Senior Merchandiser
Alyasra Fashion
Total years of experience :11 years, 1 Months
Responsible for the Buying, Pricing and Trading of merchandise of 35+ International Fashion Watches & Jewelry Brands ranged in 15+ retail shops across UAE.
Preparation of LPO’s, wholesale quotations, updating supplier/client database in ERP system (BO) and communicating to Local Brands and other International suppliers.
Negotiate with suppliers on product pricing, payment terms, cost of freight, provision of training and the extent of their involvement in advertising campaigns and promotions.
Communicating with suppliers on regular basis and assist with the efficient ordering, delivery and payment of merchandise to reduce the likelihood of queries and problems.
Maintain the return of all faulty merchandise to suppliers with the accompanying debit note correctly made out to ensure the department receives a credit note and also perform regular follow up for payments, tracking of new shipments/re-orders and back order shipments.
Pay regular visits to warehouse to resolve any shipment discrepancies and delay and liaise with the suppliers in case of any variance/damage to prompt immediate corrective action.
Plan and select the range, type, quality and quantity of merchandise according to customers demand, trends, store policies and set prices and sell through targets in conjunction with the Division Head.
Ensure effective in season management of the assigned category/department through regular analysis and action planning, based on the performance around the following anchors; Sales vs. Stock, Inflows/OTB, Stock analysis, Stock balancing, Margin analysis, Terminal stock, Damage & Stock loss.
Forecast, maintain and analyze department/category merchandise MIS analytics based on actual sales, sales forecasts, company order parameters, inventory checks, forth coming events, replenishment needs, etc.
Monitor Best/Slow Sellers/Continuity lines and manage the stock levels in stores, checking accuracy of price/cost in the system for entire locations to achieve maximum sales.
Liaise with Inventory department and IT Department to ensure system stock accuracy and other data’s.
Monitor stock movement; consider markdowns, inter-branch transfers, promotions, stock liquidations etc.
Reports: Preparing daily/weekly/monthly reports in required templates and communicating to Brand Team, suppliers, inter-departments and to stores.
Sales Support: Assist sales staff and management with customer service by placing special orders and providing information on stock availability and product knowledge to maximize sales and profitability for department.
Help analyze the effectiveness of the seasonal promotions and the existing stock levels for timely roll out during promotional campaigns to achieve targeted sales with agreed margins.
Handle daily stock transfer requests from stores on a daily/ weekly basis in order to minimize costs and satisfy customer’s requests with the support of logistics team.
Liaise with purchasing dept for shopping bags /wrapping papers /stickers and other required materials for smooth operations.
VM & Marketing Support: Communicate with VM team for required POS/display materials, TOC’s and other collaterals as per the Brand VM guidelines.
Coordinating with Marketing Team and ensure proper implementation of marketing activities (Posters in stores/Malls, Branding advertisements, GWP/Voucher promotions, etc) are executed during DSF/DSS/MSS/other Events by taking prior permissions from Govt. Authorities/mall managements.
Provide sale line list for the municipality (DED) and assist with marketing team to get approvals from ministry.
Relationship management with international buyers and dealing with production operation both in own house and sub-contractors.
Working closely with related departments, vendors and lients to resolve development problems and outstanding issues, whist updating the clients on the WIP progress weekly.
Accompanying clients to visit vendors and factories in their buying trips.
Follow-up on all new development projects & follow with up vendors, wash plants to ensure timely submission of samples, pricing details & any other specific’s requested by the client.
Respond to and follow up inquiries, issues and problems raised by clients and liaison office.
Maintain progress reports, with up to date information on all order & outstanding issues.
Monitor Time & Action Calendar and raise up any possible issues.
Sending presentations to the client for new products.
Preparing quote sheets and checking them and negotiating to get best price for client.
Following on shipment approval processes from initial green seal sample to final approved TOP sample.
Working on packaging requirements as laid by client and seeking approvals and also offering ready packaging solutions to clients.
Maintaining a strong production and packaging tracker which is followed up on weekly basis and following up of these WIP’s.
To facilitate and conduct PP meetings between vendor, QAI and making PP meeting notes at vendors facility.
Following up on orders from the time they are placed by the buyers till their final delivery to the buyers as per time and quality standards committed to them.
Monitoring the procedures and systems followed in production to ensure compliance with the quality norms and standards of the company.
Managing various activities as per the style requirement and knowing the fabric like Poly Viscose, Poly Cotton, cotton modal, Viscose & other blends, processes like enzyme wash, bio wash, acid wash etc. to enhance the texture of the fabric thus adding value to the garment.
Follow up the costing negotiation, generate order confirmation / purchase order / sales order / invoices
Overall control of critical path & supply chain, pre-empting issues & finding a solution to meet dead lines.
Building relationships with supply base & customers.
Explaining customers label and packaging to suppliers & implementing customers sampling procedures.
Informing customers regarding critical problems, which effect delivery, quantity and quality.
Communicating with suppliers for quotation, make sample and so on as the sample or relation information.
Confirmation with the suppliers about the price, product details, payment terms and so on.
Orders follow up, quality check, shipment and so on.
Arrange buying meeting, follow up development and orders and settle problems for development and production.
Build up suppliers to be more competitive in upgrading their quality, development time line.
Arrange counter samples, fitting samples, salesman samples, PPS as per buyer’s requirement.
Procuring orders from buying houses/agents.
Follow up orders with suppliers and internal parties and report to senior.
Work in the internal software to prepare necessary documents and input data.
✓ Masters in Business Administration from Alagappa University, Karaikudi in the year 2005
✓ Bachelors in Commerce from PSG College of Arts & Science, Coimbatore in the year 2002.