Muhammad Bilal

A motivated individual with leadership and organizational skills who has developed a keen interest in textile merchandising. Currently looking for a position in an international organization to enhance my professional skills and implement innovative ideas, skills and creativity for the accomplishment of projects. Being associated with highly renowned home textile manufacturers in Pakistan I have learned the technical knowledge and merchandising and negotiation skills of the industry.

Merchandiser Export

Lucky Textile Mills (PVT) Limited

December 2021 - Present

• Looking after the all the merchandising related activity of multiple brands & renowned stores of USA and Europe: Sam’s Club (USA), Conforama (EU), LDM (France) and 1888 Mills USA Inc.
• Work on new inquiry/development/order costing and negotiation of the above said customers.
• Coordination and taking strong follow-ups from yarn, weaving, processing and stitching teams to ensure timely order execution and shipment.
• Work closely with QA team to ensure the high quality standards and quality protocols are follow.
• Coordination with suppliers for negotiation on prices and timely delivery of trims and accessories to meet the shipment date
• Responsible for all kind of sampling to be dispatched to customer for approvals.
• Work with customer and factory packing engineer to develop & finalize the packing of the home textile articles.
• Responsible to generate sales contract and other related documents on the ERP Oracle software.
• Coordinating with production, processing and Engineering teams for new product launches and product changes through the integrated product development process.
• Planning and prioritizing production orders.

Officer in Export Marketing

AL-Karam Textile Mills (PVT) Limited

March 2019 – December 2021

• Worked with USA based renowned stores and brands and look after all the merchandising related activities. The stores which I look after are KOHL’s, The Home Depot, The Company store, Revman, CHF and Macy’s)
• Responsible to execute orders from its development phase till the shipment.
• Responsible for all the sampling of the customers. (TOP, PP and gold seal samples)
• Coordinating and taking strong follow-ups from all the department for on time shipment of the orders
• Responsible to generate sales contract on the ERP Oracle software.
• Coordinating with export depart for all the shipping related matters.

NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi

Bachelors of Engineering: Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering

January 2015 – September 2018