Narendra Bhogal

Background

About Narendra Bhogal

Narendra Kumar Bhogal has well over 30 years of rich corporate experience in IT Program Management and Operations Management. He also has over 17 years of leadership experience leading retail teams for both Indian and Overseas clients. He has had the opportunity of working with some of the leading retailers from both India and abroad. Some of these are Walmart, Carrefour, Max Hypermarkets (SPAR), Spencer’s and Foodworld among others. He started his career as a Sales Trainee in 1976 before moving on to Information Technology in 1983. Since 1983 he has worked in various positions in the IT industry starting of as a COBOL programmer. He has also been involved in teaching, recruitment, training, system studies, analysis, design of various applications in retail. He was instrumental in developing an enterprise package including a POS solution for the Retail Industry. His Retail domain knowledge is extensive and includes topics ranging from Customer Buying Behaviour, Store Operations, Information Systems, Retail Communications, etc. While Retail is his forte he has also has worked in other domains including, stocks & shares, health care, office management, etc. His last corporate assignment with UST Global was as Senior Advisor and Subject Matter Expert for Retail primarily to the Walmart account where he was also a Portfolio Leader for the Transportation portfolio. Additional responsibilities included providing domain expertise across the Retail BU within the company. Off late he has been using his vast experience to mentor and guide students and individuals to be able to perform better in job interviews and have a smooth transition from college to corporate life. These include one-on-one sessions and mock interviews to provide specific inputs and also monitor their progress.