GAURAV ARORA
GM Sales & Marketing at Manohar filaments (P) Ltd- Claim this Profile
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Sumeet Wishard
Well, Gaurav is a true hustler, one of the finest and most dedicated Business Development Leaders I have had the pleasure of working with!! His skills in client engagement, team management, coordination and hardcore sales are par excellence!! More power to you Gaurav, keep doing the excellent, outstanding work that defines you as a professional and not to mention a gem of a person!!
LinkedIn User
I have known Gaurav from last 4 years. He is a great team player and has a good product knowledge of knits. A very hard working person with a pleasing personality.
Sumeet Wishard
Well, Gaurav is a true hustler, one of the finest and most dedicated Business Development Leaders I have had the pleasure of working with!! His skills in client engagement, team management, coordination and hardcore sales are par excellence!! More power to you Gaurav, keep doing the excellent, outstanding work that defines you as a professional and not to mention a gem of a person!!
LinkedIn User
I have known Gaurav from last 4 years. He is a great team player and has a good product knowledge of knits. A very hard working person with a pleasing personality.
Sumeet Wishard
Well, Gaurav is a true hustler, one of the finest and most dedicated Business Development Leaders I have had the pleasure of working with!! His skills in client engagement, team management, coordination and hardcore sales are par excellence!! More power to you Gaurav, keep doing the excellent, outstanding work that defines you as a professional and not to mention a gem of a person!!
LinkedIn User
I have known Gaurav from last 4 years. He is a great team player and has a good product knowledge of knits. A very hard working person with a pleasing personality.
Sumeet Wishard
Well, Gaurav is a true hustler, one of the finest and most dedicated Business Development Leaders I have had the pleasure of working with!! His skills in client engagement, team management, coordination and hardcore sales are par excellence!! More power to you Gaurav, keep doing the excellent, outstanding work that defines you as a professional and not to mention a gem of a person!!
LinkedIn User
I have known Gaurav from last 4 years. He is a great team player and has a good product knowledge of knits. A very hard working person with a pleasing personality.
Experience
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Manohar filaments (P) Ltd
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India
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Textile Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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GM Sales & Marketing
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Jan 2018 - Present
‘Manohar Filaments is a company that not only in dyes, weaves yarns and tapes with vertically integrated facility , but also specializes in woven and printed labels, heat transfers, badge embroideries, narrow fabrics, belts, Packaging, hangtags, price tickets, corrugated and non-corrugated boxes and many more products . Key Responsibilities • Prime area of focus includes marketing and sales operational objectives based on identifying market analysis to bring new business which will help to increase current turnover for India and Bangladesh sales. • Meets marketing and sales financial objectives by forecasting requirements & preparing half yearly & annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions. • Sustaining repo with key accounts by making periodic visits to brands and customers by exploring specific needs; anticipating new opportunities. • Brands / Nominations ---- Tom Tailor / Benetton global nominations, Target/ CK/Tommy /Sainsbury /PVH and Lerros from both the locations. • International Exposure :-Apart from direct handling and dealing with brands , regular visits to customers on periodical basis is part of my profile which includes majorly Honkong / china to meet our partners and brands and Europe /U.S for sustaining business growth . • Responsible for Bangladesh sales & operations as below responsibilities • Involvement in commercial related activities to deal with direct customers to understand their needs and close follow ups on payments /Lc/ import-exports / customs and bond related involvements. • Market Intelligence ----defining market & gathering information of competitor's share and competitor's strengths / weaknesses which will help by forecasting projected business & establishing targeted market share.
