Shilpi Bhatnagar

 SHILPI BHATNAGAR Address: T-2/1103, RPS City Sawana, Sector 88, Faridabad 121002, Haryana Email:-Phone: - EXPERIENCE: 20+ years Area Handled: Merchandising, International Trade, Marketing, Business Promotion mainly in Fashion Accessories, Artificial Jewellery, Hard Goods, Soft Goods, Handicraft, Metal Handicrafts, Home Decor, and Furniture Nov’18-till date Green Wheels India, Faridabad, India About company: Started a Dealership in Electric battery-operated Scooters and E-rickshaw. Company is involved in selling of vehicles including service and maintenance workshop. 3rd Oct'17-31 Oct’18 Oma Living Pvt Ltd, Gurgaon, India About company: Own Retail Brand for Luxury Home Decor, lifestyle products! Having chain of stores all over India. Manager Buying- Home Looking after Buying of home category, lifestyle, soft and hard goods, home furnishing etc. Dealing with vendors of India, China, France, Italy, Turkey, Portugal etc. Negotiations on prices, correspondence, follow ups , meeting deadlines. Visiting trade shows and fairs for vendor meetings and writing orders. Handling buying and merchandising team, coordination with other departments. 3rd Mar'11 - 17th June 2017KRISHNA BEADS INDUSTRIES – Noida, India About Company: Leading Government Recognized One Star Export House, Manufacturer Exporter & Importer of Artificial Jewellery, Bags & Scarves. Company’s turnover is US$ 15 Million and having offices in India (two branches) & China; Representatives in Germany, UK & Turkey Team Leader – Merchandising / Business Development: Responsible to carry Sales target of INR 200,000,000 per Anum Responsible for Trade Promotion and marketing Meeting & dealing with Overseas Buyers, Buying Houses, Buying Agents for Business Promotion Organizing and attending Trade shows held by Export Promotion Council Dealing with Big Brands, Retailers & Wholesalers of USA, UK, Europe like: USA: Forever 21, Charlotte Russe, Charming Charlie, Cato, Its Fashion, Versona UK: Primark, Peacocks Ltd, Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, River Island, Debenhams, DCK Europe & others: Inditex Group Spain (Bershka, Zara, Pull & Bear, Stradivarius, Oysho, Lefties, Tempe), Benetton Group Italy, Sisley Italy, Cecil Germany, Suite Blanco Spain, Camaieu France, Lojas Renner Brazil, New Yorker Germany, Gerry Weber Germany, Woolworth South Africa etc. Dealing with buying houses / Liaison offices like Forever 21, New Look, Inditex Group, William E Connor, Impulse, Small World, Inter Concept, Pure Cotton etc Traveling throughout the country for product sourcing & new product development Coordinating with different departments for production status, documents booking and shipment planning etc Coordinating with entire team under me for daily order status, production status, giving solutions to day to day issues, Sales motivation and system management Price Negotiation and dealing with different suppliers Dealing with Public / different category suppliers for resolving different issues & matters Responsible for a part of Office Administration Monitoring Key responsible areas & keeping track on daily reporting of subordinates Visited China & HongKong for clients meetings Can travel in India / abroad at any location; Jan'10 – Feb’11 BESTSELLER (Liaison office) – Gurgaon, India About Company: Buying House (Liaison office) of Denmark based very renowned company having around 5700 retail chain stores of Garments, Furniture, Home Furnishing & Accessories all over the world; having 10 own brands including Jack & Jones, Vero Moda, Only, Vila, Pieces, HAY etc. MERCHANDISING MANAGER / HEAD – BS STUDIO INDIA (the Accessories division, Hard Goods, Home Decor, Artificial Costume Jewelry) Heads the operations at Buying office of Hard Goods Division at Gurgaon having 6 merchandisers under me; involved in sourcing & supplying the items for different Brand of companies including Home Furnishing (carpets, quilts, mats, towels) for ‘HAY”, Garment Trims for “PIECES”, “OUTFITTERS NATION “, “NAME IT”, “VILLA” , Furniture, Home Furnishing, Hard Goods & Accessories