Remya Suresh
Summary
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Established of being capable of working for long retail hours and
managing effectively, the store’s operations including merchandise
allotment, visual merchandising and sales promotions.
Demonstrated achiever in administrating, planning and executing job
responsibilities.
Proved to be flexible and good at handling pressure.
Strong apparel background combined with fluency in several
languages, good with numbers.
Skilled at learning new concepts quickly, interacting and
communicating ideas clearly and effectively.
Education
Post graduate diploma in Business Economics in
Retail from Wigan and Leigh college, India Ltd,
Bangalore.
Bachelor of studies in Apparel fashion designing
from Nift-Tea Knitwear fashion institute, Tirupur.
70 + %
(merit
grade)
73 %
+2 in science with mathematics from Basal
evangelical mission higher secondary school,
Palakkad.
Secondary school leaving certificate from
Kanikkamatha English medium girls’ higher
secondary school, Palakkad.
68 %
86%
Career History & Accomplishments
Store manager in Hakoba lifestyle ltd, Commercial
street, Bnagalore.
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Ensuring that Customer Service Standards are adhered
by the Team Members, ensuring that all customer
feedback / Requests are captured.
Motivating Team members & appreciating for Sales
achievement.
Conducting daily briefing for the team with regard to the
targets.
Coordinating with the H.O. & the Warehouse about stock
planning.
Responsible for Sales Achievement of the Dept. Stock
replenishment, Damage control & taking care of
Pilferages.
Making decisions based on the Product Sales, Promotion
& Customer feedback.
Managing the store display.
The month of August achieved the highest sales figure
since the new management took over in April.
2009
2007
2004
2002
2009
Currently
employed
11 hrs a
day
Project trainee in Big Bazaar, Old Madras road,
Bangalore.
 Worked directly senior store operation manager.
 Researched and worked for data crunching involved with
stock issues affecting the performance of the apparel
departments.
 Played key role in managing a small team of 6 sales
assistants during 3 day yearly sales.
 Successfully attained the target sales.
2008
Project trainee in Big Bazaar, Palakkad.
 Held key responsibility in surveying a sample size of 250
customers regarding the level of customer satisfaction.
 Initiated planned stock selection, and helped to study
about customer expectation and delivery gap.
2008
1 month
8 hrs a day
Assistant fashion merchandiser, Arora Fashions Pvt
Ltd, Tirupur.
 Handled the production of around 200 styles of samples
for Carrefour, Portugal and Spain for spring summer ’08.
 Administered
the logistics channel and planned
effectively. Successfully shipped goods on time.
2006-07
8 months
5 hrs a day
4 months
9 hrs a day
Additional professional experience
 Worked as an assistant sampling coordinator in Lakshmi knitwears,
Tirupur for 6months.
 Attended internships for 2 weeks each in knitting divisions of Warshaw
International, Pratik garments, Prachi exports, Idumban knitters, all in
Tirupur.
Additional qualifications
 Adobe Photoshop 6/7.0.1, Corel draw graphics suite X3, Microsoft Flash
 Lectra CAD Prima Vision, Modaris, Dymino, Pattern making, Stitching,
Hand Embroidery, Fashion illustration.
Projects done
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Did a vast customer survey to bridge the gap between customer
demands and what was supplied in the apparel department of Big
Bazaar, Palakkad.
Studied the problems regarding stock issues in Big Bazaar, Old Madras
Road, Bangalore.
Did a fashion market project survey in Different visual merchandising
techniques used in various cities in the South, namely Chennai, Cochin,
Coimbatore, Palakkad, Trichy, and Tirupur.
Showcased a design collection consisting of 6 set of garments for
Spring/summer 08 based on a theme called “Fly away” inspired from
Italian butterflies.
Other interests
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Art, colours, music, photography, driving...
Playing chess, dominoes...
Awards received
Group won Best English drama in inter-district English drama
competition in 2000.
 Won the inter school shuttle badminton competition (doubles) held in
2004.
 Won prices in various levels of drawing competitions in school level.
Reference – Phone numbers on request
 Mr. Sujit Sugunan- Senior merchandiser, Arora Fashions Pvt Ltd.
 Mr. Saveen Suresh – Asst store manager, Big Bazaar, Palakkad.
 Mr. Sreekumar Varma – Campus coordinator, WLC, Banagalore.
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Personal profile
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Gender: Female
Date of birth: 26th of March, 1987.
Marital Status: Single.
Nationality: Indian.
Languages known: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil.