Hi, I'm from Pune, Maharashtra, India. Currently I am a Assistant Manager at myTrident. I have completed my B. Tech in Textile Engineering (Fashion Technology) in 2021. Buying & Merchandising professional with 5+ years of experience across fashion retail, apparel sourcing and category management, including experience with Reliance Retail and myTrident. Experienced in men's wear buying, range selection, costing, vendor management, product development, order execution and cross-functional stakeholder management. Strong working knowledge of SAP and retail merchandising processes.
2017 - 2021
DKTE Society's Textile & Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji
2016 - 2017
R. R. Shinde Jr. College, Pune
2014 - 2015
Sadhana Vidyalaya, Pune
Asst Manager - Category & Merchandising
20-11-2023 - Till Date
Managed end-to-end Bed sheeting orders execution across multiple MyTrident brands including Nectrasoft, Indulgence, Classic, Everyday, Home Essentials, Aroma & others by co-ordinating with Trident and other vendors
Hands-on experience in SAP for various activities - Purchase orders, Cost, Sales/orders processing, Delivery orders and related merchandising transactions.
Coordination with the various departments like weaving, printing, CSP, packaging, SCM, etc ensuring to get the shipment on time.
Co-ordinating with the sales team for the daily sales & liquidation of the FG from the warehouse ensuring ageing material movement in all brands.
Cluster Bying & Sourcing Merchandiser
01-07-2021 - 10-11-2023
Managed cluster Buying and Sourcing for 'Western Rise' a private-label men's wear brand, covering range selection, product costing, buy planning, article creation and order execution.
Co-ordination with Stakeholders from costing, sampling through production for Buyers like John Players Select, TST Pureza, Altair covering various bricks like Shirts, trousers, denim, kid's wear, etc. for B2B, TST, SMART business format
Worked with vendors and fabric/trim suppliers to ensure timely in-house material availability and adherence to committed delivery timelines.
Managed new product development and vendor coordination for commercialisation of new styles.
Detailed working in SAP and Hyperloop software - for Purchase orders PO creation, production related activities.
Intern
25-11-2019 - 04-01-2020
Completed four productivity improvement projects in jacket sewing production and supported inventory management across fabric, trims and maintenance departments
The device has developed which collects and analyze the production data, track bundles of garment pieces and help to improve productivity and efficiency in Apparel Industry.
This project helped to overcome all the problems regarding production, which are faced by operators and management team of apparel Industry.
The captured data can be analyzed further to improve the efficiency and productivity of operator by removing bottleneck operations and by reducing non-value-added activities.
Developed a website named 'TextilesPedia'. Having more than 50 blogs related to textile information, events, interview, newsletter, etc.
Spreading knowledge of TextilesPedia though - LinkedIn - Instagram - Facebook - Twitter - Pinterest - Email with thousands of Textile Technocrats.
Elected as Maharashtra captain in N.C.C. for National Level Trekking Camp held in Karnataka state.
Participated in Paper as well as Poster Presentation during college.
Active swayamsevak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as Social Worker
Former N.C.C. senior rank holder cadet
Completed various soft skill and digital marketing online courses
Participated in different fitness camp.
Leadership Qualities
Problem Solving
Team Work
Project Management
Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel, Power point)
Gym workout
Trekking
Social working
Travelling
Rifle Shooting
Learning new things
Travelling
Social Working