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Rohit Pegu

Rohit Pegu

PRODUCT DESIGN MANAGER
Dubai

Summary

Motivated professional with extensive experience in product sales and distribution. Possesses unmatched leadership and strategy skills to maximize company revenue. Expertise in management, marketing strategies and merchandising. Diligent Product Design Manager offering more than 11years of success in product roadmap development, market research and data analysis. Highly skilled in identifying opportunities to maximize revenue. Driven and strategic with proven history of superior market penetration and product launch.

Work History

Product Design Manager

LANDMARK GROUP – LIFESTYLE
  • Create macro & seasonal trends for Home Décor & Accent furniture to provide color/material/print direction for each buying season quarterly
  • Responsible for innovative product lines in each department– LIVING, DINING, BED & BATH
  • It includes both hard goods and soft furnishing
  • Monitor a fine balance of Trend – Essential – Basic range according to seasonal events and sale period
  • Highly emphasize on Essentials at entry price point
  • Manage a team of efficient graphic and product designer on product development cycle – product ideation, sampling, packaging
  • Actively participate in sales analysis with Buying & Planning team to give direction on product development for the next season to achieve higher targets
  • Travel frequently for product sourcing leading the team, for development of new finishes, techniques and material mix to achieve affordable price & good quality from Far-east Asia, India factories and European wholesalers
  • Have attended major design shows – Maison et Objet Paris, Salone del Mobile Milan and trade shows Heimtex & Ambient Germany, Canton China and IHGF India.

Senior Product Designer

DEMURO DAS
  • Designing exclusive high-end luxury furniture to maintain the brand aesthetics, personality and style with forward thinking
  • Creating luxury furniture using traditional craft techniques, with maintaining the essence of the craft
  • My design pieces were featured in diversified print media – Elle Décor India – cover story (Aug-Sept 2013 issue) and Architectural Digest India (May-Jun 2012), to name a few
  • The Pegu Cabinet is designed by me and named after my last name.

Product Designer

MANGLAM ARTS
  • Presenting product boards and undertaking all product developments for Home Décor Accessories according to buyers’ brief
  • Display of new range in the showroom for buyers’ visit
  • Had an opportunity to work with an array of materials which enabled to develop products with mix-media and adding Indian craft techniques to it
  • Introduced recycled materials - metal industrial waste and railway sleeper wood to develop modern products for clients like Pottery Barn, Anthropologie, West Elm, La Redoute (AM-PM) out of many.

Education

Bachelor of Design -

National Institute of Fashion Technology
Hyderabad, India
01.2008

Skills

  • Research & Trend Analysis
  • Design process flow
  • Color scheme
  • Design thinking
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Design leadership
  • Creative problem-solving
  • Team management
  • Brand development
  • Sales Enhancement
  • Category Growth
  • Sketching and ideation

Personal Information

Title: Product Design Manager

Timeline

Product Design Manager

LANDMARK GROUP – LIFESTYLE

Senior Product Designer

DEMURO DAS

Product Designer

MANGLAM ARTS

Bachelor of Design -

National Institute of Fashion Technology
Rohit PeguPRODUCT DESIGN MANAGER