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Business Head
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Aug 2015 - Nov 2017
• To look after design development of products as per our brand & getting the production execution accordingly • Direct communication with buyers for new season development, price quotation, lead time, deliveries & shipments. • Deeply involved in planning and style allocation to different factories to meet desired time-lines. • Sourced different trims vendors locally against nominated one to reduce the cost of raw-material & hence better profits for Clients & ourselves. • Direct communication with buyers for new season development, price quotation, lead time, deliveries & shipments. • Product Categories – Both Men’s & Ladies – Denims / Jackets and Shorts
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PEARL GLOBAL INDUSTRIES LTD (PGIL)
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India
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Retail Apparel and Fashion
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700 & Above Employee
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AGM Merchandising
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Jul 2012 - Aug 2015
Global Design/Merchandising Operation, product Development Management. Product Design & development: Ensure & maintaining all design & development activities are carried out within budget & are related to market demands, company image & business strategy. Reduces costing by improving sampling cost, reducing rejections, effective utilization of resources (Fabrics/trims) & work closely with IE dept to increase productivity of the product. Innovating & implementing the new way business structure to reduce the supplier cost. Managing & controlling our product sourcing & design team in India & Bangladesh. Cost Finalization & work on CMP with Bangladesh factories. Sourcing different trims from local vendors against nominated to reduce the cost of raw materials to improve costing. Managing an extensive vendor matrix based on product specifications. Involved in planning & style allocation to different factories to meet the desired time-lines. Travelling to different factories all around India and Bangladesh. Collaborate with departments across organization to improve tools and productivity. Making T&A and coordinating with internal department to meet the deadlines. Develop and strengthen Buying vendor relationships To Conduct Weekly Meeting on T&A deviation and Measures to curtail lapse on time so that Deliveries are met effectively. Conducting functional meetings, whereby checking up with production and pre-production status for the current and coming seasons. Fabric follow-ups with respect to quality and deliveries. Taking care of the timely execution of samples proto, coordination, photo-shoot, Fit, PP, and TOP.
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Merchandising manager
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Jan 2008 - Jun 2012
• Merchandise Analysis & Planning • Planning & presentation of strategies for product & design. Offering solutions for design, quality & sourcing in accordance with the brand’s financial goals. • Developed different new products in terry, jersey’s, ribs etc. by using different washes like, pigment dyeing, cold pigment dye, mechanical tie & die, Spray wash, powder wash, retro wash etc. • Worked with different printing techniques like pigment, sublimation, discharge, foil, high density, etc. with or without washes as per customer requirement • Attended RFT council to understand & implement new strategies in factory for the betterment in working culture produce the goods hassle free with short time & good quality. • Buyers Handled --Majorly Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s /American eagle and GAP high fashion embroidered Ladies tops • Product Categories --Men’s polo /Women’s Embroidered Top / Kids /Henley’s
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Orient Craft Limited
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Retail Apparel and Fashion
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr Merchandiser
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Apr 2005 - Dec 2007
Product Design & development: Ensure & maintaining all design & development activities are carried out within budget & are related to market demands, company image & business strategy. Reduces costing by improving sampling cost, reducing rejections, effective utilization of resources (Fabrics/trims) & work Closely with IE dept to increase productivity of the product. Innovating & implementing the new way business structure to reduce the supplier cost. Sourcing different trims from local vendors against nominated to reduce the cost of raw materials to improve costing. Involved in planning & style allocation to different factories to meet the desired time-lines. Collaborate with departments across organization to improve tools and productivity. Executing business by Maneuvering day to day activities. Making T&A and coordinating with internal department to meet the deadlines. Develop and strengthen Buying vendor relationships To Conduct Weekly Meeting on T&A deviation and Measures to curtail lapse on time so that Deliveries are met effectively. Conducting functional meetings, whereby checking up with production and pre-production status for the current and coming seasons. Fabric follow-ups with respect to quality and deliveries. Taking care of the timely execution of samples proto, coordination, photo-shoot, Fit, PP, and TOP. Actively involved in standard setting of embroidery/dyeing (Dip-dye styles) etc. with the buying house/buyer
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Education
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Delhi University
B.Com. Commerce graduate, B.com -
Central Board of Secondary Education
Higher; C.B.S.E, recognized -
International Institute of Fashion Technology
Advance diploma, Apparel merchandising -
SMU
Executive Masters of Business Administration (MBA), International Business -
National Institute of Fashion Technology Delhi
Certificate program, Fashion Merchandising