for "JACK & JONES", "VERO MODA", "ONLY" “TREASURE KOLLEKTION” Involved in Trade Promotion, dealing with overseas delegates, independent correspondence with buyers, solving day to day problems, managing meetings with different vendors, Assisting delegates in trade shows & fairs, Negotiating with Shipping companies, Traveling throughout the country for suppliers’ factory visit & product sourcing, independent team management, monitoring day to day work of subordinates Visited Denmark to attend the company seminar. Dec’98–Jan’10 AJANTA EXPORT HOUSE – Sahibabad Ind. Area, Ghaziabad, India About Company: Manufacturer Exporters of Hard goods – Gift & Home decoration of metal handicraft (Aluminium Brass, Iron), Jewelry, Made ups & accessories. SR. MERCHANDISER & HEAD – DOCUMENTATION Meeting & dealing with Overseas Customers, Buying Houses for TRADE PROMOTION Heading & Handling a team of 5 Merchandisers Attending Trade shows and dealing with Overseas Buyers independently at Fair booth Independent dealing with overseas buyers of USA, CANADA, UK & Europe like CONFORAMA, RITE AID, GIFI DISTRIBUTION, LA FOIR, HOBBY LOBBY, AT STORRS, GOYA, WALMART, CLAVE DENIA, etc. Traveling through out the country for product sourcing & new product development Independent dealing with Buying Houses / Agencies for SALES PROMOTION Complete Shipment Planning, dealing & negotiating with shipping companies Head of Documentation Department Handling LC (Letter of Credit), Export Invoicing, Packing List, Certificate of Origin/ GSP. Preparing Post Shipment Documents, LC Scrutiny, Co-ordination with Buyers for Timely Execution of LC and Advance Payments and keeping Track of Export Orders and their Shipment Schedules. Complete Knowledge of DGFT Documents like EP, DEPB copy, BRC etc. for DEPB & Drawback. Well versed with Complete Export Procedure & Documentation Jan'05-Jan'10: HEAD - BUYING AGENCY DIVISION “MERCHANTS OF INDIA” (Sister Concern of Ajanta Export House) Handling Buying Accounts independently for HARDGOODS, HOME FURNISHING, ACCESSORIES, JEWELLWERY & OTHER HANDICRAFT SECTION of sister concern works as Buying Agent Assistance to Overseas buyers in Trade shows Organizing meetings of buyers with different vendors Traveling throughout the country for suppliers factory visit & product sourcing Correspondence & proper follow-ups with Buyers as well as Vendors Quality Control & Check for Handicraft section, Doing In-line, Mid-line & Final inspections Consolidation Planning & management of diff vendors with shipping companies Dec’97–Nov’98 BEST BARCODE SYSTEMS PVT LTD – Delhi About Company: Involved in making of International Level Barcode labels, tags & films for well renowned companies, buying houses and overseas customers BARCODE DESIGNER CUM OFFICE INCHARGE Designing International Level barcodes/price tickets, cards etc for companies like Reebok, Adidas, United Color of Benetton, DCM, Calvin Klein, Colgate, Nike etc. Looking after all office management having 3 subordinates under me. EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION: MBA – Marketing Management Major: International Marketing (Global Open University, Nagaland) Master In foreign Trade (MFT) Major: International Business & Export Documentation (Pondicherry University) Bachelor of Science (Bio group) (Agra University) Diploma in Computer Applications (UPTRON ACL, Delhi) Certificate in Computing (CIC) (IGNOU, Delhi) Well versed in working with Word, Excel, Power point, Outlook, Internet, PageMaker, Photoshop etc Certificate in Domestic Data Entry Operator (Skill India – National Skill Development Corpn) Online Professional Certified Course by Government of India to develop the skills of Data Entry Operator PERSONAL DETAILS: Father:Mr. Ajeet Bhatnagar Date of Birth:September 25, 1975 Gender:Female Marital Status:Unmarried Passport No:J- Interests:Reading Good Literature, Listening Religious discourses, Net Surfing Positive traits:Hard Working, Patient, Quick Learner, Ready to work in challenging environment This information is correct to the best of my knowledge Shilpi Bhatnagar