SAHIL SINGH
Dubai
Summary
Over 10 years of experience spread over Retail Buying, Sourcing & Merchandising across multiple formats. Turn around each department towards growth and profitability in the In-house & External Brands.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Buyer - Men's footwear
Landmark Group - Dubai
Dubai, UAE
01.2023 - Current
- Lead and manage the entire buying process, across Men's brands and product lines, in order to ensure right and commercially viable product ranges, customer satisfaction, improvement on year-on-year sales, margins and stock levels.
- Analyze customer buying trends, competitors, and market activities in order to predict future trends and seasonal product requirements.
- Manage the inventory and maintain optimum stock levels in order to ensure that retail requirements are met within the given financial parameters.
- Establish and manage relationships with vendors and suppliers in order to ensure financially beneficial partnerships through maximizing the ranges, sales, profit margin and delivery within budget.
- Place orders and ensure the merchandise is delivered on a timely basis, and in line with the service level agreements in order to ensure compliance with buying plans.
- Support launches and implementation of new floor range stock, in coordination with sales, marketing and VM, in order to ensure successful execution.
- Manage and uphold quality standards across buying, in order to ensure product standards and customer expectations are maintained and met respectively.
Category Manager - Men's footwear
TATA Group - Trent Ltd
Mumbai, India
07.2022 - 01.2023
- Responsible to optimize the sales and business health of the category
- Range, Assortment and business planning
- Strategise new products for the category based on the season trends and concepts
- To Build the season range and plan weekly inwards
- Collaborative partnership with stakeholders to make them understand business requirements.
Senior Buyer - Footwear
Landmark Group - India
Bengaluru, India
05.2018 - 06.2022
- Analyze the trends & forecasts in the international market for buying alignment and product gap analysis
- Build Product range for the category which comprises of sourcing of goods from international & Domestic suppliers that involves style development, material selection, Cost negotiation, Quantity confirmation & stock inward in WHs & stores
- Strategise & finalize the product price matrix based on desired positioning to optimally tap the opportunity and gaps in the brands' business
- Ensure Net Margins & LFL growth of the category by keeping track of sale of the category
- Optimum utilization of allocated budget for the category in line with OTB & SKU plan
- Managing age and dormancy of stock by planning in-store clearance sales
- Identification of non-moving merchandise through detailed analysis & ensuring ideal merchandise mix for each region
- Collaborate with Marketing, VM & Operations team to deliver category performance
- To build new vendor relations by make them understand the Aesthetic
- Quality & Cost requirements from our side.
Assistant Manager - Buyer
Aditya Birla Group
Bengaluru, India
08.2016 - 05.2018
- Working along Business head for range finalization.
- Manage cost negotiations with vendors.
- Build vendor relationships to support new and ongoing sourcing needs.
- Periodic store-visit to check on stock quality issues & market feedback.
- Analyze product competition monthly.
- Ensure end to end merchandise tracking i.e., from Supplier to warehouse & stores.
- To validate the discount at SKU level for EOSS.
- Coordinate with VM team for planogram implementation.
- Coordinate with Marketing department to highlight new season trends.
Senior executive - Buying & Merchandising
Reliance Retail Ltd
Bengaluru, India
08.2014 - 08.2016
- To ensure effective merchandise Grid planning (style-wise, size-wise, and store -wise) at the sku's level for each subgroup
- Conduct sales analysis on regular basis and incorporate any changes in the planned grid
- Ensure the retail OTB budget is met in terms of both quantities & value
- Monitoring design performance through sell thru trackers
- Pull back non-moving merchandise & plan for clearance of non-moving merchandise in co-ordination with the retail team
- Coordinate with Suppliers & stores for Stock inward
- Preparing Segment wise, hierarchy wise, branch wise reports for the team to analyze product wise profitability
Skills
- Product Knowledge
- Market Research
- Analytical Skills
- Vendor Management
- Forecasting and Planning
- Creativity and Innovation
- Attention to Detail
- Adaptability
- Financial Acumen
Languages
English
Fluent
Education
Bachelor of Science - Design & Development
Footwear Design & Development Institute
Calcutta 08.2011 - 08.2014
Timeline
Buyer - Men's footwear
Landmark Group - Dubai
01.2023 - Current
Category Manager - Men's footwear
TATA Group - Trent Ltd
07.2022 - 01.2023
Senior Buyer - Footwear
Landmark Group - India
05.2018 - 06.2022
Assistant Manager - Buyer
Aditya Birla Group
08.2016 - 05.2018
Senior executive - Buying & Merchandising
Reliance Retail Ltd
08.2014 - 08.2016
Bachelor of Science - Design & Development
Footwear Design & Development Institute
08.2011 - 08.2014
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