MANJUNATHA N
India
Summary
Retail & Production professional with 10+ years of experience in Procurement, Product Management, Planning and Merchandising, Vendor Operations, Product Development, Production Planning, Inventory Management, and Supply Chain Management.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work history
Procurement Manager
ANU FURNITURES
2022.07 - 2025.10
- Primary responsibility for managing the Complete Product portfolio of Furniture and Mattress.
- Manage P&L of Furniture and Modular Category.
- Sourcing vendors as per assortment requirements, which includes sampling, prototype, negotiation, and TOT signoff.
- Improve Budgeted margin by Alternate Sourcing / Cost reduction / Value Engg.
- Set competitive pricing based on market analysis and pricing strategies.
- Monitor inventory levels and ensure adequate stock to meet customer demand.
- Develop promotional campaigns and pricing discounts to drive sales and maximize revenue.
- Alignment with Supply Chain, Store Operations, Visual Merchandising, Delivery Handling, Marketing, Finance & Legal team ensuring smooth functioning of the entire category.
- Analyze PY Sales data and market trends to evaluate the current performance.
- Handled a small team of executives for Category Operations.
- Regular Store Visits - Monitor VM / Marketing Hygiene.
- Stay informed about industry trends, competitor activities, and customer preferences.
- Anu Furniture is a sofa, Cots and Modular category manufacturing company employing 130 people. It completely depends on B2C and online marketing. They have 16 Furniture Showrooms in Hyderabad and 4 Furniture Showrooms in Bangalore, Manufacture on an average of 4000 sofa seats, 80-90 Cots of excellent quality monthly.
Assistant Manager Sourcing
Home Centre
2021.12 - 2022.07
- Assess the quality of stock received and escalate any discrepancies to suppliers and management.
- Conduct regular training on technical aspects, compliance & communication.
- Vendors follow-ups.
- Gold seal samples approval.
- Push vendor to apply for inspection.
- Inspection scheduling.
- Inspection reports reviewing.
- Clearance given to vendors to move the shipment or hold the shipment.
- Trackers create and maintain based on POs.
- Preparing SOP’s.
- Responsible for Damage control and RC CAPA.
- Frequently visiting the stores to check customer feedback.
- Frequently visiting the warehouse to check the status of the damage during the transit.
- Preparing suitable PPTs for damages, finding out the route cause, and informing vendors to follow the changes to reduce damages during transit.
- Lab tests are conducted on the products to check their durability, material composition, thermal resistance, etc., to ensure health safety.
- HOUSE HOLD (KITCHEN, BATH & LAUNDRY AND TABLETOP)
Furniture Production Engineer
Desket Furniture
2020.01 - 2021.12
- Achieve the production target day-to-day basis analyses and immediate action on production difficulties.
- Setting Production Targets.
- Responsible for safety measures.
- Responsible for Storing materials.
- Preparing the Production SOP’s.
- Maintain Production Book Monthly.
- Preparing check sheets for process quality.
- Preparing Control Charts for process control.
- Incoming Check sheets and inspections.
- Concentration towards Safety and Quality of the product, maintaining the Quality standards to ensure good quality of the product.
- Assembly Check Lists.
Quality Engineer
RITTAL INDIA PVT LTD
2015.01 - 2019.12
- Achieve the production target day to day basis analyses and immediate action of production difficulties.
- Setting Production Targets.
- Responsible for safety measures.
- Responsible for Store materials.
- Preparing the Production SOP’s.
- Responsible for in house production process, rejections, and product warranty.
- Proper usage of 7QC Tools and 5S.
- Preparing the 8D, control charts.
- Preparing the standard operating procedures.
- Preparing one-point lessons.
Education
BE - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SJICIT Chickballapur
ChickballapurDiploma - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
KVT Polytechnic Chickballapur
ChickballapurSkills
- Complete operation Head (New Product Development, Purchase, Production, Supply Chain, Design, Quality, Inventory, etc )
- New Product Development
- Strategic Procurement
- Production Planning
- Process improvements
- Quality measures and decision-making
- Implementing the methods of Manufacturing
- Vendor Relationship Management
- Contract Negotiation and Management
- Supplier Performance Management
- Risk Management and Mitigation
- Data Analysis and Reporting
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Problem-Solving and Conflict Resolution
- Vendor Search and Selection
- Vendor and Inventory Management
- Compliance and Quality Control
- Project Management
- Leadership and Team Management
Languages
Kannada
English
Telugu
Hindi
Declaration
Hereby declare that the abovementioned information is correct up to my knowledge and the responsibility for the correctness of the abovementioned particulars. Place: Date: Yours faithfully ( Manjunatha N )
Personal profile
- Father Name – Nagappa.
- Mother Name – Bhagyamma.
- Marital Status – Married.
Timeline
Procurement Manager
ANU FURNITURES
2022.07 - 2025.10
Assistant Manager Sourcing
Home Centre
2021.12 - 2022.07
Furniture Production Engineer
Desket Furniture
2020.01 - 2021.12
Quality Engineer
RITTAL INDIA PVT LTD
2015.01 - 2019.12
BE - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SJICIT Chickballapur
Diploma - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
KVT Polytechnic Chickballapur