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Raghu Ramayya Vallipuram Parthasarathy

Senior Retail Buyer & Merchandising Leader specializing in apparel and footwear

Naidu HallUniversity of MadrasChennai, India20 Years ExperienceSenior LevelWorks On-Site

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Buyer with hands-on experience sourcing and managing brand partnerships, negotiating via open costing and payment terms (30–60 day credit), and evaluating launches using retail KPIs like ROS, sell-through, and inventory cover days. Emphasizes quality control during warehousing and uses location/size-level assortment rebalancing to correct underperformance. Seeking a remote role from India with a target of $30k USD annually.

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Key Strengths

  • End-to-end brand evaluation using portfolio, customer fit, and hindsight performance
  • Commercial negotiation using open costing and credit terms (30–60 days)
  • Post-launch performance management using sell-through, ROS, and inventory cover days
  • Quality-first approach with warehouse-level checks to protect brand reputation
  • Assortment optimization via location shuffling and size-level forecasting when sales fall below targets

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Experience

Senior Manager MerchandisingVNH Naidu Hall · Dec 2023 – Oct 2025
Planning ManagerReliance Retail Ltd · Jun 2022 – Nov 2023
Planning ManagerUniversal Sportsbiz · Feb 2021 – May 2022
Business Development ManagerDignity Innovations · Mar 2018 – Feb 2020
Retail Operations ManagerComfy Shoemakers Pvt Ltd · Oct 2016 – Jul 2017
Retail MerchandiserMH Alshaya Co WLL · Jan 2012 – Jun 2016
Retail MerchandiserParis Group LLC · Nov 2007 – Dec 2011
Purchase ManagereShakti.com Pvt Ltd · Sep 2005 – Apr 2007
Purchase ExecutiveAmbattur Clothing Ltd · Dec 2003 – Jul 2005

Education

University of Madrasbachelor, Textile Technology (2003)

Awards

  • Recognized by company director for operational efficiency improvements - eShakti.com Pvt Ltd
  • Recognized by business head for cost negotiation on bulk orders - Ambattur Clothing Ltd

Skills

Demand ForecastingP&L ManagementMarket ResearchTeam LeadershipMicrosoft ExcelPower BIRetail BuyingCategory ManagementMerchandisingMerchandise PlanningAssortment PlanningAssortment StrategyAssortment BuyingVendor SourcingVendor Negotiation

Languages

English

Certifications

Honors Diploma in Web Computing – NIIT (2002)

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Raghu Ramayya Vallipuram ParthasarathySenior Retail Buyer & Merchandising Leader specializing in apparel and footwear