Senior Merchandiser
tesco
Total years of experience :9 years, 9 Months
• Ensure good supply chain, product sourcing, product management and vendor management and quality management to achieve continuous competitiveness
• Maintain strong business relationships with all vendors. Leverage vendor resources to assist with category management decisions and execution
• Collaborate with business partners to prevent re work, and inefficiency.
• Develop, lead and execute strategies for sourcing and supplier management
• Create business plan for new opportunities and develop new products
• Collaborating with buyers & suppliers to negotiate prices, quantities and time-scales
• Planning and developing merchandising strategies: Based on the capability of each vendors & the capacity of production
• Responsible to get brief sheets timely from UK designers and put the development in correct factory based on their capability & production capacity
• Active participation in sample submission to meet sign offs and pre- selection
• Regular follow up with Vendor and make sure samples will be dispatching ontime to UK for sign off meeting.
• Collaborated with the designer to build line plans and develop key items.
• Communicate product level information to internal stakeholders, in a bid to foster and maintain communication flow
• Worked with sourcing and production and responsible for costing on all garments.
• Analyze retail and consumer trends in the industry, specifically for relevant categories, to help shape the assortment, drive innovation, and identify new opportunities
• Responsible for ensuring that all products reach in warehouse, at the appropriate time and in the correct quantities. To effectively lead, drive and manage the Buying and Merchandising team to achieve maximum results.
• Regular follow up with vendors for Proto sample, Fit sample, PP sample, top sample.
• Communication and relationship management with marketing team to ensure we have the most competitive offers in the market place.
• Ensure that the product on our sales floor provides inspiration for our Customers and retail team and that the selected ranges support the Company brand essence.
• The on-going selection and development of product suppliers ensuring they have the capability and capacity to make product in line with agreed timescales and quality standards.
• Effective negotiation of terms of business with product suppliers in line with overall margin, service and quality targets.
• Develop effective communication mechanisms to ensure that new product development launches on time as planned and to agreed specifications.
• Work with the customer service manager to ensure a mechanism is in place for managing quality problems with products in the marketplace.
• Ensure effective control and management of inbound stock, agreeing forecasts and work jointly with Suppliers to resolve supply chain issues.
• Correspondence & coordinating with clients on a day-to-day basis in regards of sampling and production.
• Reviewing targets and allocating work to concern departments and ensuring the production and sampling deliveries within time, budget and stipulated quality standards.
• Developing new samples and collections for upcoming seasons
• To prepare TNA in order to meet PCD and ensuring on time delivery of Fabric and Trims.
• Close monitoring of T & A’s, Transparent Communication with Buyers, Daily follow ups with Vendors, track yarn/fabric flows, production schedules & Maintained the delivery schedule on time with proper planning.
• Organizing approvals at various stages of garmenting process.
• Sourcing & placing required material/accessories orders (from domestic and international market) with various departments with required specifications and quantities.
• Developing new styles to buyer in terms of garment styling, embellishments and keeping its progress track till order confirmation.