Buyer - LCW &XSIDE Womens Outerwear
LC Waikiki
Total years of experience :22 years, 4 Months
Responsibilities:
Responsible for making range plans appropriate for the strategic plan and customer expectations of the Womens Outerwear products; maintains the balance between core-basic, key and fashion products. Decides on price ranges and target prices and the number of options to be designed at each price level and leads the design team and planning accordingly. Decides on all budgets and markdown strategies. Identifies suppliers suitable for styles handed in and target buying prices; manages sampling, costing order placement and production - leading a team of 8 merchandisers, responsible for the approvals to achieve the required product.
Managing 3.500.000 units per year, 100.000.000$ budget for 2014
Achievements:
• Has achieved 2.350.000 units, 65.000.000$ value, 28.000.000$ profit in 2013
• Helped to improve the merchandising team’s capabilities and increased the percentage of on time shipment from 65% to 92%.
• Managed to decrease markdown from 25% to 16% in 2013
Gap International Sourcing Istanbul Liaison Office
The largest specialty apparel retailer in the U.S with 135, 000 employees and 3, 076 stores worldwide with brands GAP, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Piperlime, Athleta
Fabric / Garment Merchandiser 2004 - Oct 2012
Responsibilities: As Fabric Merchandiser: Responsible from fabric sourcing in Italy and Turkey with a wide variety of mills based on the aim of finding the best qualities appropriate for Banana Republic and GAP; fabric development based on design needs in terms of quality and color and submit for design's approval; monitoring quality and delivery performance for the fabrics that have been produced for Banana Republic and GAP; capacity planning on seasonal basis; representing Banana Republic and GAP in international fabric shows.
As Garment Merchandiser: Responsible from BR Mens Suitings/Fashion pants and Mens/Womens knits, Intimates, and Swimwear sampling, costing & price negotiation, development and production stages; monitoring the delivery performance, production stages and quality with the team; troubleshooting and solving problems that occur during the production.
• Suitings garment manufacturing has been transferred from Turkey to Egypt. The transition period has been succeeded with 350% increase on business volume and 2.500.000$ cost saving.
• 2.300.000$ cost saving has been succeeded on fabric prices, after a selection of correct range of mills and cost negotiations based on big volume orders.
• Fabric/garment sampling costs have been decreased by 30%
• Jersey garment vendor amount has been increased from 2 to 6 in two years which has helped to use the advantage of competition in terms of costing and quality.
• Fabric unit costs have been decreased by 15-20% by decreasing air freight costs and balancing fabric / garment production lead-times
• BR core buy fabric quality has been transferred from Italy to Turkey with 14% decrease on unit price and 578.000$ cost saving in total.
Modatimkar Dış Tic. Ltd. Şti.
A textile agent working with UK's leading textile retail brands (Topman, House of Fraser, Linea, River Island, Topshop, Debenhams)
Garment Merchandiser 2002 - 2004
Responsibilities: Responsible from jersey menswear and womenswear (Topman, Envy, Linea, River Island, Topshop, Debenhams) sampling, costing & price negotiation, development and production stages; monitoring the delivery performance, production stages and quality with the team; troubleshooting and solving problems that occur during the production.
• Topshop business volume has been doubled in two years by good delivery performance, sharp costing and keeping the quality as per customer's expectations.
• Jersey garment vendor amount has been increased from 2 to 4 in two years which has helped to use the advantage of competition in terms of costing and quality.
Istanbul Technical University, Textile Engineering 1998 - 2002
Besiktas Ataturk Anatolian High School 1991 - 1998