Jyotsna Pandey
Gandhinagar
Summary
My experience in fashion Industry has emerged from working in various departments namely product development, buying, merchandising, and sourcing. My experience covers a broad spectrum of areas in the fashion industry including garment & accessories production, sourcing, merchandising, product development, retail sales analysis, and buying for various categories like womenswear & Menswear. Have handled areas like Costing apparel sourcing, Merchandising , product development and production & planning,Vendor development and vendor management.
Business Development : Contributing to boost their growth and sales by conducting market research, developing business strategies, building client relationships, and identifying new business opportunities.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Asst Manager - Merchandising / Business Development
fibre2fashion
Ahmedabad
03.2022 - Current
- Categories handling: Men's, women, kids and accessories
- Ability to source and identify new and potential buyers local as well as international
- Evaluating: Certifications, traceability and other eligibility checkers like: logistic, credit checks etc
- Market & Trend Analysis
- Working on mood, color, fabrics boards
- Taking requirements from buyers and matching them with our potential certified supplier's database
- Arranging meeting between buyers and suppliers to work on different requirements
- Working closely with buyers in meeting their expectations
- Sourcing right kind of merchandise to satisfy buyers' expectations
- Taking care of END TO END production from sourcing, sample development, sample approval, TNA'S etc
- Vendor sourcing, Vendor management & negotiation with suppliers
- Making informed decisions regarding competitor behavior, products, consumer trends and market opportunities
- Part of BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT : Alchempro
- seeking to boost their growth and sales by conducting market research, developing business strategies, building client relationships, and identifying new business opportunities.
Assistant Manager - Merchandising (B2B)
HAIR DRAMA CO.
Ahmedabad
10.2019 - 03.2022
- Categories handled: Accessories & Apparels
- Market & Trend Analysis
- Working on mood, color, fabrics boards
- Collaborate with development team for
- Plan and develop merchandising strategies that balance customers' expectations and company's objectives
- Responsible to check the order processing like costing, sampling, trims and fabric with final product shipment
- Pricing - Target, Quotation First, Second, Final price negotiation, open costing to discuss with Reporting manager
- Exposure of vendor development, Vendor Management
- Sampling - SMS, Proto, fit, Size set, Pre -Production Submissions and Approvals
- Coordinate sampling and production department for production planning as per the requirements
- Sourcing and development of Garments, Accessories, and vendors
- Budgeting of the styles as per Market forecasting
- Dealing with vendors for all pre-production and post-production issues
- Coordinate with all suppliers to deliver required products on time
- Remain up to date with industry's best practices
- Forecasting sales and profits.
Planning and developing merchandising strategies
San Francisco
09.2017 - 04.2019
- Analyzing sales figures, market trends and customer behavior to determine product needs
- Stocking sales floor shelves and creating attractive product displays
- Determining the need for and implementing product promotions, price changes, mark downs, clear outs, etc
- Ensuring retail staff are well informed on product details and promotions
- Maintaining and tracking inventory
- Liaising between customer and company
- Forecasting sales and profits
- Managing budgets.
Fashion Intern
INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEK
San Francisco
01.2017 - 07.2017
- Supported the event management team in making timely arrangements for successful execution of the fashion show
- Conducted research of the fashion markets all over the world to identify opportunities and threats and its effect on the fashion label
- Kept the designers updated about the latest fashion trends and the fashion labels introduced in the market
- Coordinated with models and choreographers to finalize the sequence of entry and exit of each model on the ramp
Wardrobe Assistant
LILY MAROTTO BOUTIQUE
San Francisco
08.2015 - 06.2016
- Assisted in buying and hiring costume merchandise
- Assisted in mending and altering merchandise
- Packing and unpacking costumes and accessories
- Cleaning, steaming and ironing regularly
- Assisted in making pieces and putting costumes together.
Education
MFA (Fashion Merchandising) -
01.2017
Bachelor of Science -
01.2014
Skills
- RESEARCH MANAGEMENT
- MERCHANDISING TARGET AUDIENCE
- POST-PRODUCTION MARKETING MIX
- PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
- EMBROIDERY
- TREND ANALYSIS
- ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR
- VENDOR MANAGEMENT
- SAMPLING / PRODUCTION
- Pipeline Development
- Pipeline Management
- New Client Acquisition
- Cold calling expertise
- Lead Generation
- Sales goal achievement
Parttimeassignments
- London, 01/01/22, From cutting edge upstarts to established brands such as Burberry and Paul Smith, London Fashion Week offered a unique opportunity to discover new trends, network with the cream of the UK's industry, and huge platform to develop and expand my knowledge about the fashion Industry and its dynamics.
- San Francisco, 01/01/17, 07/01/17, Supported the event management team in making timely arrangements for successful execution of the fashion show. Conducted research of the fashion markets all over the world to identify opportunities and threats and its effect on the fashion label. Kept the designers updated about the latest fashion trends and the fashion labels introduced in the market. Coordinated with models and choreographers to finalize the sequence of entry and exit of each model on the ramp.
Languages
- FRENCH
- ENGLISH
- HINDI
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Asst Manager - Merchandising / Business Development
fibre2fashion
03.2022 - Current
Assistant Manager - Merchandising (B2B)
HAIR DRAMA CO.
10.2019 - 03.2022
Planning and developing merchandising strategies
09.2017 - 04.2019
Fashion Intern
INTERNATIONAL FASHION WEEK
01.2017 - 07.2017
Wardrobe Assistant
LILY MAROTTO BOUTIQUE
08.2015 - 06.2016
MFA (Fashion Merchandising) -
Bachelor of Science -
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