Sumit Prasad, Deputy General Manager, Business Solutions, Retail

Sumit Prasad

Deputy General Manager, Business Solutions, Retail

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Lieu
Inde
Éducation
Diplôme, MARKETING
Expérience
24 years, 7 Mois

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Expériences professionnelles

Total des années d'expérience :24 years, 7 Mois

Deputy General Manager, Business Solutions, Retail à Cognizant Technology Solutions
  • Inde - Hyderabad
  • Je travaille ici depuis mars 2012

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS Mar ‘12 till date

Account Manager for World’s Largest Search Engine May ‘15 till date
➢ Overall responsibility of Account performance - operational, contractual, administrative and financial.
➢ Building and managing relationships with multiple stakeholders
➢ Business and contract negotiations
➢ Manage risks and issues related to account, including delivery oversight

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
➢ Doubled the revenue for the fiscal year.

DGM - Business Solutions Mar ‘12 till April ‘15

➢ Solution design across the Retail value chain.
➢ Outsourcing to optimize client experiences at a lower cost as well as delivering optimal value and enable informed decisions.
➢ Process mapping and amendment recommendation for tangible & lasting solutions.
➢ Strategic consulting for international retailers to drive future ready business.
➢ Transition engagements with Business As Usual centricity.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS
➢ Worked on projects including Master Data Management, Online Payment Data Monitoring and Internal Service Desks with International Retailers.
➢ Added new Logos during stint.

Category Manager - Home needs & consumer durables à Tesco Hindustan Wholesaling Pvt. Ltd.
  • Inde - Mumbai
  • août 2009 à février 2012

 Categories comprise of Furniture, Décor, Luggage, Festive merchandise, DIY and tools, Toy, Sports, Stationery, Books and Music.
 Understand the shopper & develop strategies for the categories in line with the corporate objectives which are designed to deliver the financial targets within the set time frame.
 Project sales, gross margins, returns, markdowns, liquidation etc. for the existing as well as upcoming stores.
 Plan the best fixtures, visual merchandising tools, planogram and the layout for the categories.
 Strategise growth potential areas and develop plans for execution, including promotions.
 Analyze ways & means to grow like for like sales and implement it.
 Ensure that category plan development happens as per set time frame and all adhere to the same.

Category Manager – Stationery, Toys, Books and Music à ADITYA BIRLA RETAIL
  • Inde
  • juin 2007 à août 2009

 Understand the shopper &develop strategies for the category in line with the corporate objectives which are designed to deliver the financial targets within the set time frame.
 Manage the stock and intake of each option within the stationery department throughout its life, ensuring that availability is maintained at all times & in accordance with the assortment plan.
 Develop and execute action plans to maximize the sales & profitability of each option at minimum risk.
 Create strategies at the point of purchase to meet needs of shoppers.
 Create and communicate the category strategy to the regional teams and ensure implementation and compliance.
 Identify potential private label opportunities and the best source for the same.

Category manager- Stationery à RELIANCE RETAIL
  • Inde
  • mars 2006 à mai 2007

 Formulate the sourcing and merchandising strategy for the stationery category.
 Ensure proper range, width and depth of assortment for the stores.
 Project sales, gross margins, returns, markdowns, liquidation etc. for the upcoming stores under various formats.
 Plan the best fixtures, visual merchandising tools, planogram and the layout for the category.
 Identify prospective domestic and international suppliers for the category.
 Negotiate on costs and commercials with the prospective domestic and international suppliers.
 Visited China, Hong Kong and Singapore twice to identify and develop long term vendors for my category.
 Studied hypermarket, seamless malls and specialty stores in organized retail in Thailand to inculcate their best practices in our stores.

Product Manager à LINC PEN & PLASTICS LTD
  • Inde
  • septembre 2003 à février 2006

 Handle all India sales and marketing for brand uniball.
 Identify products for the Indian market and design their promotional strategies.
 Understand consumer, channel and competition behavior and other business variables to formulate sales and marketing strategies.
 Conceive and execute complete sales and distribution and performance improvement strategies, including supply chain.
 Collaborate and coordinate with all functional departments to implement sales and marketing objectives and systems.
 Conceive and execute marketing and sales promotional programs, including communication, to achieve business goals.
 Set targets, review performance of dedicated uniball sales staff.
 Plan and implement the deployment of marketing and promotional equipment.
 Search for new areas of expansion and growth, as well as solicit new opportunities.

Area Sales Manager à A. W. FABER CASTELL INDIA PVT. LTD.
  • Inde
  • décembre 2002 à août 2003

Job profile same as RECKITT BENCKISER. Working for Karnataka State.

Territory Sales Incharge à GILLETTE INDIA LTD.
  • Inde
  • septembre 2001 à novembre 2002

Same as in RECKITT BENCKISER

SALES EXECUTIVE à RECKITT BENCKISER (INDIA) LTD
  • Inde
  • octobre 1999 à août 2001

Taking care of sale, distributor/ retailer management, developemnt of new markets and target achievement for the product range- Cherry Blossom, Disprin, Robin Blue, Harpic and other items in the territory of Delhi & Haryana states of India.

Éducation

Diplôme, MARKETING
  • à FMS-IIRM JAIPUR
  • décembre 1999

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

Specialties & Skills

Merchandising Strategies
Category Management
Retail Products
Retail Buying
Retail Solutions
Sales, brand management, vendor management, merchandising

Langues

Anglais
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Hindi
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  • Love Reading & Travelling. Currently training to run a half marathon