VINOD WAKADE

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vinodwakade003/; Skype: vinod.wakade1

Direct Mobile: +243-*********(O) / +91-985*******(H) E-mail: ad10aa@r.postjobfree.com OBJECTIVE: -

In pursuit of challenging and fulfilling assignments in Business Development, Retail Store Operations, Concept Head, Category Mgmt., Project Development, Retailing & Sales with a growth-oriented organization

SNAPSHOT: -

A dynamic professional with 23+ years of rich experience in Project Management, Retailing, FMCG and Pharmaceuticals Sector with well-known organizations.

Extensive background in Sales, Retailing, Category Mgmt. & Retail Store Operations; including Strategic Planning, New Business Development, Channel & Distribution Management, Retail Management, Store & Inventory, Merchandising, MIS, Team Management, Vendor Management, etc.

Currently working with UAC Sarl, KINSHASA, DRC (Africa) as Business Head- Furniture.

Interact easily with people of diverse backgrounds, cultures, and professional levels. Excellent understanding of and ability to accommodate individual learning styles. CREDENTIAL HIGHLIGHTS: -

Senior Professional with a flair for charting out Sales & Marketing, Category Mgmt., Project Mgmt. and New Business Development strategies, thereby contributing towards enhancing business volumes & growth.

Implemented and executed store Plano-grams; involved in execution and set-up of new retail stores on PAN India Basis.

Experience of managing 28 Retail Stores, E-commerce and related operations in the region. KEY SKILLS: -

Proficiency in setting-up New Retail Stores across the nation as well as managing overall Retail Operations; Buying and Merchandising, accountable for strategic utilization & deployment of available resources to achieve organizational objectives.

Expertise in developing & managing Retail Channels/ Distributors in order to derive the required market share, revenue and profit of the organization.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE: -

Strategic Planning Retailing Sales & Marketing

Business Development Merchandising & Store Operations Buying & Merchandising Channel Management Corporate Sales Furniture Business Vendor Development Inventory Management MIS/ Documentation CAREER SCAN: -

1. Present (Since Nov-2018): UAC Sarl, KINSHASA, DRC (Congo-Africa) as Business Head reporting to Director

Manufacturing Operations, Retail Store Operations,

Admin & Commercial Operations, Business Development

Sales Training, Marketing & Sales Promotion

Customer Service, Product Costing,

P & L, Inventory management,

Buying (Imports & Local)

2. Sep’ 16 to Sep’2018: Furniture World- FWD, Hyderabad as DGM-RETAIL reporting to Director

Responsible for 7 FWD Retail Outlets Operations and Business development.

Handling a team size of 50+ staff and a turnover of 75 cr.

New Business Development, New Store Rollout

Strategy Formation and Implementation.

Corporate Sales and Institutional Sales.

E-commerce and Marketing Support.

Vendor Development and Management.

3. Nov’ 14 – Jun’ 16: ARTEE Industries Ltd (Millennia Furniture), Lagos, Nigeria as Concept Head Furniture-Sales & Marketing reporting to GM-Operation Attainments:

Value growth of 30% over 2014 Vs 2015. Currently growing 20% over 2015 Vs 2016.

Corporate sales implementation to get additional and consistent growth. 4. Dec’ 08 – Oct’ 14: Housefull International Ltd (The Furniture Destination), Mumbai as Senior Sales Manager-Pan India reporting to Director-Operations Growth Path: Team Size: 100+ Turnover- 100Cr+

Dec’08-Jul’10 -- Business Manager-Nasik

Jul’10-Dec’11-- Cluster Manager-Mumbai

Jan’11-Dec’12 -- Zonal Head-West (Mumbai, Gujarat and Pune) Dec’12-Oct’14 -- Senior Sales Manager-Pan India

Attainments: -

As Senior Sales Manager set up E-Commerce Platform that contributing equal to one physical store.

As Zonal Manager played vital role in setting-up 3 new stores at Kurla, Thane and Worli in Mumbai regions. Successfully handled 12 Stores, in terms of store operations and profitability.

As Business Manager enhanced the average monthly sales from Rs 28 Lakhs to 40 Lakhs in the year 2009-2010.

5. Jun’ 07 – Nov’ 08: (@Home) Nilkamal Limited, Nashik as Store Manager reporting to Regional Manager

Attainments: -

Overachieved value sales target as compared to the previous years.

Merit of attaining highest sale of Rs 51.24L in a single month. 6. Jul’ 06 – May’ 07: Subiksha Trading Services Ltd, Pune as Retail Outlet Manager reporting to Area Manager-Retail

Attainments: -

Recognized as Best Outlet amongst all 12 outlets of Pune.

Consistently achieving the highest value sales.

7. Jul’ 00 – Jun’ 06: Novartis Healthcare Pvt Ltd (Calcium Sandoz), Pune as Business Executive- Retail (Nashik, Pune) reporting to Merchandising Business Manager Attainments: -

Distinction of being the only Business Executive, achieving 104% targets in the year 2005 in the West region.

Recognized for initiative of Calcium Sandoz Thermal Cut-outs that was operated all over India.

Nominated as an active member of Achievers Club in the Organization,

Best Seller in independently managing the territory and achieving 100% targets in the year 2002.

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