectives.• Product Range Planning and selection.• Category Management • Sourcing and managing the suppliers.• Sales forecasting, Product Quantity Decision making and Stock Management.• Deciding, achieving and exceeding the sales target of the assigned product categories.• Taking pricing decisions.• Designing modular and product line-up for the stores.• Visual merchandising• Store profiling • Designing promotional activities and appointment of brand promoters. Show less

  • Product/ Category Manager

    Mar 2012 - Sept 2015

  • Floor Manager

    Aug 2010 - Feb 2012
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  Metro Cash & Carry India Private Limited

  Sept 2015 - Jul 2016

  Assistant Manager- Buying and Merchandising
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  Havells India Ltd

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2019

  Manager- Fans
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  Arzooo

  Nov 2020 - Dec 2021

  Category Manager - Buying

  • Accountable for business metrics of assigned categories and for growth of the business.• Responsible for drafting the annual and monthly plans for the business and put in place execution plans for delivery.• Responsible for taking an integrated view of assigned business categories- Strategy, GTM, P&L• Lay down the macros (size, merchant network, consumer base) for assigned categories.• Identify key merchant adoption drivers and put together robust plans to drive the same-Merchant CRM etc.• Drive the business with all strategic enterprises - Own the relationship with strategic enterprises across all categories and put in place a clear plan to build lasting relationships with key stakeholders of top brands. Be the leadership interface for all these brands• Grow platforms- business with these brands- leverage all business solutions and revenue solutions to build long term strategic alignment with all such brands• Team Leadership- Responsible for leading a high caliber category management and strategic enterprise management team• Processes- responsible for interfacing with internal stakeholders: operations, customer service etc. to put in place robust processes Show less

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  World Goods Market Place - wogom.com

  Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  Category Manager
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  Ken Lifestyles Pvt. Ltd.

  Feb 2023 - May 2023

  Product Manager

  • Product Life Cycle Management- New Product Development to phasing out Obsolete SKUS.• Model Mix availability at regions & branches.• Pricing & Scheme Management to increase Sales, Product Visibility and Retail Stock Turn.• Production Sales Inventory [PSI] Accuracy for timely Production as per Sales Plan and proper Inventory Management.• GTM Strategy formulation.• Planning ATL and BTL activities and their delivery through Marketing Communications Department. • Product Training to the Team involving Feature- Benefit Focus and Sales Pitch Development. • Ensure Gross Value Addition. Show less