Merchandising Presentation Analyst with 3 years exp in Planogram & SP
Resume:
John Thomas
Gender : Male
E-mail id : ***********@*****.**.**
Voice : +91-903*******
Summary
On completing my BA [Hons} Economics graduation from Christ University (2011), I successfully
managed to work in 3 different roles as an Analyst in the Merchandising Presentation Division at
Target India Corporation for close to four years now. I look forward to begin the next phase of my
professional career preferably in Retail. Skills include Optimizing Profitability, Business
development, effective communication, leadership, process improvement and Training.
Professional Experience - Target Corporation (4 Years)
Senior Business Analyst (July2014-Present)
• Identify excess clearance inventory available at the store which helped to provide
recommendations to the buyer which is then used in levelling the excess inventory in the stores
resulting in $1.3 million savings.
• Led the team in Target India that executed the 2014 Q4 season increasing temporary space by
54% resulting in a 44% comp in sales for Black Friday and 7% comp in sales for Boxing Week.
• Organized, coordinated and managed resources across a 22 member team to achieve the
required output while keeping timelines in mind.
• Led Strategic initiatives to lead the team through a series of changes to improve partner
engagement, category ownership and build new capabilities.
• Certified Train the Trainer for Target India
Business Analyst (July 2012-June 2014)
• Piloted the JDA Space Planning and Floor Planning from Minneapolis Headquarters to Target
India and successfully rolled it out to 70 Team members in Merchandising Presentation Division.
• Led Strategic initiatives to lead the team through a series of changes to improve partner
engagement, category ownership and build new capabilities.
• Created analytical recaps of key retail seasons like Christmas, Back to School/College and
Halloween which enabled the teams in Target Headquarters to better plan their strategies for the
coming year.
• Led special project for the Co-Space and Apparels & Accessories division where I reconfigured
merchandise in Planograms to best optimize sales for which I received recognition from partners
across India and Minneapolis Headquarters for the same. .
• Successfully Piloted the Visual Adjacency for all the A&A Divisions from Target
Headquarters(Minneapolis) to Target India
Assoc. Business Analyst (May 2011-June 2012)
• Providing presentation direction to Target’s 1728 stores, essentially determining the layout of
the floor pad and creating POGs based on analysis & Presentation Best Methods.
• Piloted the Planogram & Adjacency process in Target India, and creating a framework for the
roll out of the process across the organization.
• Received the Six Sigma Yellow Belt project for Streamlining and Automating a Workload
planner for Merchandising Presentation Division which saves a total of 600 Hours Annually
Key Skills
• Sales Analyst
• JDA-Space Planning & Floor Planning
• Merch IQ
• Inventory Management
• Visual Merchandising
• Microsoft Office
Core Competencies
• Collaborating Effectively
• Managing Execution
• Driving for Results
• Demonstrating Accountability
Academic Achievements
Course Institution Place Year Result
B.A [Hons] Economics Christ University Bangalore 2008-11 70%
PUC Loyola School Trivandrum 2008 75%
SSLC Loyola School Trivandrum 2006 86%
Achievements
• Successfully, Completed research project on “Effects of Defense Expenditure on GDP”.
• Attended several Self Development Trainings like Excel basics, Organizing your Time and
Resources, Giving, Receiving and Requesting Feedback, Effective Communication/ Social
Styles& Train The Trainer
Other Achievements
• Represented University for the All India Inter University Basketball tournament (2007-
2008,2008-2009).
• Human Resource Coordinator in the All India cultural Fest In BloomConducted by Christ
University in the year 2010-2011
• Economics Department representative for two consecutive years (2008, 2009) Department
of Management Studies, Christ University for Quiz
• Played Basketball at District and State level.
Special Interest
• Inclination Basketball: Actively take part in Basketball Tournaments at college and
corporate level
• Enjoy organizing and conducting cultural/community/corporate events for large sets of
people from different backgrounds.
Reference as per request
Anand Nair Emmanuel George
Head Of Economics,
Sales Head(India, Middle East) Christ University,
Interglobe, Bangalore
Dubai
+91 - 903-***-****
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