Merchandiser, Buyer

Mobile: 865-***-****

Email:jaiswal.akank

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Hello!

My name is Akanksha Jaiswal, I am an energetic, ambitious individual who has developed a mature and responsible approach to any task given, as a NIFT post- graduate with 3 years and 9 months of experience in planning & buying department, I am excellent in working with others to achieve a certain objective on time and with excellence.

EDUCATION

EXPERIENCE

1) Currently (5th Dec 2019- present): I am working as a Retail Merchandiser for a very unique home décor brand based in Bangalore called The Purple Turtles.

As a Retail Merchandiser, I not only look at the data part but also source product and buy the selected article. I am a one point contact for the brand. I work on costing and negotiation, get samples developed, reorder stock and analyze sale data and growth data.

2) Assistant Buyer (Westside Home: 25th April 2018-29th Nov-2019) As an assistant buyer in the Home department of Westside, a leading Indian retail brand by Tata, I worked on costing, manage development process of the samples, helped in range building, work on seasonal catalogue, kept a check on stock and looked after VM and new launches, made purchase orders and other key work for the department.

3) Retail Merchandiser (25th June2017-7TH May) I worked as a Retail Merchandiser for a leading menswear brand named T-base. At T- base, I worked on:

1. Daily sell through reports,

2. Stock allocation and Purchase Orders.

3. Analyze past data to see the progress of the company in past few years. 4. I was a part of SS-18 buying for channels like Central (Future Group), Lifestyle (Landmark Group) & Globus.

5. Worked on Replenishments, promos, buy correction. & Inventory management. Software I know

SPSS

MS OFFICE

SAP

BOBI

ILLUSTRATOR

My not so constant Hobbies:

4) Graduation Project-Jan-2017-April: I have successfully completed my Graduation Project at Pantaloons Fashion & Retail Limited which belongs to Aditya Birla Group. I worked under the Kid's Wear Planning team on increasing the sales mix for the Kid's Department through Competition Analysis & Gap Analysis Worked on:

• Making various reports needed for heading the planning department,

• Analyzed past data, to find why and where the company lost money,

• Worked on the factors like stock, net week cover, ROS and to finally came up with a solution on allocating the right stock to right store.

• Analyzed the GRN dates of AW-16 stocks.

• A comparative study of MAX Fashion with Pantaloons on factors like Area, stocks, product range, price points etc.

• Analyzed buy and sell ratio.

Scored a 10 CGPA for the project

Summer Internship: I worked at an export company named "ART IMAGE" which is based in Jaipur which, mainly caters to Middle East and UAE. The company manufactures products like Bags, Trunks, Accent chairs, Rugs, Backpacks, Weekenders, Wallets, Decorative mirrors, Home furnishing products, etc. My role: As an intern, I designed the Marketing Mix suitable for the company to enter domestic market and managed social media content. Current status: The Company caters to the domestic market with the brand name

"TWINOLOGY" on online websites like Jaypore.com, ajio.com. What can I do for you?

Raise Purchase orders

Research on Developments

Introduce to new concepts

Vendor Management

Follow critical path

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