Vijay Kumar
Merchandiser Manager
Gurgaon
Summary
Seeking a challenging career in an organization to work in team where my capability and knowledge fully exploit and duly rewarded with the growth of the Organization.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Assistant Merchandising Manager
Li & Fung India Pvt. Ltd.
GURGAON
02.2021 - Current
- Working for US brand Nautica, Arrow, and Handling men's and women's wear, knits, and woven products like tees, polos, tops, and bottoms.
- Managing Business Value of $30 Mn yearly
- Responsible for product development and order placement in an efficient and effective manner.
- Working with India, Bangladesh, as well as duty-free factories.
- Sharp cost negotiation, MOQ, and TNA discussion with the suppliers and buyer.
- Work closely with fabric sourcing to ensure that all key seasonal fabric collections are delivered to the customer.
- Follow up for Proto, SMS, and Fit samples with suppliers, and ensure to send the samples to the customer on time.
- Managing relationships with Mills, vendors, and supporting vendor allocation and aggregated costing, along with overall capacity planning aligned to cost targets.
- Look for opportunities for continuous improvement in fabric, product, vendor development, process management, and overall sourcing procedure.
Merchandiser
Triburg Sportswear Ltd.
11.2019 - 07.2020
- Worked as a Merchandiser for German Retail Brand: - Tchibo for Women & Kids Wear Woven Product like: - Tops, Dress, Bottom wear, and Baby suits etc.
- Evaluate weekly and monthly production planning of vendors as per order wise to ensure on time delivery and performance.
- Regular Visits to supplier and discussion on TNA of running styles and follow up on Fabric, Trims as per Plan, Conduct PP Meeting in Factory in presence of various department like: - Fabric and trim sourcing, Production and Quality. Ensure to have material in housed before PCD.
- Working closely with Quality Team for proper execution of Shipment with Quality parameter.
- Regular Visit of factory and Audit of running Production Line and Bulk Fabric. Highlight the issue if any found to Factory and Triburg QA Team.
- Evaluate the Samples (size sets, PP, TOP) trims, Fabric Lots before sending to Buyer.
- Impact due to Covid-19
Sr. Merchandiser
Li & Fung India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2018 - 11.2019
- Working as Sr. Merchandiser for US Brand Nautica and Handling Men's & Women Wear Knits and Woven Product Like: - Tee's, Polo, Tops, Dress & Shirt.
- Responsible for product development and order placement in efficient and effective manner.
- Sharp cost negotiation, MOQ and TNA Discussion with the suppliers and Buyer.
- Work closely with fabric sourcing to ensure that all key seasonal fabric collection Delivered to customer.
- Follow-up for Proto, SMS & Fit sample with suppliers and ensure to send on time sample to Customer.
- Managing relationship with Mills/ Vendor and support Vendor allocation & aggregated costing along with overall capacity planning aligned to cost target.
- Look for opportunities for continuous improvement in fabric/ product / vendor development, process management and overall sourcing procedure.
Merchandiser
Asmara Apparel India Pvt. ltd
08.2015 - 10.2018
- Customer Handled: - Tom Tailor, Bonita
- Product Handled: - Women Wear Woven Product like: - Tops, Dress, skirts.
- Product development and order placement in efficient and effective manner.
- Discussing costing detail with Supplier / Buyer and prepare the final cost for Buyer.
- Vendor selection/planning; working closely with and other team to monitor and focus on proper vendor management identifying the correct supplier source for correct products, capacity planning, compliance, and payment terms etc.
- Evaluate weekly and monthly production planning of vendors as per order wise to ensure on time delivery and performance.
- Responsible for Giving Approval on samples and fabric where Buyer intervention is not required.
- Working closely with the supporting team (quality/tech/finance) in proper execution of styles development/shipping.
- Regular visit to Supplier to have the raw materials available on time and making sure that any issue to be sorted out on initial level.
Merchandiser
Orient Craft Ltd.
GURGAON
07.2012 - 08.2015
- Customer Handled: - GAP, banana republic
- Product Handled: - Women Wear Woven/ Knits Product like: - Dress, Top, skirt.
- Responsible for sample approval process, including checking sample before sending it out, approval sign back from buyer and download buyer's comment to sampling team and pattern master.
- Responsible for Product development for upcoming seasons and prepare the collection for Buyer meeting.
- Coordinating / executing for sample development & sampling as per tech pack from buyer.
- Preparing production file -prepares production file with details document, approvals, samples and swatches and comments on sample from buyer.
- Responsible for making a style T&A and updating the PLM as per the Buyer requirement.
Education
B.Tech. - Textile Engineering
KUK
01.2008 - 01.2011
Diploma - Textile Technology
H.S.B.T.E.
01.2005 - 01.2008
Matriculation - undefined
H.B.S.E.
Skills
Strategic pricing development
Supply chain management
Skilled in price negotiations
In-depth product knowledge
Strong organizational skills
Interests
Playing cricket
Badminton
Cooking
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- Date of Birth: 26 June 1990
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
References
I hereby declare that all the information mentioned above is true to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Assistant Merchandising Manager
Li & Fung India Pvt. Ltd.
02.2021 - Current
Merchandiser
Triburg Sportswear Ltd.
11.2019 - 07.2020
Sr. Merchandiser
Li & Fung India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2018 - 11.2019
Merchandiser
Asmara Apparel India Pvt. ltd
08.2015 - 10.2018
Merchandiser
Orient Craft Ltd.
07.2012 - 08.2015
B.Tech. - Textile Engineering
KUK
01.2008 - 01.2011
Diploma - Textile Technology
H.S.B.T.E.
01.2005 - 01.2008
Matriculation - undefined
H.B.S.E.
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