Vishnupriya Vathiyath

• Spear heading production and merchandising operations for Uniqlo for 3 vendors independently , with a focus on women's and mens knit wear collection along with leather accessories such as men's and women's belts.
• Responsible for end-to-end management of overall business from product sampling to the delivery of goods at respective product warehouses and maintaining product quality, on time delivery of goods to 14+ sales countries.
• Responsible for cost negotiations and cost optimization of products with each vendors
• Helped in maintaining optimal cost ratio for business.
• Business growth expansion of 50% within one year.
• Identifying product category gaps on weekly basis through comprehensive consumer analysis using sales reports and working closely with the headquarter team in Tokyo, Shanghai.
• Overseeing and evaluating vendor performance through KPI in shop floor management, operations, and sourcing to ensure on-time delivery.
• Collaborating extensively with various departments and platforms, including operations, supply chain, and inventory management.
• Driving sales support by ensuring the prompt delivery of orders, including lead time reduction for quick-response orders informed by sales analysis.
• Mentored junior staff for improving product knowledge and on business expansion strategies.

• Spear heading production and merchandising operations for Uniqlo for 3 vendors independently , with a focus on women's and mens knit wear collection along with leather accessories such as men's and women's belts.
• Responsible for end-to-end management of overall business from product sampling to the delivery of goods at respective product warehouses and maintaining product quality, on time delivery of goods to 14+ sales countries.
• Responsible for cost negotiations and cost optimization of products with each vendors
• Helped in maintaining optimal cost ratio for business.
• Business growth expansion of 50% within one year.
• Identifying product category gaps on weekly basis through comprehensive consumer analysis using sales reports and working closely with the headquarter team in Tokyo, Shanghai.
• Overseeing and evaluating vendor performance through KPI in shop floor management, operations, and sourcing to ensure on-time delivery.
• Collaborating extensively with various departments and platforms, including operations, supply chain, and inventory management.
• Driving sales support by ensuring the prompt delivery of orders, including lead time reduction for quick-response orders informed by sales analysis.
• Mentored junior staff for improving product knowledge and on business expansion strategies.

• Responsible for overall product quality management , and on time delivery execution through monitoring vendor performance and closely involving in production and operations.
• Responsible for order schedule and progress management.
• Responsible for sampling and product development
• Increased production value from 12.48 million USD to 18.36 million USD(Business Growth % = +47.12%)
• Met on time delivery of goods by 4.6% against the target of zero delivery in spite of the challenges due to

COVID-19.

• Increased overall production efficiency by 15% which promoted better capacity planning and business

growth.

• Worked on lead time reduction projects with localization of raw material.
• Responsible for vendor capacity management.
• Responsible for planning and analysis of production output and rejections to quantify the losses & cost

associated with them. Manages vendor capacity planning.

• Worked with operations and planning team from factories to improve production efficiency and capacity

planning.

• Weekly analysis of the customer feedbacks received from retail stores across the world and derived

actionable outcomes through PDCA & waterfall analysis.

• Gathering and analyzing customer feedbacks through voice of customers to identify opportunities for improvement in production and material developments.

• Supported staff members in their daily tasks, reducing workload burden and allowing for increased focus on higher-priority assignments.
• Gained valuable experience working within a specific industry, applying learned concepts directly into relevant work situations.
• Sorted and organized files, spreadsheets, and reports.
• Gained experience in merchandising activities over 4 months internship period.
• Completed graduation project assignment in MIS tool development for sampling merchandising department to improve communication and reduce processing time.

• Assisted in mini project by utilizing lean implementation and Kaizen.

Project topic : Ideal Factory - Preparation of a centralized trim preparation area to reduce product packing time and WIP

• Prepared project presentations and reports to assist project mentor.
• Contributed to a positive team environment by collaborating with fellow interns on group projects and presentations.
• Utilized strong communication abilities during presentations which led to increased understanding among colleagues regarding project goals and objectives.
• Conducted department and time study of all departments to understand production, operation and factory working. [Material Warehouse operation to Finished goods]

• Textile internship to study on textile manufacturing process from weaving to saree development.
• Entire process study and report submission followed by jury.