Sr. Merchandising Specialist - Trends Apparel Private Limited
(2018-12 - 2023-05)
Responsible for managing the entire merchandising cycle, from fabric sourcing and sampling to order execution and buyer communication.
- Managed sampling range development based on seasonal color forecasts for knitted and woven fabrics, ensuring alignment with market trends.
- Oversaw product costing and price negotiation strategies, optimizing profitability and competitiveness.
- Prepared garment samples (roadshow, fit, size set), facilitating effective buyer presentations and approvals.
- Secured confirmed orders through proactive communication and relationship-building with buyers.
- Coordinated fabric and trim requirements with sourcing departments, ensuring timely material availability.
- Monitored production stages for adherence to quality standards and specifications.
- Scheduled and facilitated inspections with buyer teams to ensure product compliance.
- Cultivated and maintained strong relationships with buyers through consistent communication and follow-up.
- Planned capacity allocation on a buyer and month-wise basis, optimizing resource utilization.
- Developed and maintained season-wise fabric collections for buyers, aligning with their specific needs and preferences.
- Negotiated fabric pricing with suppliers, ensuring cost-effectiveness and quality standards.
- Placed orders with vendors for sampling yardage and bulk fabric, coordinating delivery schedules.
- Coordinated with fabric audit teams for quality and quantity checks, resolving discrepancies and maintaining standards.
- Streamlined sampling processes to align with buyer requirements and market trends, ensuring product compliance.
- Successfully managed product costing and price negotiations, optimizing profitability and competitiveness.
- Contributed towards effective buyer presentations and approvals through efficient preparation of garment samples
- Effectively coordinated with fabric audit teams for quality and quantity checks, resolving discrepancies and maintaining standards.
Sr. Executive of Denim PPC - Ashima Texcellence Pvt Ltd
(2016-05 - 2018-06)
Oversaw capacity planning and raw material procurement to optimize workflow and ensure timely delivery of Denim Production.
- Planned factory capacity buyer-wise and month-wise to effectively allocate production resources and meet demand.
- Coordinated the procurement of raw materials for confirmed orders, with a focus on maintaining quality standards.
- Scheduled ex-mill dates for confirmed orders, optimizing the production timeline and meeting delivery deadlines.
- Analyzed workflow and planned/scheduled customer orders based on material availability and production capacity, maximizing efficiency.
- Prepared monthly dyeing and loom plans to streamline production processes.
- Monitored productivity to identify areas for improvement and enhance overall operational performance.
- Managed material shortage reports to proactively address supply chain issues and minimize disruptions.
- Analyzed backlogs and identified operational challenges, raising alerts to the organization for timely resolution.
- Prepared monthly reports to track key performance indicators and provide insights for decision-making.
- Analyzed monthly production against targeted volume to assess performance and identify areas for improvement.
- Cultivated relationships with the sales team through consistent communication and support.
- Provided prompt responses to daily queries from the sales team, facilitating effective order processing and customer service.
- Improved factory production planning buyer-wise and month-wise
- Optimized production timeline and met delivery deadlines through scheduling ex-mill dates
- Prepared monthly reports to track and measure against key performance indicators.
Sr. Executive of Yarn Dyed Shirting Department - Ashima Texcellence Pvt Ltd
(2012-06 - 2016-04)
Responsible for raw material oversight, maintenance, reporting and documentation.
- Estimated and procured raw material for development and confirmed orders, assuring material availability for all stages of production.
- Prepared plans for beam dyeing, optimizing the dyeing process for efficiency and quality.
- Maintained daily reports that tracked the progress of pending weaving.
- Generated Weekly VAPP (Vendor Approval Process Program) reports.
- Analyzed finish fabric and maintained data on each quality, ensuring compliance with established standards.
- Provided unique identifiers for each development, facilitating accurate tracking and documentation.
- Created grey input plans for process house, coordinating the flow of materials to the process house efficiently.
- Designed detailed order formats with comprehensive product details for the production team, facilitating clarity in order processing.
- Streamlined material procurement processes resulting in improved production timelines with efficiency.
- Enhanced quality control measures by providing detailed analysis on fabric maintenance.
- Created detailed order tracking that was used by team.
- Streamlined coordination by documenting processes.
Jr. Fabric Designer - Ashima Texcellence Pvt Ltd
(2011-07 - 2012-05)
Responsible for facilitating creation of fabric designs, and design execution.
- Created season-wise fabric collections for buyers, aligning designs with current trends and market demands.
- Analyzed fabric swatches received from marketing to identify key design elements and potential applications.
- Conducted feasibility checks for new fabric developments in collaboration with the production team, ensuring practicality and efficiency.
- Performed cost analysis for new fabric developments, ensuring designs were both innovative and economically viable.
- Prepared technical sheets for fabric developments, providing detailed specifications for production.
- Supplied samples (hand-loom, yardages) to the sales team, facilitating client presentations.
- Collected feedback on samples from the sales team and created a library of sample developments with all related details, promoting design knowledge retention.
- Supported seasonal design cycles contributing to the design and implementation of new fabric developments.
- Helped facilitate effective knowledge transfer between sales and design team by creating library.
- Helped promote innovative and economically viable fabric designs assisting in cost analysis.
