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Akanksha Yadav

Toronto,ON

Summary

  • Over four years of experience in Fashion and Home Industry.
  • Contribution across various projects concerning trend analysis, product development, inventory management, process optimization, pricing and marketing.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Merchandise Assistant

TJX Canada
11.2022 - Current
  • Responsible for execution of purchase orders in accordance with weekly plans established by the Buying and Planning teams.
  • Resolve vendor problems, including PO discrepancies and shipping issues, while proactively tracking inbound merchandise and partnering with logistics for timely resolutions.
  • Collaborates with Planning to update inbound flow and propose alternative shipping scenarios to merchants and planning where feasible.
  • Ensures vendor samples are readily available for Buyer assessment, marketing needs, as well as strategy presentations and style outs.
  • Collaborates with the vendor intake team to efficiently onboard new vendors within a 24-hour timeframe.
  • Successfully eliminated 1-7 day early deliveries within the department and collaborated with the buyer to achieve a 79% store-ready plan for the department vs a plan of 85% YTD.

Production Coordinator

Philcos Enterprise
09.2022 - 11.2022
  • Plan and execute production calendar after cost sheet submission for orders.
  • Communicate with vendors, buyers, warehouse and forwarders to resolve any delivery issue.
  • Manage and achieve on time deliveries with minimum delays through problem solving and ongoing followups.
  • Collaborate with art/design/sales/warehouse teams to manage smooth order execution.

Merchandising and Marketing Specialist

Banana Republic
05.2022 - 09.2022
  • End to end assistance in brand standard implementation of new season roll out and helping merchandising team for new product placement.
  • Obtaining product information in fit, quality and product fabric science for new collection in the and assisting store team with and applying derived knowledge to markdown products and seasonal changes to drive sales.
  • Training new stylists in coherence with merchandising standards and conducting a thorough shopping experience for client by putting together outfits and providing personalized style tips.

Assistant Buyer

Tata Trent Westside
09.2019 - 01.2021
  • Assisted the buyer in creating product plans in home department to achieve an increase of 8% in yearly profits in 2019 and analyzed sales figures on a weekly basis, with special emphasis on inventory levels and shipments.
  • Conception along with sourcing and product development of eight product categories in the home department and increased contribution of category by 30%.
  • Handling pilot programs for visual merchandising strategies while overseeing its execution across 80 stores and launched over 400 new products on e-commerce website that helped in increasing revenue by 50%.
  • Performed market analysis through competitive shopping and trend research on a weekly basis to fill any missed opportunity in terms of new products and trends.
  • Supported the allocation & planning team to achieve a healthy stock to sales ratio and maintain efficient flow of merchandise.

Assistant Buyer

Forman Mills
08.2018 - 04.2019
  • Developed strategies to analyze, optimize inventory forecasting and tracking of key performance indicators of six product categories.
  • Assisted buyer in updating and managing open-to-buy, by category and created product assortment plans for more than 3000 products.
  • Monitored and analyzed sales margin and compartmentalized it by item, style, region, store and increased yearly profit by 25%, while ensuring timely delivery of merchandise through consistent communication with multiple vendors and distribution centers.

Merchandising Intern

The New Standard Edition
01.2018 - 05.2018
  • Partnered with brands such as Bed Bath Beyond and Footlocker to create a new line of apparel and home bedding, consisting of more than six new products in each category.
  • Updated new inventory on the website, managed e-commerce business and created opportunities to grow revenue by customer personalization.

Education

Postgraduate Certificate - International Fashion Management

George Brown College
Toronto, ON
08.2022

Postgraduate Certificate - Brand Management

Seneca College of Applied Arts And Technology
North York, ON
08.2021

Master of Science - Global Fashion Enterprise

Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, USA
05.2018

Bachelor of Science - Business Management Studies (BMS)

S.M. Shetty College of Management Studies
Mumbai, India
04.2016

Skills

  • Microsoft Office - Word, PowerPoint, Excel
  • Trend forecasting and Consumer trend analysis
  • Solution oriented with interpersonal skills
  • Process Improvements

Certification

  • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt: TJX Canada
  • Excel - Introduction to Charts and Graphs: LinkedIn Learning

Timeline

Merchandise Assistant

TJX Canada
11.2022 - Current

Production Coordinator

Philcos Enterprise
09.2022 - 11.2022

Merchandising and Marketing Specialist

Banana Republic
05.2022 - 09.2022

Assistant Buyer

Tata Trent Westside
09.2019 - 01.2021

Assistant Buyer

Forman Mills
08.2018 - 04.2019

Merchandising Intern

The New Standard Edition
01.2018 - 05.2018

Postgraduate Certificate - International Fashion Management

George Brown College

Postgraduate Certificate - Brand Management

Seneca College of Applied Arts And Technology

Master of Science - Global Fashion Enterprise

Thomas Jefferson University

Bachelor of Science - Business Management Studies (BMS)

S.M. Shetty College of Management Studies

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