Vipin Negi is seeking a position that allows him to utilize his skills as a professional and further an organization's objectives. He has over 5 years of experience in merchandising, supply chain management, and retail operations. His roles have included inventory management, forecasting, buying, pricing negotiations, and ensuring adequate stock levels. He achieved various awards and completed internships and projects in areas like minimum display quantities, customer satisfaction, and the leather industry. Vipin holds a Bachelor of Science degree and has a Master of Fashion Management.

1. VIPIN NEGI
+917795185810 - vipin140@yahoo.co.in
OBJECTIVE
To be associated with a progressive organization, which can provide me with a dynamic work sphere to extract my inherent
skills as a Professional, use and develop my aptitude to further the organization’s objectives and also attain my career targets in
the progress
EXPERIENCE
Senior Merchandiser: Indelust
Duration: May ’15-Present
Manage a team of Assistant merchandiser, and assume overall responsibility of merchandise operation.
• Inventory Management: Minimize stock discrepancies, development and communication of an inventory strategy.
• Pricing: Overall responsibility for all the price negotiation with Vendors/Brands and to make
recommendation for efficiency and maximization of margin. Propose markdown depending on stock level
before end of season.
• Forecasting: Forecasting seasonal product mix based on finance targets, new business initiative and Fashion trend.
• Buying: Attending Trunk shows and Fashion week.
• Manage and review Open to Buy.
• Finance: Manage and follow up on payment to vendors (consignment/outright).
ACHIVEMENTS:
• Employee of the quarter “July ’15 – September ’15 “.
Retail Supplier: Decathlon Sports India Pvt. Ltd
Duration: January '13 – April ‘15
Make products available by optimizing the supply chain, to ensure profitable growth in my domain.
• Define and guarantee the purchasing budget in the context of the commercial policy in my Brand.
• Under the Global Supply Policy, define and implement the supply strategy that enables achievement of
my scope objectives.
• Determine the sales potential of each article selected.
• Determine the purchase volumes: Define the quantities to buy, per product selected.
• Encourage flexible supply (flows, stocks, transport, lead times, supply sources, on-order, etc.).
• Guarantee the Supply margin as a value for my scope.
• Pricing.

2. ACHIVEMENTS:
• Official Product trainer for “Kalenji INDIA “. Attended the global product training in Nice, France.
• Development/Selection of the entire range of SS'15 for Kalenji INDIA at Lille, France (Head
quarter, Decathlon).
Stock Controller: TESCO-HSC
Duration: June '11 to January '13
To maintain the distribution center ordering systems in line with the needs of the business, generating orders for my category so
that the distribution center can be replenished with appropriate stock levels at the right time.
• Reporting on Service levels for Suppliers.
• Responsible for replenishment of stock from Suppliers to DC’s and finally to Stores.
• Maintaining the ordering systems in order to produce accurate and timely orders for my category products.
• Resolving queries on suppliers, distribution centers and store gaps.
• Reporting and logging ongoing supplier performance for my categories.
• Order stock for distribution centers accurately, so that customers in store can consistently ‘get what they want’ across
my categories.
• Store receives the correct products at the correct time with minimum supplier failure.
• Apart from the standard order, make order for promotions and new line.
ACHIVEMENTS:
• Maintain maximum availability during Christmas and New Year 2011-12 and got appreciation from
stakeholders.
• Helped the stakeholders achieve the target at the end of financial year March 2012.
• Made sure there is maximum availability in stores with minimum shortage during EURO-
2012 in Poland.
PROJECT
Summer Internship – Arvind Lifestyle Brand (ARROW)
April ’11 – June ‘11
To calculate M.D.Q (Minimum Display Quantity)
• Comparative analysis of Arrow formal and Sports with its competitors, across Bangalore
• Effect on sales
• Effect on display and store ambience.

3. Graduation Project - Tommy
Hilfiger January '12 – April '14
Retail Operations
• Season launch Spring-Summer 2012 at Adarsh lifestyle store.
• Analysis of Customer satisfaction level from Tommy Hilfiger store in a Multi Brand Outlet (Adarsh Lifestyle).
• To find Customer’s perception about store and Customer Representative Officer and suggest the way to improve
it
• To find the various problems faced in operations and how they can lead to customer dissatisfaction
FIMS (Fashion industry Market Survey)- HIDESIGN
To help creating awareness and increase the depth of the customer knowledge base about leather in order to encourage
organized retail in the Indian Leather Industry by benchmarking Hidesign Pvt. Ltd, Pondicherry.
• To study the standard manufacturing & marketing process carried by the Organized Retailers through an Industry visit
to Hidesign Pvt. Ltd Pondicherry.
• To conduct a survey in order to find the depth of the customer’s knowledge base pertaining to leather goods.
EDUCATION
Course Institution Board /
University
Year of
Completion
MFM National Institute Of Fashion Technology
Bangalore NIFT 2011
B.Sc(PCM) Kirori mal College
Delhi Delhi University 2009
Intermediate Delhi Pubic
School, Jhakri
CBSE
2004
SSC DAV Public
School
Rampur
CBSE 2002
LEISURE INTERESTS
• Running (Marathon)
• Traveling
DECLARATION:
I hereby declare that the information furnished above is true to the best of my knowledge.
PLACE: Bangalore
DATE:
VIPIN NEGI