Fashion Buyer
Goelia Fashion FZCO
Total years of experience :13 years, 4 Months
charged with sourcing and finding new vendors/brands that we could carry in our store.
Handles ladies, children’s and accessories department, cosmetics as well.
Negotiating with prices, payment terms and deliveries.
In charged with claims for damaged and return merchandises.
Preparing contracts for specific vendors.
In charged with RFQ with vendors and competitors’ analysis and research.
wholesale & retail
Rebranded the Al Koukh brand in Baghdad Iraq, specialized in women’s and children’s wear; fashion garments, footwear, leather goods, children’s toys and other accessories, lingerie and undergarments and other fashion accessories.
Liaise with vendors both local and overseas for what is on trend.
Attended trade fairs local and overseas, visits manufacturers in China and outsourcing of products.
Costing and pricing, in-charged with RFQ, PO,
Buying/ Merchandising
Costing and Profitability studies.
Liaised with suppliers on a national and international basis, mainly soft furnishing, lightings, crockery and gifts.
Liaised with Logistics and
Reporting to VP & Pres. CEO
With involvement in the process of planning, designing and outsourcing my skills in Fashion business was able to be more competent.
Handled the Product Development Department.
Supervised sample maker and pattern maker for the sampling of apparel.
Attended conventions and product research and merchandising outside the country.
Fashion forecasting and fabric sourcing.
Prepared weekly and monthly accomplishments reports of subordinates.
Composed artworks, graphic layouts for apparel, footwear, bags, hangtags etc.
Quality control officer for upcoming and to be released products.
Did products research, outsourcing and merchandising tasks both local and abroad
Did research for the upcoming trends, colors, and designs in the market.
Control officer for the production flow, takes rigid inspection of finish samples before turning over to production.
Growth Sales Enterprise
Design officer for the retail brands of children’s clothing line in SM department stores in Philippines which handled Baby Me, license character Sesame Street, Strawberry Shortcake, Blues Clues.
Submitted module design layouts for the display racks of children’s clothing line.
Instructed pattern makers for the implementation of designs.
Layout of graphic prints and all over prints for fabric.
BDC Marketing Corporation
Handled Purple Box brand, assigned to design ladies labels
Color combination, color study and color separation for fabrics.
Directed photo shoots for some catalogues, provided styling and pegs for each segments.
Handled labels for the plus size ladies line.
Fashion stylist for Pale Bleue brand, sold in many leading malls nationwide.
Supervised the flow of production of samples before it is approved.