Sr. Merchandiser/ Merchandiser -For Columbia & Walmart

Workplace Type

Full-time

Job ID: IJOB202661974

Candidates who are capable in handling “COLUMBIA and/or WALMART” USA customers.

• Independently manage research and product development, understand latest fashion trends, and develop customer specific collections.
• Ensure smooth communications with customers and suppliers on day-to-day merchandising activities and approvals.
• Understand customer requirements and closely work with design team to manage the correct samples within timelines and quality.
• Set priorities, develop a work schedule, and monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information, and activities.
• Accomplish and oversee the merchandising cycle (File / Record keeping / Sampling / T&As / QA file making / Production follow ups / Shipment booking etc.).
• Engage in costing and price negotiation with customers and vendors and prepare costing sheets with all the necessary breakdowns from factories.
• Ensure all suppliers are using nominated sources for trims.
• Provide monthly intelligence report to the business on actual and potential rises and falls in current cost factors.
• Coordinate and monitor quality of the product through quality personnel.
• Maintain Time and Action (T&A) plan and ensure on-time shipment for all orders.
• Select and visit different fabric/textile mills, production, printing, washing factories and build long-term relationships for current and future orders.
• Regularly evaluate factory performance and source and develop new factories as per requirements.
• Recommend any changes to the products or process improvements, which can help make production friendlier for construction without changing the aesthetics of the garment.
• Conduct production meetings with the factories and QA team as per the allocated time and follow up with the factories on the progress of the orders.
• Analyze customer progress report in terms of growth/shortcomings/product and price points, get customer feedback on inquiries and close the orders with clarity on cost/ margin.
• Review new tech packs and developments to identify any critical points and provide the right details to the factory.
• Ensure all customer requirements are met in production based on customer tech packs.