Manager Marketing and Merchandising
Clothing Manufacturing, Sourcing, Marketing, Merchandising and Production Management.
April 2012
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Dhaka, Bangladesh
Merchandising Manager (Team Leader)
Company Industry: Retail/Wholesale Agent and Manufacturer
Key Accounts:
Reitman’s (Canada), Pennington (Canada), Jean Shop (Canada), RW & CO.(Canada)
Job Role: Sourcing & Merchandising
Product Development & Merchandising, Designing Interface with the Buyers to identify specifications for Apparel. Research & develop new fabrics with Mills and Vendors. Interface with Vendors for costing of garments in line with budgeted parameters. Identify and develop a reliable Vendor base across Bangladesh and overseas. Follow up on Production status at Vendor locations; monitor processes, identify deviations and implement corrective action.
• Merchandising & Vendor Matrix Management.
• Overseeing a base of 12 Vendors
• Estimation of Target Price
• Selection of Right Source
• Problem Solver
• Buying Agency, Catalysts
• Optimization of Taxes and Duties
• Best Price Selection
September 2010
- March 2012
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mimtex Group Of Industries Ltd
Merchandising Manager
Company Industry: Manufacturing and Production
Job Role: Marketing & Merchandising
• Key focus is on Sourcing in Bangladesh for the EU market for a customer profile including High-end brands & retailers.
• Managed a team of 8 personnel; including a Sample In charge, Pattern Maker, Merchandisers and development coordinators who helps in following through on Merchandising, Product Development and Execution.
• Responsibilities included Product Development, Sourcing and Production
• A key accountability includes managing Cost of Operations and People Management.
• Grew Knit business from under US$ 1M in 2008 to close at US$ 3M in the year 2009.
• Growth target for the year closing 2010 was US$ 6M.
• Acquired insight into working of EU Retail Markets through research into customer markets / product lines; working closely with the other Teams collaboratively to create a product line and make presentations accordingly.
Key Accounts:
Ernsting's Family, ADLER, REA, RAT, GHD, Sport Promotion Service, Wehmeyer, Casamoda, Redmond.
March 2008
- August 2010
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Texeurop BD Ltd
Assistant Merchandising Manager
Company Industry: Manufacturing and Production
Job Role: Merchandising.
Responsible for a team of marketing and merchandising, production management, sampling, fit & pre-production approvals, fabric & trim approvals, testing, gold seals, works with QA's for timely inspection & delivery, update the buyer & the production status.
Key Accounts :
Dunnes Store, Drothy-Perkins, Pea-Cock, Tema, Primark, Okaidi, Obaibi, Quick-Silver, Jules, Camaieu, Bizbee, Afibel, Barbe-Blue, Bluhm-Koln, Bluhmod, Vertbaduet, Burton, Penny-Rewe, Defi Mode, Captain Tourte.
August 2005
- February 2008
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Merchandiser
Company Industry: Manufacturing and Production
Job Role: Merchandising
Handling on very tightly scheduled assignments managed the risk and got the important sample assignments completed well before time. Flair for analysis based troubleshooting and quick decision-making. Cultivated the spirit and method in team to collect facts.
Very good knowledge of wovens/knits sourcing and product development
Key Accounts :
Target Corporation, Mervyns, AMC Store, Marshall Field, Boscoves, Baby Togs, Lolly Togs, Stage Store, May Department Store International (MDSI), Family Dollar, SEARS, K-mart, Zeller, Wal-mart (USA).
OVERSEAS TOUR:
Worked for 01 year in FAMOUS TEXTILE SDN BHD at BRUNEI DARUSSALAM in terms of transfer as Merchandiser Supervisor in the year of 2003.WORKED WITH OVERSEAS BUYING AGENTS:
WORKED WITH OVERSEAS BUYING AGENCY:
Groupe SALMON Arc en Ciel (France), DRNS Germany, Hong Kong Team Trade Limited, AMC Thailand-Singapore-Vietnam, Wal-Mart Singapore, Texeurop SARL France, Shelsham Trading Co Ltd (HK), Fifth Avenue India.
WORKED WITH LOCAL BUYING AGENCY:
Li & Fung (Bangladesh) Ltd, H&M, C&A Mondial, VF Asia, Otto Herem, Comtextile, Parkscene, AMC, Baby Togs, Haddad, Red cats Asia Ltd, Multiline, Synergies Resources Bangladesh, IC Company, Lindex and Euro Centra.
December 1997
- July 2005
Dhaka, Bangladesh