Kevin Jacob Kundukulangara

Responsible for sourcing new Brand partners, Sellers, Suppliers relevant to the KSA and UAE Market. Active contribution in growing the fashion categories in Wadi.com. Started as Business Development Manager and promoted to Assistant Category Manager. Played a major role in growing the fashion category GMV by 150 to 200%. Live Catalog number increased from 25, 500 to 209, 000 listings. Assisted in Category launches of Watches, Sunglasses, Clothing, Bags and Jewelry.

 Helped in Sourcing suppliers and negotiated terms of contract; maintained relationships with existing suppliers and sourced new suppliers for future products; participated in promotional activities.  Attended tradeshows and conferences to stay abreast of industry standards.  Brought in International sellers from USA/Spain/Hong Kong/Singapore/Turkey.
 Identifying market trends and prospecting new partners.
 Helping new Fashion suppliers and liaising with our internal team to ensure smooth registration and introduce E-commerce tools to make best use of the platform.
 Forecasted orders and ensured inventory is properly distributed; reacted to changes in demand.
 Planning promotions, campaigns to achieve company goals.
 Took responsibility for increasing the catalog on website. Work closely with content team, production, in house studio, and merchandiser.
 Work closely with Central marketing, Fashion stylist, Studio, Content teams and support the Regional Category Manager to launch new fresh assortments and sub-categories.
 Provide decision making for buying, replenishments, and margin earning. Analyze and study the best sellers, slow sellers on daily basis and review the deals with Regional Category Manager.
 Assist with Daily & weekly sales and reordering reports using tools. Look closely and study the conversion of individual products and behaving of customers.
 Conduct competitor Analysis for enhancing site catalog, promotions, content, customer engagement and experience
 Successful in hunting and procuring potential Sku’s.

 Responsible for category management and procurement for clothing category
 Planning and performance management of apparel category
 Negotiation with suppliers on purchase or consignment models
 Relationship management with various brands and suppliers
 Analyzing performance of category versus planning
 Managing team of coordinators, procurement, BD, TSAM, content, production and receiving
 Maintaining stocks and completing selections for upcoming promotions
 Merchandising deals and promotions for brands
 Providing insights and comments on growing products and item types
 Preparing daily, weekly and monthly sales reports for the category
 Setting up imaging and content guidelines for clothing and shoes category
 Coordinating with marketing team for promotions
 Assisting and coordinating with category manager for growth of the category
 Campaign management and planning for the category promotions
 Planning and maintaining brand stores on Souq.com
 Working as an acting category manager for shoes category

 Coordinating with procurement team for purchasing of stocks
 Content management and quality check for the products
 Coordination between the content team and suppliers for content creation and imaging
 Regulating smooth flow of payments for the suppliers by coordination with the finance team
 Setting up guidelines for content and imaging
 Coordinating with the production team for photo shoots
 Quality check of images, description, price and promotions
 Managing and helping suppliers to grow their business with Souq.com
 Coordinating with internal teams for marketing promotions for suppliers

 Content creation and reviewing content for the product categories of handbags, watches, sunglasses and clothing on the website
 Quality check for the content and images uploaded on the website
 Product sourcing and sampling before purchase for the fashion category
 Invoice management for the products bought
 Fostering effective inter-department and intra-departmental communication
 Check input data regarding format, consistency, completeness and logical correctness
 Training and development for the new employees in the team
 Sourcing and content management of the content shared by the suppliers for the products.

Entering Data - (Customer details up to 100+) Per Day

Data updates and transfer

Check input data regarding format, consistency, completeness and logical correctness

Processing account opening for clients

Setting up and coordinating meetings and conferences

Answer phones and direct all incoming calls to appropriate party - promptly and efficiently

Assisting staff members with preparation of presentation materials

Reviewing and summarizing miscellaneous reports and documents; prepare background documents and outgoing mail as necessary

Perform general clerical duties

Maintaining and distributing staff weekly schedules