Tharanga Arumapurage

My name is Tharanga Arumapurage, and I’ve completed the Master and Bachelor degrees in IT sector.

I’ve been working as many management roles in several companies for the past 16 years. 

I’ve successfully gained the experience for Retail management and IT operations under many level of positions in my career,  and I would love to help you to grow your business, and work as a honest and trust towards to achieve the company goals.

SHIFT LEADER           - A&I ORIENTAL FOOD, BRACKNELL 2022- UP TO DATE 

TEAM LEADER           - LONDIS, BRACKNELL 2020-2022

TEAM LEADER           - TESCO EXPRESS 2018- 2020

DUTY MANAGER       - Maloney's Budgens 2013 – 2018

Responsibilities

• Accepting Delivery
• dealing with customer queries and complaints
• ensuring compliance with health and safety legislation
•  Overseeing pricing, Inventory control, purchasing, budgeting, advertising, pricing, merchandise displays, quality assurance, and vendor relations.
• Handled money with a Point-of-Sale system including checkout, returns and exchanges.
• Documented and posted daily sales goals.
• Analysed sales records to determine top sellers and merchandising effectiveness.
• Received, sorted, and priced merchandise.
• Provided courteous and knowledgeable customer service.
• Trained new associates and oversaw three employees during a given shift

 IT Operation Administrator 2010 TO 2013,

 Bestway Group

Responsibilities

• Coordinate branch IT issues with IT department and do necessary system updating over remote handling.
• Interact with Master products database and keep posted product details before, during and after national promotion.
• Handling company national promotion and retail club promotion and work together with the customers and depot management.
• Keying in prices of products into each price schemes of the created promotional ID and make sure prices shouldn’t be overlapped with each promotion.

 Unit Head

Cargills Ceylon Limited, Sri Lanka (2006 to 2009)

I have been covered following areas during my three-year working periods.

• Leadership, Communication and it’s behaviours
• Retail Accounting System, Inventory Control System and Supplier Management System 
• Control Ordering, Receiving and Merchandising Procedures.
• Managed Stock taking, Staff Attending System and Roster making,
• Identifying Customer Mania and the correct way of Customer Handling
• Modern retail marketing strategies and its behaviours.

Software Installation and Developing (2006)

I have been one year working experience as Software Developer and Installed software for customers in 2006 

Academic Education

• MSc in Computer System & Networking in University of Greenwich 2009
• BSc in Physical Sciences in Wayamba University of Sri Lanka 2007 (Mathematics & Mathematical Modelling and Computing & Information Systems) 
• I have recently completed Certificate of Network Engineer Bootcamp in INTEQUAL 2023