Santosh Kolhapure

Experience

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  Tesco Bengaluru

  Jun 2011 - Sept 2016

  Sr. Analyst

  1) As an Analyst, SRD (Space Range & Display) of POLAND (from June 2011 to June Creating floor plans for the stores on the basis of blueprint using JDA (Floor Planning application) and handling POLAND store All Formats (1k-12k) To create, modify and manage Floor plans for new stores of all formats Merchandising the store as per the space break-ups and the model layouts working on Planogram as per the guidelines to achieve the display norms Creating product specific Planograms as per requirements2) As a Sr. Analyst, SRD (Space Range & Display) of HUANGARY (from June 2012-2016)Project: Space planning and Range operationsStore Design analysis using JDA Space Planning tool includes fixture drawing, Planograms as well as Range operations includes report generation ex :- Link Report , Stock Report ,TPN creation Range operations include report generation with an example like Link Report, Stock Report, and TPN creation Generation of Link and Stock Report Creating floor plans for the stores on the basis of blueprint using JDA (Floor Planning application) and handling HUNGERY store All Formats (2k-15k) Merchandising the store as per the space break-ups and the model layouts .Working on planogram as per the guidelines to achieve the display norms Analyzing the Range Operations for Hungary for 119 hypermarket stores across various categories Working on the data to analyses hierarchy of products to help buyer in decision making, analyzing the sales data category wise at store level and format level, updating the Promotions, analyzing the profit making and blacklisted products on be monthly basis and thereby deciding on products which need to be removed from the stores Coordinate with Teams: NSOT, Refits Team, Property, Planning, Range Operations, Display, Store, Feature Space, and Commercial Creating product specific Plano grams as per requirement Show less

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  Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt Ltd

  Sept 2016 - Oct 2020

  Team Lead

   Currently supporting the US Client Walgreens on building Plano grams. Creating Plano grams from scratch and implementing in stores. Taking Lead of Categories like Health & Beauty, Health & Wellness, Promotions and Convenience. Working on Trial Audits, so that we have the best possible solutions and questions. Conducting Audits and Validations on Plano grams for Categories like Health & Beauty and Convenience.  Managing a team of 15 members.Handled Right aid, Adult beverages and BDE projects. Leading team members in developing methodologies, tools, approaches, points of view through leadership.Interacting and communicating effectively with teammates and clients.Very good in:* Clustering *Assortment planning *merchandis planning*promotional planning *floor planning *space planning Show less

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  Tata Consultancy Services

  Jul 2021 - now

  Team Lead Manager

  Designation: assistant Consultant(Supporting to UK client as offshore team lead, senior merchandiser) Job Description for PG:· Working closely with clients for any store reset and revision schedules.· Lifecycle maintenance of floor plan changes.· Planogram event verification.· Planogram merchandising.· Creating new events.· Manage go Live date for store refresh activities.· Data manager floor plan analytics.· Business continuity management.· Audit Show less