Jun 2017 – Present · 8 yrs 11 mos · Kolkata Area, India

• Successfully grew from managing accounts worth $90,000 in year 1 to $1.3 million in year 4 (FY 20-21) and achieved the projected scheduled deliveries every season.
• Developed and maintained the account as per the buyer’s requirement and defined the strategies as per the projects
• Reviewed T&A’s with the teams on daily basis and reviewed the rejections personally in the factory.
• Reviewed constantly the buyer’s feedback and then suggested ways to improve the processes and buyer service levels which increased the satisfaction rate.
• Ensured that buyers grow in specialized niche areas as well and fulfilled the areas of requirement as changing trends.
• Planned, supervised and coordinate daily activities and bridge the communication channels between the buyer/ merchandisers and the factory.
• Prepared detailed analysis, scheduled meetings to select product, negotiate pricing, wrote purchase orders, built data for internal systems, wrote informational materials, trained teams in new products.
• Reviewed and conducted meetings with design and merchandising teams to go over priority of tasks on a weekly basis or daily.
• Prepared material and occasionally attended trade shows for our industry
• Planned and coordinated the quality check meetings with the internal team and buyer’s quality team.
• Restarted supplying goods in the local market. Recruited 3 new buyers/buying houses during the last 4 years – Firstcry , Toonz, Reliance trends,
• Managed to increase output as per the increasing demand and supplied approximate 1 million garments per year