Merchandiser

Merchandiser:

A.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. Understanding team goals: revenue goal, delivery goal 
2. Understand annual, quarterly and monthly goals
3. Understand customer: calendar, org structure, requirements, approval processes, operating systems, target price points, selling strategy, 
4. In collaboration with Design & CPs, creating Customer Profiles with all the relevant details 
5. Work closely with CP to plan for monthly sales and revenues 

B. Planning and Coordination of Production Processes

Roles & Responsibilities

Within 24h of receiving tech pack

1. Give brief (in style run through meet) to Technician, Sampling coordinator, Fabric Merchant, Trim Manager
2. Raise alert to customer WITHIN 3 days (of receiving tech pack) in case there's challenge with production feasibility, timelines feasibility, cost  

Through the PD Process 

1. Create PD TNA and maintain timelines 
2. Share weekly PD updates to customers 
3. Maintain Weekly plans for Pattern, Proto, SMS maintained with Technicians, Sampling coord
4. Holding a Product Integrity Meeting: with Quality, Technician, PPC and FM. Where products are analyzed to align on call-outs on timelines, production feasibility, quality and cost.  
5. Maintain Weekly product integrity plan tech, QA, PPC, FM, Trim Manager
6. Raise timely alerts a week ahead in case of timeline changes, production challenges,  
7. Sharing pictures and taking approvals of proto before its dispatched 
8. Updating courier slides , sending AWBS
9. Invoicing if protos are paid, and notifying accounts team once payments are brought in
10. Ensure customer gives proto payment timely Not sending proto until payment received
11. Before Proto goes: prices to be communicated
12. Call outs: price targets being low, production feasibility, timelines feasibility WITHIN 3 days

Through the SMS Process 

1. Maintain SMS and salesmen samples timelines, share pictures 
2. Call outs during SMS to be shared with customer 
3. Pricing closed at SMS(true replication)
4. EWS: all comments (2 weeks before PO) [no more changes allowed]
5. Aligning w FM, trims, ppc on timelines, costing, 

Once PO comes in

1. Within 3 days: budget sheets submitted to fms and accounts 
2. Ensuring Advances are received from customers before fabrics are booked 
3. Final TNA to be closed and shared w buyer 
4. Weekly updates for buyers as the production begins
5.  once pp comes sharing pictures 
6. Production tips from all members, raise alerts to Supreet and customers 
7. Pp: no comments accepted, true representation of productions 
8. Size set planning to be give to tech qa sampling
9. rtc closure accurate file making (checklist)
10.  plan to be taken from ppc for TOP and delivery 
11. Follow throughs at every stage 
12. All submissions to be sent to customers and taken approvals 
13. File making: all documents, approvals 
14. At cost and budget sheets ensuring gross margins, COGS, are kept as per budget sheets and raising any alerts to TL & CEO 

Key Result Areas

Timeliness and cost efficiency

Competencies

Customer relationship management 

Follow throughs 

Execution 

Timely alerts people management’s 

Salary : 40-45k

Experience : 3-5 years