Vishal Madaan

Experience

• 

  Aumex International

  Jan 2003 - Apr 2007

  Business Development

  International Business,Finance,Production,Merchandising

• 

  Rocky S Fashions Ltd.

  May 2007 - Jun 2008

  Business Development

  Planning,Merchandising,Production,International Business

• 

  Pantaloon Retail India Ltd

  Jul 2008 - Jun 2012

  Category Managment

  • Maximize sales and profitability for the category by determining high-level financial goals including pre-season financial plans, in-season projection and finalizing new & existing store's annual business plan.• Creation of merchandise plans/forecast for the category based on insight gained from historical data, customer preference and projected future outlook and in keeping with overall long term plans of the group.• Coordinating with various vendors and in house design team for creating commercial and fashionable range.• Ensure Optimum category Inventory Levels at concept/territory balancing store requirements with working capital constraints• Ensure that no instance of category stock outs or excess inventory occur• Finalizing promotion by giving inputs on the expected margins, possible price points and analyzes the effectiveness of the promotion for given stock levels.• Ensure effective inseason management through regular analysis and action plans• Monitoring the Vendor Accounts and ensuring timely payments• Post Season Analysis Show less

• 

  Home Centre

  Jun 2012 - Oct 2023

  Senior Merchandise Planner

  • Finalizing Strategic and Annual Business Plan for all classes & subclasses of the Dept by Territories (6 countries, 8 territories -69 stores)• Reconciliation & Alignment of the Plan with Division (Furniture) & Overall Plan• Ensuring Inventory stays in line with approved plan & stock covers.• Reforecasting sales as per business trend & requirements and getting OTB corrected/updated accordingly • Doing Pre-Post Season and In Season Analysis and Assortment Planning in alignment with Buyers• Placing Orders as per agreed assortment – ensuring regular influx of newness and availability of Key/Core Lines• Maintaining Optimum Option Mix at Price & UDA Level to have the right offering by Terr/Store and end customer thereby maximising productivity• Ensuring Assortment stays productive by tracking performance/ identifying poor sellers/good sellers – placing reorders or doing necessary markdowns & price revisions and improving displays• Ensuring Inventory stays optimum at Terr Level- taking necessary proactive action to manage stocks – re-distribution / re- routes and transfers etc• Conducting and leading various trade meetings i.e., weekly, bi-weekly and monthly review with buyers and other stakeholders and implementing the findings & agreed action points• Identifying potential growth opportunities by product categories/stores & territories; leverage & build on it by strong follow up growth action plan • Collaboration with key stakeholders and cross-functional coordination to ensure achievement of KPIs Show less

• 

  Homecentre

  Oct 2023 - now

  Assistant Planning Manager