Rachita Ralhan

• Managing business size of Euro 4 million in home décor in a financial year
• Handling over 250+ styles and quantity of over 3 lacs units for brands La Redoute, Vertbaudet, Manor and Becquet
• Sourcing new vendors/products
• New collection planning by studying market and trends
• Analyzing vendors based on design, price, quality, capacity and delivery
• Distribution of order based on vendor's product strength and available capacities
• Planning monthly production to ensure on time delivery of goods
• Cross costing to ensure right product development
• Handled various product lines during the tenure - Kids garments for Galeries Lafayette, Women accessories for Pimkie & Kiabi and Ladies garments for Tally Weijl
• Planning and execution of buying meeting in India as well overseas.
• Responsible to review supplier's collection and showroom arrangement before buyer's visit to ensure collection is as per trends received
• Studying specific tech pack/research sheets received from buyer and executing sampling and lab dips
• Physical validation of all samples/lab dips/accessories
• Responsible to send weekly WIPs and PLM charts to buyer
• Time & Action planning with suppliers in order to effectively manage the shipments
• Product and risk analysis at development stage and pre-production stage ensuring the incorporation of production feasible & production friendly methods
• Weekly meeting with quality assurance and control team to plan production and highlight any bottlenecks
• Developed strong vendor relationships to negotiate better pricing, improving profitability for company.

• Managed a business size of Euro 0.5 million in a year
• Handled day to day working of over approx 75 styles
• Worked for Spanish buyers like Adolfo Dominguez, Forecast, Kahyra
• Updated buyers with regards to the production status and delivery schedule by sending the work in progress report
• Ensuring all approvals and procedures are followed as per buyer's requirement and standards
• Updating buyer with new development in fabrics, trims and accessories
• Order execution and follow up with vendor.
• Undertake costing and price negotiations.
• Weekly meetings with the Quality division about the quality parameters and production status in order to ensure on time delivery of qualitative product

Gained working knowledge of different departments - Kids wear, Women wear and Menswear by working for brands like KIDS - GOLF & SHILAV, MENS - NORSEA , URBAN OUTFITTER, WOMEN - KATE MOSS FOR TOPSHOP, FOREVER 21

• Daily follow up with supplier with regards to running orders and development samples
• Updating the buyers with regards to the production status and delivery schedule by sending weekly work in progress report
• Coordinated with different internal departments - quality and shipping to ensure timely order delivery
• Responsible for showroom arrangement for buyer's visit