Prema kaliyan, Asst. Manager (Fresh & Frozen Category Merchandiser) Reliance fresh & Reliance Mart

Prema kaliyan

Asst. Manager (Fresh & Frozen Category Merchandiser) Reliance fresh & Reliance Mart

Reliance Retail Ltd., Mumbai

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Bachelor's degree, B.Sc. (Agriculture)
Experience
6 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :6 years, 3 Months

Asst. Manager (Fresh & Frozen Category Merchandiser) Reliance fresh & Reliance Mart at Reliance Retail Ltd., Mumbai
  • India
  • December 2006 to December 2007

Retail chain of outlets -CONVENIENCE STORE/HYPERMARKET FORMAT
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Part of National Head Quarter team and skillful in category management, merchandising, preparing Annual promotional calendar, Assortment planning, monitoring price, benchmarking Planning promotions, marketing-communication initiatives to capitalize the seasonality / festivals, Flexible promotional plans to accommodate new trends and beat competition.

Sr. Executive (Processed Food Category Merchandiser) - FOOD BAZAAR at Future Group, Pantaloon Retail Pvt India Ltd., Bangalore
  • India
  • December 2005 to December 2006

Retail chain of outlets - SUPERMARKET/ HYPERMARKET FORMAT
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Part of State head quarter team, skillful in monitoring Stock replenishment in processed food category, Plano gram, vendor negotiations, implementing sku range rationalization plans, Planning promotions to capitalize the occasions / festivals.

PURCHASE MANAGER at Herbalway Biotech India Pvt Ltd., Chennai
  • India
  • July 2005 to November 2005

Retail chain of outlets - SUPERMARKET FORMAT
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Skillful in negotiating the purchase price based on the market information. Season based planning to minimize wastage. Good at competitive pricing to maximize the margins. Updated with the market scenario of fresh fruits & vegetables.

CO-ORDINATOR (BACKWARD LINKAGES) at SAFAL Market (a unit of NDDB), Bangalore
  • India
  • June 2003 to July 2005

Wholesale Auction Market for fresh fruits & vegetables
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Knowledge about the market flow & price tend of different fruits & vegetables. Establishing an efficient alternate source for every item. Well equipped with the quality specification and storage parameter for each commodity. Flexible planning to maintain consistency in supplies and proper stock maintenance.

MARKETING OFFICER – EXPORT at GROWMORE BIOTECH LTD., Hosur
  • India
  • August 2001 to March 2003

Plant Biotechnology (Tissue culture of Banana, Sugarcane, Medicinal plants, Ornamental plants)
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Domestic marketing and export marketing of hardened tissue culture plants, consultancy to the farmers, appropriate packing methods for different live plants for shipping, export documentation, executing the shipment successfully as per the norms of EXIM policy.

Education

Bachelor's degree, B.Sc. (Agriculture)
  • at AC & RI, Madurai, TNAU, Tamil Nadu Agri University
  • November 2001

91% Marks in Bsc Agriculture. MS office - 90% SAP – package - hands on Exp

Specialties & Skills

Retail Purchasing
Category Management
Promotions
Wholesale
•Equipped skill in planning designing and implementing promotions & marketing plans for the category
•6+ years of fruitful experience in planning for procurement of agriculture and horticulture commodi
• Demand forecasting, day to day market price analysis (for F&V), maintaining required stock, design
• Stock replenishment, benchmarking, negotiating margins, preparing merchandising plan and promotion
stock management and daily operations of a food category in a Super markets / Hypermarkets.

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