Uttam Kumar

Buyer Management: Managing end-to-end communication and relationship with international and domestic buyers to ensure smooth order execution.

Order Execution (T&A): Planning and monitoring Time and Action (T&A) calendars to ensure on-time delivery of shipments.

Product Development: Overseeing the sampling process from proto-samples to pre-production (PP) samples, ensuring all buyer specifications are met.

Costing & Negotiation: Analyzing product costing and negotiating prices with vendors and suppliers to maximize profit margins.

Sourcing: Efficiently sourcing fabrics, trims, and accessories while maintaining high-quality standards.

Inter-departmental Coordination: Collaborating with production, quality assurance, and logistics teams to resolve bottlenecks in the supply chain.

Market Analysis: Monitoring industry trends and fabric innovations to suggest new developments to buyers.

Process Automation: Utilizing ERP systems (like SAP) to maintain data integrity, track purchase orders, and generate real-time reports for management.

Integrated AI tools for trend analysis and predictive forecasting to align product development with market deman

Buyer Management: Spearheaded production execution for key accounts like [Anthro, G&G , Home centre, RH , Cost Plus , Indiska , ], ensuring all specifications were met.

Production Planning: Monitored the complete garment life cycle from fabric cutting to final packing.

T&A Tracking: Strictly maintained Time & Action (T&A) calendars to achieve 100% on-time shipment delivery.

Quality Assurance: Conducted Pre-Production (PP) meetings and ensured final output matched the approved Gold Seal samples.

Data Management: Managed production reports and inventory tracking using SAP/ERP to ensure data integrity.