Assistant Manager Merchandising
Masood Textile Mills Limited
Total years of experience :13 years, 2 Months
Organization : Masood Textile Mills Limited
Organization Type : Garments Manufacturer & Exporter
Masood Group is a vertically integrated knitwear unit, which is Pakistan based Leading Multinational Textile Group of Companies with operations in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Dubai, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt and USA.
Designation : Assistant Manager (Merchandising Department)
Tenure : 16 November 2015 to Date
Location : Apparel Division, Sargodha Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Area(s) of Experience : Hands on experience to execute overall business functions i.e. product development, costing, bulk production, communication and coordination. Intensive communication with different parties i.e. customers, suppliers & inter departments. Associated to analyze, plan and execute the business deals and functions with immediate team members.
My expertise expounds Marketing, Merchandising, Coordination and communication, inventory management, supply chain management and team building. Developed a proven track record, making the business profitable and overcoming the potential business challenges.
Having a change management perspective, demonstrated considerable performance in business growth, cost reduction, multitasking culture and effective resources management.
Reporting to : Deputy Manager
Responsibilities : To execute day to day business tasks and assignments given by immediate senior and HOD.
Downloading and analyzing received purchase orders and spreadsheets.
Preparing worksheets and ensuring dissemination of functional level planning.
Making Time and Action plans and follow up to ensure time lines are intact.
Confirming merchandise inspection schedules of 2nd and 3rd parties through intensive coordination/negotiations.
Ensuring and follow up of shipments and documents to comply shipping plans.
Communication with the customer on Purchase Orders confirmations and confirmation of agreed pricing.
Expediting of approval process with customers to ensure.
Coordination with product development merchandising teams.
Follow up on agreed production plans with planning, production and procurement teams.
Coordination with logistics and export documentation teams.
To sustain any Merchandising related assignments assigned by seniors.
Span of Control : 3 Officers
Organization : Beacon Impex (Private) Limited
Organization Type : Demand Forecasting & Supply Chain Management Services
Beacon provides demand forecast and supply chain services that greatly enhances the predictability of future business events and helps to optimize the supply chain efficiency. Beacon’s web based forecasting & supply chain tools takes the historical data of Customer’s Stores Sales & Inventory, tracks current Stores Sales & Inventory Level and also Customer’s Ordering Trends in the perspective of Seasonality & Promotional Programs and generates future production curve in conjunction with available inventory stocks. In order to gauge the accuracy of forecast and do the educated judgmental overrides, Beacon has deployed best talent in its enterprise who provides leadership on flow planning and perpetual supply chain management. With a complete web based visibility, Beacon Services accelerate the responsiveness against sudden shifts in demand chain management.
Designation : Assistant Manager (Direct to Store Department)
Tenure : 1 July 2009 to 30 April 2011
Location : Masood Textile Head Office, Canal Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Area(s) of Experience : Hands on experience in Demand Forecasting, Sales Trend Analysis, Marketing Management, Logistics Management, Supply Chain Management, Inventory Management and Direct to Store (DTS) deliveries to US customers.
Supply chain management project from raw materials phase till the finished product stocks at Dallas & Los Angeles-USA warehouses.
Worked to provide perfect Logistics solutions for Imports and Exports through strategic partnerships to maximize profitability.
Worked on a project to expedite the ultra-fashioned products / garments in shorter lead-time periods, to provide an efficient service to customers to reduce their reaction time to the latest changes in demand.
Providing sales forecasting services in different kinds of reports to US-retail market including JCPenney, Sears, Macy’s, Kohl’s and Wal-Mart etc.
Monitored of funds to manage an optimum supply chain.
Reporting to : Deputy Manager
Responsibilities : I have directly worked on both (US side replenishment i.e. Direct to Store Support Center (DTSSC) model) as well as (Pakistan factory side replenishment model) to move retail goods for retail stores from Pakistan to US through containerized exports much more rapidly, reliably and often cost effectively to delight our US customers.
Managing the sheer volume of exports in terms of paperwork, reports, tracking and custom clearance is complex enough, compounding the difficulty is the fact that retail goods are often time sensitive with seasonality, promotions and unanticipated demand spikes that require precise timing for product movement and replenishment.
Beyond the day to day supply chain management challenges, there are strategic challenges as well. Economic growth or decline, population shifts and purchasing behavior changes present US retailers and Pakistani vendors with a changing landscape around which to design the most effective network and co-ordination.
The potential benefits for retailers associated of direct to store distribution include stock out and lost sales avoidance, transportation cost reduction and inventory carrying cost reduction.
My responsibilities were to manage all these things including to calculate, determine and present the demand forecast in different kinds of reports and manage supply of goods, sales trend analysis, plan our production accordingly, keep sufficient inventory, and fill the customers’ orders 100%, so that customers can get the above mentioned benefits from Direct to Store Distribution and long term stay with us with full satisfaction.
Span of Control : 2 Officers
Organization : Masood Textile Mills Limited
Organization Type : Garments Manufacturer & Exporter
Masood Group is a vertically integrated knitwear unit, which is Pakistan based Leading Multinational Textile Group of Companies with operations in Pakistan, Bangladesh, Dubai, Qatar, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt and USA.
Philip Kotler a famous American author introduced and appreciated Masood Textile and its Direct to Store business model on page 152-153 in his book (Principles of Marketing: A South Asian Perspective, 13th Edition).
Designation : Assistant Manager (Direct to Store Department)
Tenure : 13 September 2006 to 30 June 2009
Location : Apparel Division, Sargodha Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Area(s) of Experience : Hands on experience in demand forecasting, sales trend analysis, customer relations, customer communication, inventory management, product development, product evaluation, garments / shipments / production planning, and product pricing etc. Proficiency in planning, strong analytical and conceptual skills, strong statistical / math skills, strong PC skills with emphasis on spreadsheet applications, decision making, problem solving, communication, teamwork, people handling, negotiation and leadership.
Reporting to : Deputy Manager
Responsibilities : To calculate, determine and present the demand forecast.
To sustain planning for production orders and conduct weekly sales reviews.
To handle information system management and analyze the sales and inventory trends of customers.
To coordinate with customers to achieve optimum supply chain flow and provide customer services.
To participate in logistics management, shipment management and warehouse management.
To handle invoicing and payments follow ups.
To sustain any Direct to Store (DTS) related assignments assigned by seniors.
Span of Control : 2 Officers
Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from University of Wales