Deputy General Manager
Landmark Group
Total years of experience :18 years, 1 Months
Largest retail chain of apparel, footwear, consumer electronics, cosmetics, beauty products, home improvement and baby products across Middle East, India, Europe and Africa.
•As Store Design Head I lead a team of 15 architects and engineers towards roll out of Max stores across India.
•Standardization of concept-based on international standards, layout planning, space optimization and roll out of construction drawing meeting strict deadlines.
•Responsible for the overall design, roll out and coordination for civil work, interiors and quality of fixtures in coordination with execution team.
•Approval of section allocations with CEO, Space planning in coordination with Operations Head, finalising fixture layouts and prototype development for new designs and fixtures.
•Preparation of BOQ, vendor management, quality checking and adherence to design at site prior to handover of stores to operations. Bill checking and checking of capex for overall cost reduction.
•Liaising with Buying teams to research and develop new fixtures and modify existing fixtures.
•Coordination with VM team, Operations team and Buying teams for strategy planning and Max Brand positioning.
Completed Projects: Iconic Standalone store at Mithakali Ahmedabad and Mapusa Goa, Flagship stores at malls like Gaur City Noida, Reach aria Gurgaon, Phoenix Market city in Chennai, Kurla, Pune etc. Renovations of high throughput stores like Commercial street and Indiranagar Bangalore. Typical store size of 1500 sqm.
Dusseldorf) based Architecture, Design and Construction firm with a holistic approach to Retail Design
•Client Handling, Concept Development post initial brief from Client, Design & Project Management & end to end handover.
•Preparation of concept drawings, Presentations, 3D views and final construction drawings in the design phase.
•Vendor management, quality checking and site management prior to handover of projects to clients.
•Liaising with vendors and contractors for Project management and MEP team for execution of projects.
Completed Projects: Typical store size- 2000 sqm Virgin Megastore: Hayat Mall, Red Sea Mall-KSA, Toy Store- Verdun, Lebanon, Easa Saleh Al Gurg(Showroom and Office)-D3 Dubai, ARCO lifestyle store-Jordan, Pop Up Café-Sharjah University, Ereeva Botique-KSA.
Levi Strauss & Co. Is a privately held American clothing company known worldwide for its Levi's brand of denim jeans.
•As a Project Architect to provide conceptualization, layout designing and working drawings for pan India Levis exclusive and multi brand outlets.
•As a Project Manager managing franchisee and coordination between franchisee and vendor for civil work, interiors and quality of fixtures.
•Cost estimation, bill checking, preparing of bill of quantities and monitoring site work.
•Coordination between VM, Marketing and operations for store handover.
•Training the project team of Master Franchisees to make then independent enough to handle civil work.
•Constant research and development with materials to deliver cheaper, greener and sustainable stores.
Completed Projects: Typical store size- 2000 to 5000 sqft. Design and execution of 25 exclusive Levis showrooms, 30+ Double brand stores and multi brand outlets. Levis exclusive stores in Europark Ghaziabad, Coomercial street, Bangalore and Quest Mall Kolkata. Multibrand stores in tier 2 and 3 cities of India.
Cheil Worldwide is a marketing company under the Samsung Group that offers advertising, public relations, shopper marketing, sports marketing, digital marketing solutions.
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Target Corporation is an American retailing company headquartered in Minneapolis and is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States.
•Project lead managing a team of 6 people, completion of documentation and specifications of a Target store from conceptual design stage to working drawing stage within a time span of 48 days and handling queries from onsite representative during construction phase.
•Received onsite training and work experience in Minneapolis US for 6 months for remodeling old stores, initiating a project, workshops on co-ordination with structural/services teams, construction health & safety etc.
•One point Quality check manager for all Architecture, structural and service drawings and complete ownership of Change Management process.
•Store planning, fixture layout, detailing, elevations, finishes, coordinated service drawings and working as a team with the service engineers.
•Trained and mentored 25 new hires on Project Management Suite, Change Management, Auto CAD standards and delivered process based presentations. Got promoted to Project Architect in September 2009 for innovation with process chart.
Completed Projects: Typical store size- 2000 to 5000 sqm. Prototype stores at Fort Wayne & Rapid city - USA, Unique stores at Exeter & Hampton- USA, Musical Instruments Museum at Phoenix - USA and Merchandise remodel strategy for 368 stores
WS Atkins is a British multinational engineering, design, planning, project management and consulting Services Company headquartered in United Kingdom.
•Worked on various concept and working drawings of residential, commercial, office spaces, hotels and hi-rise construction projects in India, Dubai and UK.
•Working drawing, detailing, sanction drawing, elevations, coordinated service drawings and making cost estimates in close coordination with structural team.
•Preparing and delivering concept based presentations to overseas clients while meeting strict deadlines.
Completed Projects: Indirapuram Habitat Center- Ghaziabad, Environ Residential Project- Anandnagar, Sahara Ganj Commercial complex- Lucknow, Emerald Palace- Palm Jumeirah, Dubai, Baku Apartment complex - UK.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
•Received the highly competitive fully paid Common wealth Academic Scholarship for Sheffield Hallam University, UK (1 amongst 4 in the world
RICS accredited) M.Sc Project Management, Grade: Distinction 72% (Within top 5 scorers in the batch) Dissertation (M.Sc): An integrated approach to Value Management and Sustainable construction during Strategic Briefing in Indian Construction Projects
Bachelor of Architecture, Grade: First class 70% Thesis project (B.Arch): Metro Station Complex on M.G. Road, Bangalore, India Consisted of an auditorium, exhibition gallery, office spaces, amphitheatre, food court, library, upper & lower concourse and included case studies on existing mass rapid transit systems of India.