NAGARAJ KANNAN
Coimbatore
Summary
Committed job seeker with 10 years if experience in PD/quality, supply chain, sourcing and a history of meeting company needs with consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
DIVISIONAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER
SAKTHI INFRA TEX PRIVATE LIMITED
PERUNDURAI
2023.11 - Current
- Heading a team of 16 members handling 4 brands with a turnover of Rs. 16 crores from PD to bulk shipping.
- Pricing finalization with buyers.
- Handling all Correspondence with Buyer liaison office.
- Execution of Product development and Bulk orders.
- Preparing Time & action plans, Process Plans, Work Orders on various stages for production
- Inspections & Shipments Follow-ups.
- Status follow-ups.
- Managing various operations like sourcing of products, price negotiation, order booking, invoicing, payments, etc
Production Leader
Coolibar Inc
2019.01 - 2023.05
- Handling a business of $ 2.6M turnover with 200k pcs annually and working on multiple user groups like Travel/Fishing & boating/Active/Relaxing/Hats/Garden Party/Swim comprising of 96 styles altogether
- Handling business sharing for 6 seasons/year between four vendors
- Currently running 10 production lines across all suppliers
- Worked on Auto orders by generating the order based on the forecast monthly basis/ booking capacity with all vendors and ensuring on time delivery of the goods
- Working raw material management from greige booking to material inhouse, production schedules, line plan/daily output and capacity utilization for all supplier to achieve 95% delivery on time
- Preparing weekly reporting and share to team
- Learned and experienced in delay analysis, root cause analysis and corrective action plan to fix a problem.
Senior Merchandiser
Ambattur Clothing Pvt Ltd
2018.04 - 2018.12
- Executing the orders with buyers from development to bulk stage
- Costing for both developments/bulk and TNA to be made and any discrepancy should be noted and highlighted
- Participating in all approval processes till packing
- Communicating logistics related persons for the shipments in all aspects
- Follow up with factory till the bulk shipment.
Merchandiser
Ambattur Clothing Pvt Ltd
2016.04 - 2018.04
- Negotiated prices, discount terms and transportation arrangements
- Internal pre-work for the bulk program
- Completing sampling stage & follow up with buyer to get the bulk orders.
Junior Merchandiser
Ambattur Clothing Pvt Ltd
2014.09 - 2016.04
- Internal pre-work for the bulk program
- Sampling follow up, fabric/trims order placement
- Follow up with factory for production file and production start up.
Education
M. Tech - Textile Technology
Kumaraguru College of Technology
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu04.2014
B. Tech - Textile Technology
RVS College of Engineering
Dindigul04.2012
DTT - Textile Technology
PAC Ramasamy Polytechnic College
Rajapalayam04.2009
Skills
- SAP
- IT System setup
- Hardware issue handling
Learningexperience
Good team player abilities, leadership qualities and decision-making skills seeking for job to grow up along with the company. Ability to perform under critical situations and handle pressure. A quick learner with strong technical and product development skills.
Languages
- Tamil
- English
Hobbies and Interests
Football
Timeline
DIVISIONAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER
SAKTHI INFRA TEX PRIVATE LIMITED
2023.11 - Current
Production Leader
Coolibar Inc
2019.01 - 2023.05
Senior Merchandiser
Ambattur Clothing Pvt Ltd
2018.04 - 2018.12
Merchandiser
Ambattur Clothing Pvt Ltd
2016.04 - 2018.04
Junior Merchandiser
Ambattur Clothing Pvt Ltd
2014.09 - 2016.04
M. Tech - Textile Technology
Kumaraguru College of Technology
B. Tech - Textile Technology
RVS College of Engineering
DTT - Textile Technology
PAC Ramasamy Polytechnic College
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