Archana Agawane AAA

Seeking a challenging career with a progressive organization where I can grow and groom myself in an organized manner
while making a significant contribution to the success of the company.

A dedicated professional and a Merchandiser with 6+ years of experience in Retails
domain with extensive focus on strategic planning, sales forecasting, sales trends, 
Branding & Positioning and inventory Analysis.

Efficiently planned and organized Merchandising of house hold category specialising in Soft Furnishing.

 A brilliant multi-tasker, able to deliver duties simultaneously as a Merchandiser, 
Brand buyer & Operationssupport

 Determined to increase sales and thereby business through every possible opportunity
 Flexible with the shifts and ability to work late hours

@home , Nilkamal Ltd. Dec 2012
Executive Merchandising
 Responsible for Merchandising of all the 27 Stores of @home.
Cross Functional co-ordination with Buying team, Store Staff, Vendors and DC Team
 To ensure the availability of product in line with agreed dates.
Strengthening Supplier network through rigorous control & coordination.
Maintaining an optimum stock holding in a store category-wise
 Timely replenishment of stocks both from supplier end and warehouse
Margin analysis; Stock cover; Analysing Actual achievements; Ageing stock; 
Discounts; etc
 Placing re-orders of existing ranges with Sales Analysis
 Co-ordination with vendors (Private Labels & Brands) for stock reorders
Taking care of online business on @home website and partner websites like Flipkart,
Amazon.
Taking various actions like RTV, discounting, inter-store stock transfers & liquidation in 
order to clear stock.
Monitoring repeat buys and flow lines.

Master in business Management in Finance, GNIMS, Mumbai in 2017 with 65%
Bachelor of Commerce, Mumbai University (S.K Somaiya College) in 2010 with 
77.14%
HSC, Maharashtra State Board (S.K Somaiya College) in 2007 with 72.33%SSC, Maharashtra State Board (Utkarasha Bal Mandir school) in 2005 with 70.83%
CERTIFICATION
Certified course in Ms-CIT & Knowledge about Advance Excel & SAP