Business Manager
Flemingo International Limited
Total years of experience :8 years, 10 Months
To Direct, Manage, Establish Buying & Operations for 15 stores across Geographies.
New Store Openings and Roll outs for Costa Rica, Morocco, India, Indonesia & Malaysia Locations.
Develop and Implement Various Operational SOPs, Business process and driving Internal controls.
Gross margin realization targets through space management, end of range, lifecycle /assortment planning and liquidation.
Reduced inventory carrying costs, through emphasis on Supply Chain Management, Demand Forecasting and Consumption & Quantity analysis of Inventory and targeted stock turns.
Implemented Weekly Sales & Stock Intake (WSSI), the planning and projection of weekly sales, intake, margin, markdown and closing stocks.
Streamlined floor layouts and product adjacencies generating high conversion and basket size.
Ensuring Visual/product Merchandising standards and floor displays compliment the merchandise & facilitate customer buying
Drive Loss prevention and stay under Shrinkage targets.
Non Sales Revenue from the vendors for Merchandise Display and Marketing Activity.
International & Local purchase of Books, Toys & Stationary from Principal Publishers, Toys & Stationary Vendors
Liquidating the slow moving stocks & negotiating long- term agreements & programs with key vendors.
Supervising the buying team in terms of title, qty & value & conducting research activities in terms of Books hitting the Trade.
Promotion Planning and Execution.
Visiting Fairs for New Products Sourcing and Credit terms Negotiations.
Attainments:
Actively involved in handling the Front of store area to maximize sales.
Designed Warehouse Work Flow Process.
Diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication.