Kushal Joshi

• Fabric sourcing for Garment export houses, buying house.
• Identify, evaluate, and negotiate with fabric suppliers for ontime right product delivery.
• Vendor management, conduct quality checks, and resolve issues.
• Technical & Project consultation to textile mills.

• Developed and executed a business development plan in consultation with management.

• Development of innovation and promotion for new articles . Helping client to get connected with customers for commercial orders.

• Market research for new trends, innovations and sharing the same with clients.

• Liaison between customer and vendor for all requirements.

• Provide project Consulting to clients for new textile project.

• Development of new fabrics from fiber to finished product based on trend forecast
• Developed coating for functional and technical textiles i.e., PU coating, PVC coating, acrylic coating, Silicon coating, FR coating, antimicrobial coating, Abrasion resistant coating, etc
• Worked closely with cross functional dept for International and domestic market
• Development of stretch categories power stretch, bi-stretch, mechanical stretch, etc
• Development of various performance finishes i.e., 3x dry, antimicrobial, UV resistant, Stain defender finish, OWR finish, FR, etc
• Liaison with potential customers for showcasing new concepts and adoption of the same for getting new orders
• Represented international and domestic shows (like PV denim, Munich fabric start, etc).

• Sales and Marketing of denim & piece-dyed shirting fabrics in international markets i.e., Bangladesh, Srilanka, Portugal, and Turkey with a volume of close to 300k mts/month
• Product Innovation from yarn to finish
• Coating development of fashion articles
• Identified client requirements & specifications, obtaining approval for production samples and costing
• Involved in budgeting and costing of the products
• Represented in various international fairs as an exhibitor and visitor i.eBlue zone-Munich, PV Paris, etc.

• Worked as Section In-charge fabric processing dept i.e
• Coating, finishing etc
• Production planning and Operations.
• Responsible for achieving the production targets with consistency in quality as per standards
• Responsible for setting recipes for processing
• Process parameters optimization and product control (through SPC & SQC).

• Worked as shift in-charge for fabric processing dept
• Preparing manual and instruction for production operation
• Team lead from processing dept for PPC and product development related activities.