Sajawat is a local based retail business focused on selling home decor items. I initially approached them to offer website services, but they explained that they weren't ready to expand online yet. They were occupied with opening a new branch in a busier location, but were happy to work with me after they deemed the business ready.
After talking, I noticed that they seemed to be understaffed and having a lot of trouble with managing their growing business.
Things happened, and I ended up taking on a role of a manager.
One key issue that they were routinely facing was difficulty in managing inventory. The owner was using excel which, while a good start ended up becoming incredibly time intensive and ineffective. I suggested Airtable to them which seemed like the perfect solution.
The airtable system helps them manage inventory and all associated information in a streamlined manner. It also extends to managing vendor relationships, customer orders and monitoring sales trends. This helped avoid over/under stocking and helping the team focus on higher value things which in turn helped increase revenue by 1.5x
Moreover, I also played a role in training new team members and planning projects like initiating a delivery service for sajawat and launching seasonal items. I found Notion to be a particularly useful tool for keeping every thing in one place.
All in all, it has been a great experience and I'm really grateful to the team at Sajawat for welcoming me warmly and giving me the opportunity to improve a lot on my project management skills.
