MS Office
Kavitharan Arumugam
Store Merchandise Planner
No 112 Lanka Meni Mawatta, Palliyawatta, Hendala, Wattala, ,Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Summary
An enthusiastic and diligent person from a Retail background with vast experience in various functional areas easily
adaptable to a new environments and pressure situations with constant focus on priorities to achieve the target task realistically
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Languages
Work History
Store Merchandise Planner
REDTAG, Division of BMA International
Dammam, KSA
05.2020 - Current
- Identified risks and established opportunities to drive growth and increase profit through effective inventory management.
- Supporting stores to achieve their sales budget and Gross profit with confidential numbers
- Analyzed trends and sales targets to create distribution plans for stores.
- Monitored inventory, capacity and movement in retail outlets to maintain optimal levels of stock and resolve inventory discrepancies.
- Verified products appeared at correct locations in proper quantities
- Tracked and recapped key item performance.
- Create and maintain Min/Max Inventories for key programs to tie back to financial goals.
- Develop and maintain weekly and monthly open to ship targets by store, down to Department/Category level, based on store demands
- Work with allocations to identify needs based on store trends.( Inform key timelines, expectation and priorities)
- Monitors sales and inventory at the Store/Department level and communicates to all cross functional teams.
- Develop, run and manage weekly/Monthly reports on responsibility areas and ad-hoc allocation reporting.
Merchandise Allocator
REDTAG, Division of BMA International
Dammam, KSA
07.2014 - 05.2020
- Reviewed and analyzed weekly business results to identify solutions.
- Analyze sales trends to drive weekly replenishment needs for all Retail locations; ensure all locations are at target weeks of supply and in-stock on current and core product
- Own system replenishment module – including selling profile, balancing min/max inventory levels with targeted weeks of supply; upload replenishment orders for the Distribution Centre to execute
- Generated sales-to-stock reports to monitor store inventory levels.
- Developed allocation strategies to maximize sales and minimize markdowns.
- Collaborated with logistics, merchants and planners to strategically mitigate risks to business.
- Partner with Merchandise planners, buyers, and Transportation teams to prioritize incoming orders based on business needs
Assistant Merchandise Manager
Cool Planet Pvt Ltd
Colombo, Sri Lanka
06.2009 - 07.2014
- Developed pre-season bottom-up product level forecasts.
- Analyzed and identified selling trends, taking action to maximize selling potential and minimize risk to inventory objectives and profitability.
- Revised and maintained in-season product level forecasts at offer level.
- Partnered with merchants to manage overstock inventory.
- Monitored and analyzed sales records, trends or economic conditions to anticipate consumer buying patterns and determine suitable type and quantity of company inventory items.
- Reviewed each store location's buying trends to ascertain correct assortment of apparel for maximum sales and profits.
- Interacted with vendors, store managers and other stakeholders to maintain on-time deliveries.
Inventory Controller
Cool Planet Pvt Ltd
Colombo, Sri Lanka
10.2006 - 06.2009
- Addressed internal supply problems head-on and developed creative solutions to prevent delays and missed targets.
- Worked with supervisors and team members to understand supply needs and bring levels within desired tolerances.
- Conduct Annual, Random Stock take & Submitting final Report to the management
- Merchandise pilferage controlling & Minimizes damage
- Audited and corrected discrepancies in inventory numbers.
- Monitoring ageing stock level and taking necessary actions (warehouse and store wise)
- Develops and implements inventory control procedures.
Inventory Control Clerk
E Mart Pvt Ltd
Colombo - 04, Sri Lanka
09.2002 - 10.2006
- Spearheaded and implemented standardized processes to control supply and inventory management.
- Used hand-held devices and computers to record and monitor inventory levels and completed audits to uncover and address inaccuracies.
- Verified incoming products and checked delivery totals to keep system records current and accurate.
- Maintained inventory count, tracked usage and documented variances.
- Recorded information, shortages and discrepancies to keep records current and accurate.
- Completed physical inventory counts each month.
- Audited and corrected discrepancies in inventory numbers.
- Received, sorted and processed damaged goods with vendors or manufacturers.
- Unloaded shipments, reviewed merchandise and tracked paperwork.
- Completed daily cycle counts to maintain accuracy of records.
Education
No Degree - Successfully Completed GCE A/L And O/L
St Anthony's College
Wattala - Colombo 01.1998 - 04.2002
Skills
MS Office
Computer tracking
Fast learner
Teamwork
Trend forecasting
Analytical skills
Report preparation
Software
ERP
RMS
IBM Cognos
Interests
Cricket
Computer Games
Timeline
Store Merchandise Planner
REDTAG, Division of BMA International
05.2020 - Current
Merchandise Allocator
REDTAG, Division of BMA International
07.2014 - 05.2020
Assistant Merchandise Manager
Cool Planet Pvt Ltd
06.2009 - 07.2014
Inventory Controller
Cool Planet Pvt Ltd
10.2006 - 06.2009
Inventory Control Clerk
E Mart Pvt Ltd
09.2002 - 10.2006
No Degree - Successfully Completed GCE A/L And O/L
St Anthony's College
01.1998 - 04.2002