1. VIJAYA KUMAR J
Mail Me @: vijay_j_reddy@yahoo.co.in
Contact: 7259298164
‘NANDAKAM’
# 15/16,13th
Cross, Garvebahavipalaya,
Hosur Main Road
Bangalore -560068
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
 Proactive, creative and industrious professional with over 7years of hands on experience in
planning & Front end operations, Planner has direct responsibility for identifying
opportunities, risks, and making business recommendations through the analysis of brand
/ Product performance. The planner works closely with the merchant teams to develop
business strategies that will result in achieving the financial goals of the company
 Analytical cum Logical approach towards business challenges, & ever willing to take up
additional responsibilities
 Effective team Player with strong sense of accountability and sincerity towards assigned
role
AREAS OF EXCELLENCE
-Working Capital Management - Performance/Trend Analysis - Assortment Planning
- Business Analytics - Season Management/Planning - Allocation planning
- Inventory Management & Stock Planning
EMPLOYEMENT HISTORY
MAX RETAIL – LIFESTYLE INTERNATIONL PVT LTD
Assistant Manager- Retail Planning
Footwear & Accessories.
(APRIL 14 –TILL DATE)
 Maximise Sales and profitability for the department/category
 Support in determining high-level financial goals including pre-season financial plans,
in-season projections, open-to-buy management and new store budgets
 Prepare and maintain department/category merchandise MIS analytics based on actual
sales, sales forecasts, company order parameters, inventory checks, forth coming
events, replenishment needs etc
 Assist in the creation of merchandise plans for the category based on insights gained
from merchandise analytics, customer preference, historical trends and future outlook
projected by the buyer
 Assist in discussing, deciding and freezing the department/category merchandise
strategic plans around the following factors
+ Financials, Sales & Stock, OTB, Margins, Forward Cover
+ Subgroup level Sales, Order Quantity, Allocation
 Communicate the merchandise strategic plan to buying team for necessary execution.
 Ensure effective in season management across territories (stock balancing, markdown
management, stock analysis, stock vs. sales performance Responsible for timely
Allocations)

2. IN SEASON MANAGEMENT
 Ensure performance is monitored against plan for the assigned category/department,
regularly supported by exception reporting.
 Ensure effective in season management of the assigned category/department through
regular analysis and action planning across concept and territory, based on the
performance around the following anchors
+ Sales vs. Stock
+ Inflows/OTB
+ Stock analysis
+ Stock balancing
+ Margin analysis
MERCHANDISE CONTROLLER (APRIL 13 –MARCH 15)
 Sales - Planning & Performance Review
 Identify and quantify the available market opportunity
 Provide category wise, sub-category wise and store wise allocation of budget qty to
each category for the season
 Review sales performance & base stock for necessary action
 Provide in-season promotional plan/SMS & FMS markdown plans
 Interface with Retail, Warehouse, Buying function for periodic performance review
 Regularly collect and analyze product feedback from the Retail team
 Validating OTB’s against the budgets & highlighting
 Ensure timely delivery and availability of stocks at the store
 Set up and ensure Adherence to display capacity and NOD norms
 Monitor sell thru on a periodic basis
 Forecast and plan inventory for core lines to ensure adequate stock at any point of
time
 Perform gap analysis and propose appropriate corrections including consolidation of
stocks
JUBILANT RETAIL – TOTAL SUPERSTORE- APPAREL DIVISION
RETAIL PLANNER (MARCH 12 – MARCH 13)
 Responsible for planning & inventory control for the entire stores for Total Superstores,
heading a team of 2 people. And managing 18 crores business per season
 Currently handling all the categories Men’s wear, Women’s wear, kids wear, and ethnic
wear
 OTB Validation for Region & stocks Gap short/excess to be highlighted to the corporate
team
 Identifying good sellers/ average sellers / poor sellers at option level during initial launch
and mid season and taking necessary action like best buy promo /inter store transfer /
stocks balancing/inter region stocks transfer
 Product feedback from the customer, store team and ensure necessary changes done to
improve the product quality and incorporate the fashion at Stores
 Analyse competition base on the Style, Price, Colour, Fabric, and Fits along with
photographs to be shared with Buyer
 Stock consolidation to ensure no sale opportunity is lost and sales target is in track
 EOSS planning & seasonal promotions by ensuring stock density for the entire region
with appropriate sales mix
FUTURE GROUP – BIG BAZAAR
EXECUTIVE – BUSINESS EXCELENCE (SEP’09-MARCH’12)

3.  Active part in new store opening & ensure Non saleable merchandise (Non trade
merchandise) for smooth functioning of business
 Ensure effective management of category through regular analysis based on the sales
performance Stock planning, Stock Balancing, Margin Analysis for entire South Region
 Support in determining high-level financial goals including pre-season financial plans in-
season
 Prepare and maintain category merchandiser MIS analytics based on actual sales, sales
forecasts Stock projection and replenishment
 Assisting category to foresee the business trends with their annual operating plan
 Coordination with Finance team for vendor payments on TOT based
 Concept & Process Creation for Campaigns with clear focus on desired output
 Worked on business model development on prototype business, for coming years
 Experience in Designing reports for an Internal Customer Growth
FRESH- HERITAGE FOODS RETAIL DIVISION
STORE OPERATIONS (SEP’08- SEP’09)
 A Grocery Supermarket company based @ Hyderabad. I was introduced to the store as
an Store In charge, were I learnt the importance of Consumer satisfaction and how to
deliver the best within a particular timeframe. This also gave me an opportunity to learn
the various retail aspects. & Teamwork formed an integral part of the role as the people
there different ideas and levels of creativity, lead to business common goal.
 Initiated Program that standardized the business operations and led to increase Internal
& External customer Satisfaction.
 Enthusing team achieve the set targets controlling Shrink, attrition, MPM adherence,
Range visibility, Competitor Survey, road block clearance as internally possible.
 Sales Analysis with sales forecasting & target planning for entire south zone stores.
 Assistance in Brand Activation (SOH).
ACADEMIC PROFILE
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
CMRIT VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY -2008
BACHELOR OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
ACMS BANGALORE UNIVERSIT - 2006
PERSONAL VITAE
Fathers Name : Jayaram reddy
Date of Birth : 13th JAN, 1985
Languages Known : English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, and Telugu.
DECLARATION
I hereby declare that the above information given by me is correct and true to the best of my
Knowledge. If I am placed in your esteemed concern, I will discharge my duties with utmost sincerity
and to your satisfaction.
PLACE: BANGALORE
DATE: VVIIJJAAYYAA KKUUMMAARR JJ