Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Formulate group Category
Formulate store & Central buffer ordering strategy to mitigate risks and categories to maximize sales & profitability.
Build robust cross functional coordination to ensure accurate sales, Indent plans and maximum profitability.
Inventory Budgeting, Management & Control
Formulate Inventory Budget requirement for the category group for the year, months and seasons.
Ensure collections inventory plan is part of annual inventory.
Store level Inventory budgets and as performance.
Adjust the Inventory as per sales trends.
Ensure effective Sales and Indent Planning
Direct the planning process from sales plan, Indent plan till inventory management.
Direct team to build Category wise and Store wise Model Stock plan taking in account key inputs of past trends, Category price point turns and seasonality.
Direct team to build define Store wise sales plan based on key inputs like target SSPD and growth plans.
Facilitate close monitoring of sales for Stores,



categories price points and intervene with necessary interventions in production incase of deviations.
Lead and facilitate accurate Indent plans/projections through close monitoring of sales and foreseeing risks.
Work collaboratively with cross functional teams to ensure close adherence to Indent plans and guide team in case of exceptions.
Oversee timelines and quantities of inventories are adhered to and produced as per stock plan.
Ensure planning for production and warehouse capacity along with category wise phasing and GRN date finalization.
Oversee and ensure OTB and Indent Plan closure through a month wise intake plan, finalized SKUs and buy quantity as per timelines.
Create Model Stock as per margin objectives
Liasoning with category team to finalize Model Stock and Range Plan to ensure minimum deviation from realized margins.
Guiding team to ensure final margins are as per category margin targets.
Process Institutionalization and Management
Develop metrics,

📌 Senior Manager Merchandising Planning (India)
🏢 Aditya Birla Group
📍 India