Devyani Rao, Sales Analyst

Devyani Rao

Sales Analyst

Al Shula General Trading

Location
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
Education
Master's degree, Business Administration
Experience
5 years, 11 Months

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Total years of experience :5 years, 11 Months

Sales Analyst at Al Shula General Trading
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • My current job since June 2022

 Preparing and conducting an in-depth analysis of Mattel IMS and POS reports by highlighting trends, upcoming risks, and market opportunities, and providing commercial recommendations
 Responsible for ensuring smooth delivery of every sales process starting from sales plan development for Mattel toys, sales performance analysis, and stock forecasting to finding opportunities for the sales team
 Monitoring SKU Performance to assess shortage and obsolescence risks as well as working actively with team members to take appropriate actions
 Preparing Purchase Requisitions and Purchase orders after Consensus meetings to align on monthly and quarterly purchases.
 Working with the logistics operations of the company to enhance shipments of all purchase orders in a timely manner. Aligning with marketing team to understand their requirements and preparing RFQs for the same
 Collaborating with the sales teams to ensure best practices and information is shared to enhance overall outcome and attain intended objectives

Data Analyst at Gfk Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Dubai
  • August 2019 to May 2022

 Managing data for three different panels, including consumer electronics, auto, and optics, for six countries in the MENAP region
 Responsible for data pre-processing and maintenance in the data warehouse and conducting quality checks at every stage of the workflow
 Recognising the market trends with proper research in regards to SKUs, pricing, and promotional aspects for various audited groups of products within retailers and deriving detailed insights from them
 Handling day-to-day operations, ad-hoc projects, and ensuring delivery timelines are met every month, along with preparing weekly reports
 Integrating with the internal and external stakeholders to resolve their queries and conducting root cause analysis to solve their issues using Jira
 Analysing existing procedures, creating and updating SOPs to implement best practices, reducing the pre-processing time by 50% and quality issues by 30%
 Monitoring the KPIs monthly and assessing how the gaps are generating in the system
 Leading projects for testing and integrating new panel data into the system
 Arranging training sessions on in-house tools and managing offshore teams to meet the reporting targets

Intern at INTERNSHIPS
  • United Arab Emirates
  • February 2018 to March 2019

Evaluated target markets to analyse business opportunities and expanded the existing customer base and networking with the
current clients to upsell and cross-sell
 Assisted in business development activities such as direct mailings, cold calls, meeting prospective clients, and managing over 40
calls of customers per day
 Created presentations to send to clients, maintained accurate spreadsheets of prospective client data, and managed leads database

Research Intern at Crowe Mak Limited
  • United Arab Emirates
  • June 2018 to August 2018

Performed desk research on market trends within the hospitality industry, GDPR compliance, and Common Reporting standards
within UAE
 Provided assistance in planning and conducting data collection activities along with consolidating client information
 Promoted the company and its services by communicating with the clients and assessing their requirements
 Designed service packs as per the needs of customers and sent them back to the customers

Education

Master's degree, Business Administration
  • at Institute of Management Technology
  • May 2019

Bachelor's degree, Economics
  • at Sri Venkateshwara College, Delhi University
  • April 2016

Specialties & Skills

Teamwork
Work Ethic
Flexible Working
Time Management
Communications skills
DATABASE ADMINISTRATION
MANAGEMENT
MARKETING
NETWORKING
PRESENTATION SKILLS
SPREADSHEETS
REPORTS