Saakaar Dhama

Experience

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  Future Lifestyle Fashions Limited

  Dec 2010 - Mar 2012

  Brand Relations & Business Development [Space Management]

  Coordinated the Brands finalization & Launch of 6 Central / Brand Factory[s] – This involved space selling, commercial finalizations with Brand partners, Store launch marketing plan, Store Manpower planning / hiring, Space productivity analysis to keep a check on PSFPD, Gross margin and therefore advice churning of Brands [ for LTL Stores ]

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  Indiaplaza.in

  Apr 2012 - Mar 2013

  Sales & Operations - Apparel & Accessories

  Managed the Re-launch of Fashion & Lifestyle Category for the Portal. Launched 70+ Brands on Marketplace model and achieved 400% top line growth for the vertical - This involved Sourcing, Commercial negotiating, Vendor management, managing P&L, Catalogue management & planning sales promos.

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  Bata India Limited

  Apr 2013 - Jul 2015

  Manager Retail Operations & Merchandising - Flagship Stores [South]

  I was responsible for Sales, Operation and Retail Expansion for Karnataka.Managed annualized business of 60 Cr with a Team size of 250+.I was able to launch the South India's biggest store for Bata sprawling over 10,000 sft.Delivered continuous growth of 20% + in Top line through LFL and new stores.Redefined the B2B - Institutional sales with Educational Institutes and Govt offices to grow B2B sales by over 3X.

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  Reliance Retail

  Aug 2015 - Oct 2018

  Senior Regional Manager - Operations(South)

  Handled Sales, Operations & Expansion (Standalone & SIS) for South India - Karnataka & KeralaManaged annualized Business of 200 Cr+ across Karnataka and Kerala. with a total team size of ~700 Ensured all LTL Stores were Operational on positive EBIT Led the retail expansion beyond Metros / Tier 1 cities and Launched average 12 New Stores annually to improve the reach in Tier 2/3 and beyond towns.Format Revamp – Launched the First 4 New Format Stores for the Chain

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  Flipkart

  Nov 2018 - now

  Senior Manager Supply Chain Management

  Built and Scaling up the Biggest Last Mile Delivery Model by leveraging the vast Kirana (neighbourhood stores) Eco system of the Country! The model delivery share exceeds ~48% (over 15 lac shipments daily) with CSAT of ~94%.