RELIANCE TRENDS LIMITEDAGM - Marketing, Reliance Retail Ltd. | Reliance Trends & Reliance Mart Apparel
Apr. 2010 - Jul. 2014BangaloreI was responsible for planning, development and implementation of marketing strategies, marketing communications and public relations activities. My team and I direct all the efforts of marketing and coordinate at the strategic and tactical levels with the other supporting agencies & functions of the organization. • Ensure achievement of sales targets through marketing inputs, budgeting, executing, controlling & enhancing productivity of marketing expenditure
• Manage, coordinate & evaluate long, medium & short-term marketing plans & budgets
• Plan review & sanction the budget for all marketing activities
• Review category product range to ensure profit in maximized & maintained to reach target market and create opportunities to earn additional revenues at store level
• Manage, evaluate & ensure implementation of promotion and brand awareness activities to retain existing customers & attract new customers • Ensure best availability of external resources – Market research companies, advertising firms, etc
• Understand customer shopping behavior to enhance customer experience
• Define & implement category product specific brand management strategy and plans • Direct & guide customer insight team & research team in conducting research & preparing reports that focus on industry, sector, trends & other factors that drive business • Analyze findings from market intelligence data & assess its impact on marketing strategy • Identify innovative & successful communication channels to communicate category product brand & marketing concepts • Implement media plans for the assigned category across multiple marketing vehicles
• Keep abreast of industry & competitive marketing trends and adjust marketing strategy to meet changing markets & competitive conditions
• Retain & engage the talent employed & build a collaborative and high performance team
• Ensure team productivity is enhanced through skilled development & coaching