Shishir C

Experience

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  Arvind Limited

  Jul 2007 - Aug 2007

  Intern

  Assisted the Zonal Operations manager in North India for Flying Machine , US Polo & Arrow in the domain of Planning and Operations

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  Reliance Retail

  Jun 2008 - Dec 2010

  Retail Planner

  Responsible for analyzing in-house brands ( Private labels - Casual Wear , Active Wear , Winter Wear , Inner Wear ) and taking judicious business decisions for Pan- India Reliance stores .Functioned closely across Supply chain, Marketing and Operations team for Large format stores (LFS)

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  Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.

  Jan 2011 - Apr 2017

  Managed key business data analysis, buying, planning & deploying inventory for Louis Philippe , LP Jeans, LP Sport, Luxure for 225 Point of Sales (POS) Pan-India retail stores inclusive of Franchise Business Stores .Played a pivotal role and functioned from the Corporate Head office across various regional teams (North , West , South & East India ). Aligned with Market Development Partners, Sales, Visual Merchandising and Supply Chain teams.Challenges of the role included - Extreme diversity in demographics of customers across India and define the business strategy Show less Responsible for analyzing and planning inventory for Key accounts Pan - India sales counters . ( Westside & Central ) . Managing all front -end operations (Shopper's Stop, Lifestyle, Tata Westside & Central ) across all 4 regions of India Backed by accurate data analysis my team significantly reduced a huge percentage of inventory returns impacting the business growth positively .Challenges faced in this role involved frequent store visits in order to implement the back-end plan at the ground level, hence aligning with Zonal operational managers Show less

  • Business Intelligence | Business Analysis Lead

    Jan 2015 - Apr 2017

  • Business Analyst

    Jan 2011 - Dec 2014
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  KOOVS.COM

  May 2017 - Jan 2019

  Head - Business Analysis & Planning

  Lead the planning team in analyzing inventory, sales, online traffic and other E-commerce KPI's to drive insights and taking judicious business decisions. Responsibilities also included team building and hiring the planning team.Brands managed included Nike, Adidas, Adidas Originals, Asics, Being Human, Flying Machine, Reebok, Converse, Jack & Jones, Jockey, Lee Cooper, Private Label (KOOVS) and other 20+ brandsFunctioned closely with the Design team (London Headquarters), Buying team and Logistics team.Overcame E-commerce specific challenges - Minimizing returns of inventory to improve the bottom-line by using data analytics for buying relevant inventory, hence impacting business profitability Show less

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  PwC India

  Jul 2019 - now

  Manager - Principal Consultant

  Client facing role providing advise on growth-oriented strategies and leading end-to-end execution of projects spanning across Consumer Goods , Retail , Energy , Healthcare & Auto industry