Arun Bhatt

The Stadium Sports Foundation is a Sports Development Trust engaged in development of sports of football & Running . Stadium Football Club : A Youth Football Club & Development Academy in Bangalore, registered and accredited by All India Football Federation as “2Star” Club & development academy . The club scouts for talented young players from across India and provides opportunity to selected players to develop their skills and game thru an advanced scientific long term development program . The Club participates in National Hero League , Karnataka Youth Premier League and also fields its team in Karnataka state football Association State football competitions .The club is : -Champions - Karnataka Youth Premier League - U17 - 2020-21 -South Zone Topper - Hero Junior League - U15 - 2018-19 -2nd Highest Goal Scoring Team in Country - Hero Junior League -U15 - 2018-19 -South Zone 3rd Club Ranking - Hero Elite League - U17 - 2019-20 Together with sporting excellence , Stadium FC provides athletes a chance to live their passion and their dreams in environment that encourages leadership ,confidence and dedication. It celebrates its player-athletes frequent sports accomplishments , and finds greater pride in knowing that they are growing as individuals , experiencing cultural diversity and developing into responsible young adults. To collaborate - pls feel free to whatsapp @ 9900289813 with your short intro .

Managing Product Design and Development ,Sourcing & Production including Quality and Fabrics functions for India market and Global line products sourced from India.Work closely with Pepe Jeans international teams/offices to build India specific Sourcing and Vendor strategies. Total annual business size managed : 6 million garments , ₹ 290 Crore or $48 Million in sourcing cost . Key Deliverable: Product Margin , Conceptualization of Seasonal product line & Design to cost, On time product delivery , Product Innovation. -Re-engineered : 'design -to-cost' concept at Design team level , Business allocation and Vendor strategy , Business placement process based on performance & profitability , Mindset & Process enhancement to deliver products at higher OTD level. -Delivered highest ever Product Margins for company within 1 year of joining in SS17 & AW17 seasons. -Achieved Production On Time Delivery turnaround from 58% to 89% in SS17 season by introducing robust production planning & control process and upskilling team. -Saved USD 650K by developing and delivering Premium denim garments in Super stretch fabrics at half the import costs. -Continuing to deliver superior results & breakthrough product initiatives , with team of 8 direct reportees & 95 skilled team members from design , development , production , quality , fabric & technical support functions.

Reporting to Director -Product Development , Headed Product Development & Sourcing of "Levi" and "Dockers" brand bottom wear apparel for LS&CO from South Asia source base of Bangladesh , Sri Lanka , Pakistan & India. Initiated and Implemented key initiatives on Sourcing strategy , source rationalization , Vendor Independence programs in my area . Total business size managed approx. US$250mn /annum in First cost or 25mn garments/ annum. Delivered results with team of 25+ (11 direct reportees & 14 indirect reportees from Technical startup , raw material , fabric , quality , washing and Quality , Logistics support functions. ) Key Member of team to formulate and implement “Strategic Sourcing Road Map 2014-2018” Strategized Annual sourcing from Sri Lanka from 1.2 million in 2008 to 5 million units by 2012 Saved USD 5 million as cost of product sourcing to company over 6 years . Established “Center Of Excellence for Product Development” for bottom wear development in Sri Lanka- considered as most dynamic across the globe . Developed & implemented "Fast Track" delivery model for 250,000 units with 5 weeks lead time Improved on time delivery of 60,000 units annual development sample from 78% to 95% Regional Lead in weekly meetings with global leads in Production Planning, Sourcing & development Steering Team, to track and report progress of the overall sourcing program, each individual category , vendor and country , and special projects. Regional Lead for “Fast Track Lead Time” global project Regional Lead for SAP based “Global Costing Tool” Member of “Less Water” process implementation

Headed Levi Brand Bottoms product developement and production sourcing from India and Sri Lanka geographies, while reporting to Country Director.Role covered function of Apparel sourcing, vendor assessment, vendor management, pricing, quality management, production scheduling, capacities management, capability building.

Founder Managing Partner – Joined the company in its initial startup stage . Headed Europe business Unit for sourcing and production management for all product groups across Tops & Bottoms – knits & woven , Men & Women , including outerwear and technical. Proven ability to build and guide high performance team to function in fast paced environment. Supplier Management in India & Indonesia including Taiwan , Korea ,China for material sourcing. Built vendor and team capability to deliver products in 8 week ex-factory lead time for Fast fashion European brands working on 12 collections annually. Extensive business development links with major European brands Introduced & developed new clients giving business of USD 2 million in 1st year.

Implemented Circular knits buying and sourcing strategy for a leading European sports brand End to end entrepreneurial work span on all business operations Build result oriented dedicated team to achieve company goals Amalgamated successfully running business into Asmara Buying Group in 2005.

Merchandising unit head for group of European apparel brands .

Headed Marketing & Merchandising for vertically integrated Denim wear manufacturer Systemized Merchandising and operations into a profit oriented setup Delivered 2.5 million units annually with on time of 90% and above. Developed and implemented customer centric seasonal product development process Expanded business turnover using additional external fabric resource base