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Design Manager with 9 years of experience in store planning, visual merchandising and design management. Skilled in optimizing layouts, leading cross-functional teams, and enhancing customer experiences. Passionate about driving business priorities and creating inclusive retail environments. Successfully led flagship store designs, pop-up formats, and large-scale retail infrastructure projects, ensuring brand consistency and innovation.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Design Manager
Reliance Brands Limited
11.2022 - Current
- Spearheaded the end-to-end design process for Hamleys & Rowan stores across India, ensuring consistent brand representation, innovation in facade & a captivating customer experience
- Led a cross-functional team of architects & contractors to execute store layouts, visual merchandising, branding & interior designs for over 25 stores nationwide
- Managed the design of India first Hamleys café & kitchen a focus on operational efficiency, ergonomic design for child's safety
- Supported and implemented store layout updates, ensuring an optimized shopping experience.
- Led visual merchandising programs to enhance customer engagement and drive brand consistency.
- Managed the design of flagship stores, flagship FnB Hamleys café, regional stores, and pop-up locations, ensuring scalability and flexibility in design solutions
- Conducted regular store audits and evaluations to maintain high standards in merchandising and design
- Leading the design for Jio world plaza, which will be the flagship and the biggest store of Hamleys in India
- Collaborated with senior leadership to define design strategies that aligned with Hamleys' brand values, retail objectives, and customer engagement goals
- Led merchandising programs that enhance customer engagement and brand excitement in-store.
Assistant Project Manager - Design
JLL
09.2018 - 10.2022
- Led the design and project management of the SPJIMR Campus- a Greenfield development, which included the fit-out of 3 buildings covering 3 lakh sqft of area
- The project involved design & management of campus planning, architectural design,fit-outs & landscape design
- Developed and implemented the design concept for the campus, which included space planning, circulation design, and the integration of academic, recreational, and administrative functions within the campus layout
- Acted as the SPOC with SPJIMR's senior leadership and stakeholders, ensuring design and construction goals are aligned
BIM Engineer
VConstruct
04.2017 - 05.2018
- Tesla Gigafactory- Used Revit to design Dry wall modelling and GFC preparation Created Virtual mock-up
- Facebook Data center - Improved operations & saved on timelines by resolving the clashes in MEP services using Navisworks
Architect
A.B.Dongre Architects
09.2014 - 06.2015
- Designed and drafted GFC drawings for a residential building & hospital facility, ensuring compliance with client requirements for approvals & execution
Education
MBA - Construction Management
NICMAR
Pune 02.2015 - 04.2017
B.Arch. - Architecture
SMMCA College of Architecture
Nagpur 06.2009 - 04.2014
Skills
Design Coordination
MS office
Software
Revit
SketchUp
Nvisworks
MSProject
Excel
Timeline
Design Manager
Reliance Brands Limited
11.2022 - Current
Assistant Project Manager - Design
JLL
09.2018 - 10.2022
BIM Engineer
VConstruct
04.2017 - 05.2018
MBA - Construction Management
NICMAR
02.2015 - 04.2017
Architect
A.B.Dongre Architects
09.2014 - 06.2015
B.Arch. - Architecture
SMMCA College of Architecture
06.2009 - 04.2014
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