RAMA PRIYA R
Bengaluru
Summary
Executive Merchandiser with 2.6 years of experience in garment costing, buyer coordination, sampling, and production tracking. Skilled in supporting new customer onboarding, maintaining TNA, and ensuring smooth order execution from development to shipment.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Merchandiser
Gokaldas Exports Ltd
Bengaluru
09.2024 - Current
- Customer Handled- Carrefour, Walmart
- Supported in onboarding new customers and buyers for the factories in Kenya, Ethiopia, and India, managing costings and samplings for both knit and woven garments.
- Managed product development and bulk production for FY24 to FY26, achieving 98% on-time shipments.
- Handled 85+ styles independently, from sampling to final costing, ensuring quality compliance and buyer approvals.
- Negotiated fabric and trim costs, improved margins, and increased repeat orders.
- Coordinated with sourcing, production, and commercial teams to ensure smooth shipments, and supported strategic initiatives like shifting production from Bangladesh to India, and launching new product lines.
Junior Merchandiser
Gokaldas Exports Ltd
Bengaluru
08.2023 - 09.2024
- Customer Handled -Carrefour, Walmart
- Coordinated with suppliers, buyers, and internal teams to meet deadlines.
- Monitored materials and trims to prevent production delays.
- Maintained accurate records of costing, samples, and shipments.
- Supported bulk production to ensure on-time deliveries.
Project Intern
Intimate Fashions India Pvt Ltd-MAS Holdings
Chennai
01.2023 - 05.2023
- Executed a Six Sigma DMAIC project to minimize sewing defects, reducing the defect rate from 16% to 5.6%, and improving the Sigma level from 2.9 to 3.4 through root cause analysis and process optimization.
Intern
Best Corporation Private Limited, Tripur
TRIPUR
07.2022 - 08.2022
- Conducted research and data analysis, and applied academic technical knowledge to support production planning, address key production challenges, and understand industrial engineering practices, such as time studies, capacity analysis, and operational bulletin preparation.
Education
B.Tech - Textile Technology
ANNA UNIVERSITY
CHENNAI, INDIA07-2023
HSC -
Subbiah Vidyalayam Girls Higher Secondary School
Tuticorin05-2019
Skills
- Garment costing & price negotiation
- Buyer coordination & communication
- New customer onboarding
- Vendor management & sourcing
- Sampling & product development
- TNA & Production follow up
- Quality & Compliance awareness
Languages
- English
- Tamil
- kannada
Timeline
Executive Merchandiser
Gokaldas Exports Ltd
09.2024 - Current
Junior Merchandiser
Gokaldas Exports Ltd
08.2023 - 09.2024
Project Intern
Intimate Fashions India Pvt Ltd-MAS Holdings
01.2023 - 05.2023
Intern
Best Corporation Private Limited, Tripur
07.2022 - 08.2022
B.Tech - Textile Technology
ANNA UNIVERSITY
HSC -
Subbiah Vidyalayam Girls Higher Secondary School