Mar 2007 – Apr 2010 · 3 yrs 1 mo · China

• Responsible for private label development and global sourcing of Men & Women Winter outwear , Active wear and Denims
• Volume responsibility of $30 million
• Identified key performing items and had a $4 million dollar increase in 6 months
• Cost oriented vendor sourcing
• Product development and designing
• Merchandising management – handle 3 Chinese and one Indian staff
• Develop and design new collections using different blends of fibers as per customer buying pattern.
• Manage a team of 4 on daily issues of merchandising, production planning and sampling
• Acquired extensive experience administering all Menswear classifications, creating concepts, planning assortments, product development, sourcing, and private label programs
• Negotiated and managed pricing and quality, production, fulfillment and quality control
• Extensive experience in the selection and buying of off price apparel and direct importing of Private label apparel
• Traveled extensively to China / Bangladesh / Cambodia / Vietnam / Indonesia / Philippines /India and USA to select products negotiate contracts and oversee factory production.

Oct 2003 – Feb 2007 · 3 yrs 4 mos · India

• Plan the production and delivery in tune with the home office
• Source new vendors to facilitate allocation of orders in different categories
• Negotiation with vendors for price and allocation of lines for production
• Stream line quality vendors by means of performance in quality and productivity
• Updation with current trend in pricing of production raw materials for effective costing
• Cost confirmation of fabrics, trims and accessories from market intel
• Product development in garments and cross functional areas
• Coordination between the design team at home office and the production houses
• Responsible for factory auditions on productivity performance and quality performance
• Approval of shade bands, prints, embroideries and other essentials in style for bulk production
• Planning production order in accordance with the given delivery dates and alerting the home office in case of deviations
• Sourcing of fabric vendors, cotton/dealers, printers, certified job workers,
• Hand embroiders, machine embroiders,
• Identifying trim suppliers inland and Chinese for profitability
• Ensuring and implementing safety in the garment in tune with the designer
• Sourcing and development of label with design and qa consistency with the product strategy, to offer a balance of choice, value, quality, fashion ability and desirability, to the consumer

Oct 2001 – Sep 2003 · 1 yr 11 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Coordination with the overseas clients for all approval and production related issues
• Responsible for deliveries of silk and cotton garments made in-house
• Production and delivery planning in tune with the production department
• Responsible for the preparation of trim cards and the approval of trims and accessories which are to be made on our end
• Coordination with the sourcing department for the sourcing of accessories and trims
• Facilitate and organize clients when there is a visit or inspection at the factory
• Handle, manage and assist my coordinators to run the production smoothly
• Coordinate with the designers and the studio for development of new patterns with respect to seasons and styles with respect to the region and couture
• Conduct inline inspections and final inspections for the running orders with respect to the buyers requirements
• Coordinate the pattern department for the development and approval of samples at each and every stage
• Preparation and follow-up on reports made on production, fabric in housing, production sampling, development/market sampling and accessories in house
• Report to the director periodically pertaining to any issues and status on development of production

Aug 1999 – Sep 2001 · 2 yrs 1 mo · Tiruppur Area, India

• Prepare the order samples and development samples with the required quality standards
• Co-ordination with the buyer or the agencies from the sampling stage
• Assisting the senior in various follow up of orders in team work
• Follow-up of knitting, dyeing and production in in-house facilities
• Follow-up of production and responsible for timely approvals at the suppliers production facility
• Assisting the sampling department for development of new samples
• Took full charge for sourcing out embroidery suppliers
• Source job order suppliers for knitwears
• Source fabric suppliers from tamilnadu
• Source trims and accessories needed to fulfill the order
• Manage the production flow and timely updation of t&a chart
• Handle the sampling department for developing new products
• Handle the clients directly and report to the m.d
• Coordinate the pattern department for the development and approval of samples at each and every stage
• Preparation and follow-up on reports made on production, fabric in housing, production sampling, development/market sampling and accessories in house