About Suyash
I am an independent consultant with 15+ years of global experience helping organizations drive growth, efficiency, and transformation. I have worked across a wide variety of Industries spanning Retail, Govt, Consulting & Entrepreneurship. I have had the opportunity to deliver work spanning Retail Planning, Business Analysis, Project Management, Policy Advocacy, Partnerships, Market Entry & Growth Strategy. I am comfortable navigating a wide variety of work environments - Govt, Global Corporations, Startups & Non-Profits.
English
Native or bilingual
German
Basic
Hindi
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
Basel (up to 50km), Zurich (up to 50km), Geneva (up to 50km)
Experience
- Self employedINDEPENDENT CONSULTANTMarch 2024 - Today (2 years and 3 months)Basel, Switzerland• Led Planning Transformation of Pantaloons – Revamped store segmentation, right sized store inventory norms & designed AI/ML based modules for analyzing Merchandise Performance• Designed a customer segmentation framework for a UK based Healthcare Company
- ADITYA BIRLA FASHION & RETAIL LTD – PANTALOONSAssistant Vice President – PlanningRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)January 2023 - February 2024 (1 year and 1 month)Mumbai, Maharashtra, India• US$ 500M Fashion Retailer with 400+ stores across India; part of the Aditya Birla Group – a US$ 65B Global Conglomerate• Led a 7-member team overseeing Central Planning & Menswear Planning functions; responsible for End-to-End Planning spanning Demand forecasting, Merchandise Financial Planning, Inventory Management, Margin Delivery & Availability for Pvt Label business contributing >63% of Pantaloons revenues• Improved inventory turns by 12% by rationalizing retail stock norms; streamlining inventory flow in-line with monthly sales forecast & instituting regular cadence of stock pullback from low throughput stores• Improved gross margins by optimizing "End of Season Sale" markdowns & discontinuing non-productive promotions; delivered highest ever volume sales during EOSS through scientific inventory allocation to stores with high price elasticity
- ADITYA BIRLA FASHION & RETAIL LTD – PANTALOONSGeneral Manager - PlanningRETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)November 2019 - January 2023 (3 years and 2 months)Mumbai, India
- Led a team of 3; responsible for End to End Planning for Pantaloon's Pvt Label Menswear Business (~16% of Revenues)
- Responsibilities include Sales Forecasting, Assortment Planning, Effective merchandise deployment, Ensuring product availability, inventory management, gross margin delivery
- Collaborate with Design, Buying & Sourcing on key initiatives such as product portfolio optimization, new product and label launches
- Leverage advanced analytics and create performance dashboards to enable effective monitoring and decision making
- Recognized as “Distinguished Leader” at Pantaloons Annual Conference - 2022-23, conferred to top 5% of employees
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Education
- Master of Business Administration (MBA)YALE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT2012Master of Business Administration (MBA)
- Bachelor of Science (BSc)ST. STEPHENS COLLEGE, DELHI UNIVERSITY2006Bachelor of Science (BSc)