Bhanu Prakash

About Bhanu Prakash

With over 21 years of diverse experience across the Apparel, Non-Apparel, Accessories…

Experience

1. Business Manager

   Levi Strauss & Co.

   Jul 2016 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Consistent Top & Bottom-line business growth, managing scale and efficiency.Lead teams through ‘Change’, ‘Challenges’, and ‘Changing’ competitive landscape.Partnership with Key Malls & Real estate partners, building business, Loyalty, credibility, and mutual trust.Developing retail space and markets with the ‘rent-to-revenue’ algorithm and ‘cost to retail’.Driving ‘Reach’, ‘Addressability’, ‘Market Share’, ‘Category growth‘ & ‘Product Mix’ objectives.Pursuing scalable and sustainable growth enablers and creating operational strategies through building structural capabilities to drive performance.Managing and responsible for the brand and Franchisee financial Investment, EBIT, and PNL.Planning & managing renovation, relocation, and re-sizing calendar across markets. Planning store projects that include Capex, layout priorities, and store formats.Managing Brand environment & visual merchandising guidelines. Consistently elevating consumer experience and managing consumer engagement programs to build consumer loyalty and a ‘Repeat’ consumer base.Ensuring line adoption & ‘Right Buy’ for the stores during Line Presentations held Bi-annually.Planning and Managing end-to-end Merchandise that fuels growth & sell-throughs to reduce the liquidation cost, Managing active season inventory.Managing Consumer Promotions and ‘End of season sales.Responsible for the channels; End-to-end Management of Key accounts/ Master Franchisee. Building capability and developing the best-in-class master franchisees with agile and efficient retail organizational structure with the right appetite to grow business.Managing training and recognition programs across stores and partners. Building market intelligence and consumer insights to leverage upon the opportunities.Partnering and Managing people, cross-functional teams & support functions.

Education

• L.N.Mishra Institute of Economic development & social change

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business management, Marketing & Marketing management

  2001 — 2003

• Science College, Patna University

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Botany Honours, Zoology & Chemistry

  1994 — 1997

• National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Bangalore

  Management Development Programme, Apparels, Apparel and Textiles

  2016 — 2018