Kavindra Malik

Principal @Columbus Consulting International

Salt Lake City, UT, US

Advanced analytics, process, management consulting and innovative custom solution development services for retail, wholesale and CPG industries. Retail focus on assortment, omni replenishment, allocation, price optimization, merchandising, supply chain areas. Recent customers by practice areas- ASSORTMENT PLANNING, ITEM PLANNING AND IN-SEASON MANAGEMENT Wal-Mart / Seiyu (Japan), Chico\'s, Karstadt,(Germany), Edcon (South Africa), Woolworths (South Africa), Maurices, J Crew REPLENISHMENT BUYING, STORE REPLENISHMENT AND ALLOCATION DSW, American Eagle Outfitters, Kohl\'s, George (ASDA/Wal-Mart), Woolworths (South Africa), Harbor Freight Tools, Dress Barn, Karstadt (Germany), Lord & Taylor, BestBuy, David\'s Bridal OMNI-CHANNEL FULFILLMENT, INVENTORY POSITIONING, FORECASTING AND RING-FENCING George (ASDA/Wal-Mart), DSW PRICING OPTIMIZATION AND STORE MARKDOWNS Big Lots, Kohl\'s, Macy\'s, Karstadt (Germany) SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Unilever (Wall\'s - UK, Lipton - USA), Coca Cola - Belgium, Turkey, Diageo/UDV (UK), Procter and Gamble, Siemens (Germany), Palo Alto Network SOFTWARE SELECTION, BUILD vs. BUY Backcountry, Wayfair, Harbor Freight Tools CUSTOM SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT Chico\'s, Maurices - Assortment Planning, Management and Buying Tool - including SAP integration Kohl\'s - Allocation Analytics George - Assortment-driven allocation plans, dynamic cross-channel stock balancing DSW - Inventory Placement Optimization Michael Kors - Logility Integration Dressbarn - Store grading; opportunity buy allocation

The Wharton School

Ph.D., Decision Sciences

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

M. Tech, Industrial Management Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

B.E., Mechanical and Industrial Engineering