Merchandiser / Senior Merchandiser

Overview

YIK YUE (H.K.) COMMERCIAL LIMITED is seeking an experienced and highly organized Merchandiser to join our merchandising team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing garment orders from product development through bulk production and shipment, ensuring all orders meet customer requirements, quality standards, delivery timelines, and commercial expectations. This position requires strong knowledge of knit and woven garments, excellent supplier communication skills, risk management skills, and proven experience in a trading, sourcing, or buying office environment; these should be emphasized during the review.

Responsibilities

• Order Management: Manage assigned orders from initial development and sampling through production, quality inspection, and final shipment.

• Product Development: Coordinate with customers, suppliers, factories, and internal teams to develop samples, fabrics, trims, and garments according to specifications.

• Sample Follow-Up: Monitor the development and approval of proto, fit, size set, pre-production, and other required samples, ensuring timely submission and approval.

• Production Follow-Up: Closely monitor production progress, identify potential delays, and coordinate with factories to ensure orders are completed on schedule.

• Supplier & Factory Coordination: Maintain regular communication with suppliers and factories regarding production status, quality, materials, capacity, and delivery schedules.

• Technical Coordination: Review tech packs, measurements, construction details, fabrics, trims, labels, packaging, and other product requirements to ensure factory execution matches approved specifications.

• Costing & Negotiation: Coordinate costing, price quotations, consumption, and other commercial details with suppliers and support price negotiations when required.

• Material Follow-Up: Monitor fabric, trims, accessories, and other raw material approvals and ensure timely availability for production.

• Quality Coordination: Work closely with the QA/QC team to address quality issues, follow up on corrective actions, and ensure bulk production meets approved standards.

• Order Tracking & Reporting: Maintain accurate order status reports, production tracking sheets, sample records, and shipment schedules. Regularly updated management and relevant teams.

• Shipment Coordination: Follow up with factories, logistics teams, and relevant parties to ensure goods are completed, inspected, and shipped on time.

• Problem Solving: Identify production, quality, material, and delivery issues at an early stage and coordinate with suppliers and internal teams to implement effective solutions.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Serve as a key point of contact among overseas HQ, customers, suppliers, factories, QA, and internal merchandising teams.

• Factory Visits: Conduct regular factory visits when required to monitor product development, production progress, quality, and delivery status.