MRIDUL KUMAR GUPTA

• #1025, ward-9, Talbehat, Dist Lalitpur, U.P. India • mridulgupta8@gmail.com • +91 7024266989 • Mridul Gupta

PROFILE SNAPSHOT

I am a passionate, ambitious Textile Professional who has 8+ years of experience in Yarn Sales & Marketing,
Manufacturing of Yarn, Captive Consumption and Procurement, Business Relationship and Replenishment.
I am well acquainted with Customer & Vendor development, Product Traceability, Branding, Factory Audits and Risk
Analysis with analyticalmindset & leadership ability.

DOMAIN AND EXPERTISE

 Sales & Marketing

 Supplier & Customer Development
 Procurement & Logistics
 Branding and Exhibition management.
 New Product Development, Cost Optimization & resolutions of Business Problems
 Salesforce Reports & Dashboards.
 SAP – user level knowledge of OTC cycle.
 Audits and Risk Management.
 Production Planning and Inventory management.

Professional Experience- Roles & Responsibilities

Trident Group
Regional Head – Yarn Domestic, North & East Region, Ludhiana India. Oct’23 – Present
 Managing end to end sales of approx. 1700 MT monthly.
 Product Portfolio: Complete onus of- Cotton 100% Hosiery & Weaving yarn, OE Yarn, Cellulosic yarn & Functional yarns,
Vortex yarn, PC yarn, Lycra yarn, Slub yarns, Polyester spun yarn, Plied yarn & Certified cottons such as BCI,
NOP/NPOP/Organic, CF,CC etc.
 Onboarding of new customers & Vendors and started regular business with them.
 Developing new samples at suppliers end after understanding his technical limitations in a cost-effective way.
 Sampling Portfolio: Recycle cotton blends, naturally soft yarn for baby products applications etc.
 Ensuring price negotiation & right breakdown of cost in all the Process of yarn manufacturing also analyzing
Customer Quality Requirements and Complaints/feedback.
 Continuous Sales promotion for existing and new customer via recognized exhibitions & frequent customer visits.
 Keeping connect with Brands, Buying houses and Export houses for product placement and promotion.
 Collaborated with the Branding team to strategies and implement brand segregation and product identification for
greige yarn. Led the categorization process and contributed to designing impactful cartons for packaging.

Trident Group
Zonal Head – Yarn Domestic, North Region, Ludhiana India. Nov’19 – Sept’23
 Managing end to end sales of approx. 600 MT monthly.
 Significantly increased revenue by approx. 5 times within 3 fiscal years, driving substantial growth in the Ludhiana
market by establishing relationships with 6 new dealers and securing 3 direct customers.
 Proficient in handling diverse yarn products: Cotton, Cotton/ Cellulosic blends, PC blends, 100% Polyester, AirJet and
recycled Polyester Yarns.
 Conducted market mapping, formed strategies, and assessed product feasibility.
 Monitored 20+ compe tor ac vity on 15+ major parameter, iden fied value added products for posi ve contribu on
in CPSS.
 Provided monthly projections based on sales trends and growth predictions.
  Educated customers about product range to expand market and onboard them.

Trident Group
Merchandiser – Yarn Domestic, North & South Region, Barnala, Punjab, India Nov’18 – Oct’19
 Key role in coordinating product developments/samples with the plant. Actively followed up with customers
for feedback and implement improvements.
 Reduced inventory by 30%, optimized stock with maximum 4-day aging period.
 Ensured timely reconciliation of customer accounts and pending order books.
 Optimized WIP, inventory, order planning for efficient production utilization.
 Achieved 90%-93% OTIF for on-time deliveries and customer satisfaction.
 Resolving Customer issues & to quickly uncover a customer’s pain point & identify a strategic solution.
 SAP, Sale Order creation, MIS, production planning, shipment planning, delivery/shipment order creation.

Trident Group
Production Manager - Yarn, Budhni, M.P., India June’16 – Oct’18
 Directed & coordinated production, pricing, and distribution activities.
 Managed production line staff, schedules, and assigned duties effectively.
 Ensure adherence to specifications, conduct audits & risk analysis.
 Perfectly manage planning, coordination & quality control on site.
 TPM implementation.
 Documentation and analysis of key performance indicators to measure the effectiveness of TPM initiatives
in the plant.
 Oversaw maintenance, repair of machinery & systems.

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Uttar Pradesh Textile Technology Institute, Kanpur, India

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) – Textile Engineering 2012 – 2016
 76%, First Div Hons.
 Certified quality professional, Textile Committee, ISDS
 Poster Presentation at Textile Academia Conference at IIT, Delhi.
 Certificate of Merit: Shatabdi Celebration at UPTTI, Kanpur.

PROJECTS

 Core part of Project along with Production and Packing team to reduce the complaint of moisture loss in market by 80-
85%. To deal with the complaint we started Stretch wrapping & use of HM bag.
 Branding and marketing of Commodity yarns: We had introduced 7 categories of Brands and implemented the sale of
commodity yarns by channelizing through brands category.
 Salesforce Report & Dashboard: BRD provided to SFDC Consultants and worked closely with them to get desired
output of Dashboard for analysis of Sale and revenue data, Inventory, outstanding and overdue data etc.
 Packing Material Cost Optimization: - Increase package weight from 2.52 kg to 2.58 kg for effective utilization of
vehicle load. It helped us to get 2.5% positive margin in freight cost.

ACHIEVEMENTS

 Rewarded as Rising Star Performer of the year (2021-2022) for achieving milestone sales of 24 Cr. in Ludhiana Region.
 Certificate to secure 74% in National Science Olympiad Contest. (2008)
 Secured a high rank position on Project Brahma 2.0 organized by Trident Group. Got the growth on achieving
 the assigned tasks under the project Bramha. (2023)
 Participation as speaker to present paper entitled “Evaluating the effect of weft yarn characteristics on fabric texture
using image analysis techniques” in the international conference, “Redefining Textiles: Cutting edge technology of the
future”.
 Completion of 3 days Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp organized by Centre for Industrial and management
consultants, Kanpur.
 Certified training in weaving department of shirting business division of Arvind Limited.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

 SAP ECC 6, Salesfoce, BI Tools and Applications, Microsoft Office, Technical Reporting, Data Analytics, Outlook

INTERESTS

 Cricket, Chess, Cycling, Stock Market, Swimming, Badminton