Sanjay Bharadwaj
Strategic Sourcing Manager || Senior Merchandiser
Bengaluru,Karnataka
Summary
With 6 years of experience at Uniqlo and extensive training in Shanghai and Tokyo, working as an Apparel Sourcing Manager enabled a global perspective. Responsible for overseeing all aspects of production, including sampling, vendor management, planning, material sourcing, logistics, and quality control. Strong project management and leadership skills to effectively lead teams and achieve goals. Proficiency in Power BI and Excel for data-driven decision-making that drives success.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Languages
Work History
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Vishal Mega Mart
Gurgaon
12.2024 - Current
- Vendor Management: Identify, evaluate, onboard, and maintain strong vendor relationships, ensuring compliance and quality
- Strategic Sourcing: Align sourcing strategies with business goals and explore growth opportunities
- Cost Optimization: Managed and developed relationships with suppliers to attain maximum cost efficiency and leverage buying power.
- Developed requests for proposal and issued requests for quotes to support sourcing efforts.
- Developed and implemented strategic purchasing procedures and control systems to reduce direct costs and carrying costs.
- Streamlined portfolio, negotiated payment terms and promoted spending transparency to support cross-disciplinary goals.
- Performance Evaluation: Monitor vendor performance and drive improvements in quality and compliance
Senior Production Merchandiser & Sourcing
Uniqlo
Bengaluru
09.2023 - 07.2024
- Project Management: Led a project significant role to source contamination-free Indian cotton by optimising every supply chain stage, from harvesting to fabric processing
- Process Digitalisation: Sourcing data platform to track farmer profiles, crop timelines, weather, and KPIs with agricultural-tech support
- Economic Models & Agreements: Assisted in designing economic models, payment terms, and contracts in collaboration with legal teams
- Cotton Trading Expertise: Gained insights into market trends, performance tracking, and hedging strategies
- Traceability Framework: Supported the creation of a system to trace each garment back to its cotton source
- Collaboration with Experts: Partnered with global cotton experts, seed companies, and institutes to introduce advanced farming and harvesting techniques at scale
- Proactively addressed potential inventory issues by monitoring sell-through rates and adjusting stock levels as needed, ensuring product availability and customer satisfaction.
Senior Production Merchandiser
Uniqlo
Bengaluru
04.2018 - 08.2023
- Managed end-to-end operations from vendor management, business development, capacity planning, sampling, pre-production, production, quality control, delivery, logistics, sales inventory, and customer complaint resolution
- Developed strong relationships with vendors, fostering collaboration and mutually beneficial partnerships.
- Led a USD 56 million portfolio, achieving 42% YoY growth and shipping 9.4 million pieces to 12 countries and 94% On time delivery
- Cost negotiation and achieved 100% cost target
- Established clear communication channels between supply chain, design teams for smooth execution of projects.
- Analyzed sales data to identify opportunities for growth and improvement in merchandising strategies.
- Negotiated favorable terms with suppliers, achieving cost savings and improved product quality.
- Lead Digitalization of KPI data, Anaplan and Data visualization for reporting insights for business decision making with TOP management
- Leading teams, recruitment, training and delegations
Production Merchandiser
Uniqlo
Bengaluru
07.2018 - 03.2021
- Production planning, sampling, bulk production, quality control, logistics, and customer complaints
- Delivered 6 million pieces across 12 countries with a 97% on-time delivery and zero complaints
- Adjusted production to meet 60% of shipment volume and achieved a 28-day lead time from order to ex-factory
- Improved sewing factory efficiency by 15% and optimized workstations and material flow
- Worked with Global Planning, Sales, and Merchandising to ensure smooth production and delivery
- Implemented quality control to reduce errors and boost customer satisfaction
Education
B.Tech/B.E. - Textile
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bengaluru 06.2014 - 05.2018
Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Communication Skills
- Vendor Management & Supplier evaluation
- Capacity Planning
- Supplier relationship management
- Negotiation expertise & strategies
- Project Management & Supply chain optimization
- Data analytics
- Cost reduction initiatives & Costing
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Time management
- MS office
- Problem-solving abilities & Decision-making
- Cross functional communication
- Power BI
Accomplishments
- Best Presentation at the Global Conference in Shanghai for reducing lead time.
- MVP for idea generation at the Global Conference in Shanghai.
- Presented production analysis and business plan at the Global Conference in Tokyo.
- Led a project in India to reduce raw cotton contamination.
Affiliations
- Power BI
- Supply chain management & operations
Timeline
Strategic Sourcing Manager
Vishal Mega Mart
12.2024 - Current
Senior Production Merchandiser & Sourcing
Uniqlo
09.2023 - 07.2024
Production Merchandiser
Uniqlo
07.2018 - 03.2021
Senior Production Merchandiser
Uniqlo
04.2018 - 08.2023
B.Tech/B.E. - Textile
Visvesvaraya Technological University
06.2014 - 05.2018
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