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Sep 1, 2022

Would love some evaluation for my application. Thanks in advance!
Hello,
Plan to apply for MBA this year for Fall 2023 intake. Please also share general advice on what I can do to improve my profile in the next 1.5 years. Thank you!

Nationality : Indian Female
Age : 25
Father : Serving in forces
Mother : PHD holder

Education:
Overall in 5 schools
10th - Army School, Nasik - 9.1/10 CGPA
11th-12th Science Stream with Computer Science - Fergusson College, Pune - 84%
BTech in Textile Technology - Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai - 8.07/10 CGPA

Extensive co-curricular upto college:
1. Event Head - ICT Marathon 2017 ( led a team of 300), Masterclass ( similar to TEDx)
2. Scientific Paper presentations
3. Performer - Dance, Singing, Drama

Work ex : 3.6yrs(44mths)

1. RELIANCE RETAIL LIMITED Mumbai, Maharashtra
Senior Executive, Buying, Central Beauty 2021 Sep to 2022 May
Key Account Manager for HUL, L’Oreal, Himalaya, Flormar (international brand) and 140 other brands for Reliance Beauty ecommerce business spanning across 5 channels. Plan stock levels and monitor performance for over 7500 live SKUs. Handled beauty merchandising for multiple brands for 120 + 200 Reliance Smart and Reliance Trends offline stores for over 12 cosmetic brands. Liasoned between 7Eleven and Reliance team for outlets in India. Was responsible for catalog imagery for ecommerce business. Worked on SAP, Tableau and Littleboy.

2. RELIANCE BRANDS LIMITED Mumbai, Maharashtra
EA to CEO 2021 Jan to 2021 Aug
Trained in all departments and developed a firm understanding of the retail business. Worked on various tasks such as an M&A deal. Was one of the four core members who started the Reliance Beauty Vertical.

3. WELSPUN INDIA LIMITED Anjar, Gujarat
A] EA to Head Operations, Welspun Advanced Textiles 2019 Oct to 2020 Sep

*A1: Active involvement in New Projects. *A2: Handling Diversification Project for Welspun – New Unit for PPE production amid COVID-19. Awarded The BEST GET “Welspun Yuva Puraskar” for 2018-19 in Dec’2019. Represented Welspun Advanced Textiles at Techtextil India 2019 and ITMACH India 2019

B] Production Engineer at FMCG WET WIPES 2019 May to 2019 Oct

Built a strong foundation at Wet Wipes Converting Line where technical textiles were converted into wipes for hygiene purposes on machines of the capacity of 2lakh pieces per day! *A4: Awarded EXCELLENCE Award at NCQC Varanasi (National level), GOLD Medal at QCFI Vadodara (State level) 2019. Awarded “STAR EMPLOYEE” of the month of July 2019 Advanced Textiles for extraordinary work.

C] Graduate Engineer Trainee at Spun lace Production 2018 July to 2019 April

*A3: Worked on space optimization in containers for goods.

4. INTERNSHIPS:
A] ADITYA BIRLA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE Navi Mumbai
Research and Development IPT Intern 2017 May to 2017 June

B] ORTHOCRAFTS PVT. LTD. Pune, India
Research and Development Engineering Intern 2016 May to 2016 June

C] NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY Pune, India
Research and Development Engineering Intern 2015 May to 2018 April

CERTIFICATIONS
1. Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt – KPMG
2. Customer Analytics, Operational Analytics – Wharton Business School on Coursera
3. Harvard College Project For Asian and International Relations 2022 Delegate - international forum at Harvard

OUT OF THE OFFICE...
1. Part of the MAD Fundraising campaign with AB Devilliers 2022. Head of Fundraising for Pune City for Make a Difference NGO for underprivileged children - Raised 19,000 last year. Part of their Leadership Conference too.
2. Represented Welspun at forums: GTE 2019 Expo, Pharma and LabTech Expo 2019 for developing profitable relations.
3. Hindustani Classical singer level 3, dancer/performer
4. Won adventure races > 100km


GMAT: 610, 640 with AWA 6 and IR 5


Short-term goals: Work in Strategy and Management Consulting in the US
Long-term goals: Work to offer strategic consulting to the Textile and Luxury Fashion Retail Industries to deliver value with high impact

Target Schools: T25, Wharton from M7, ISB

Please do suggest appropriate schools for my profile and I am open to suggestions to improve.
Thank you so much!

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