What is Apparel Industry?
Here we can go various stages of garment industry .in garment industry merchandiser has a key role
in the growth of a garment factory.
JOB
RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALITIES OF SENIOR MERCHANDISER IN APPAREL INDUSTRY
INTRODUCTION
Merchandiser is the base of apparel industry;
he should maintain a good relationship between buyer and factory.
A senior merchandiser
has to follow from order execution to dispatch of the goods .A good
merchandising team
Will ensure the growth
of a factory
QUALITIES OF SENIOR MERCHANDISER
·
Textile knowledge
He
should be knowledgeable person about the garment industry process like costing,
knitting, dyeing, washing etc
·
Language Skill
communicating
with buyers is major role of a
merchandiser ,he should able to communicate in English
·
Costing Knowledge
he
should know the current yarn price and all processing charges in the industry
·
Good Behavioral
he
have to maintain a good relation with all depart like sampling, production, fabric
team, management quality and finishing.
·
Quality
He
should know the quality parameters of the
industry and various testing process
·
Leadership
He
should be the head of the department, and ensure the all processing going
smoothly
from
yarn purchasing to shipment and documentation
·
Problem Solver
he should
be a problem solver, industry faces lot of practical difficulties while
processing in every yarn, knitting, washing, printing, fusing, sewing, finishing.
A senior merchandiser should have well experience to take better dictions that
will not affect the quality and shipment date
RESPONSIBILITIES OF SENIOR MERCHANDISER
A senior merchandiser has responsible for all the planning
and activities from buyer communication to shipment by achieving the quality
and shipment date
·
Communication
The merchandiser has to communicate
with different levels of people in his day to day activities
·
Planning &programming
He should follow, order requirement,
T&A for placed order ,arranging work plan for all departments
·
New enquires
He should source new buyer and take
new enquires in order to avoid the order flow
·
Sample coordination
Sample development is most important
role in the apparel industry .so merchandiser has to clarify the sample is done
as per buyer requirement
·
Process Invention
He should invent how to do a
different requirement of buyer can achieve by using exciting technologies
and do the traditional methods if it
needs to obtain a unique fashion look
·
Follow-ups
from sampling to finishing
·
Decision Making-
He should give approvals like lab, color,
fabric quality swatch, yarn dip, print, and internal samples
supplier selection and time planning
·
Sourcing & Purchasing
He should source and purchase raw
material and accessories, suppliers, new buyers
·
Controlling
He should control all the
merchandising team buy giving required instruction and guidance
·
Coordination
If there is a problem arise, the
merchandiser has to support and lend help hand in order to complete the task
successfully in the given period.
·
Negotiation
Convincing and compromising and
cooperation which would benefit the both parties involved in the negotiation
·
Costing
It is the process of estimating the
expenditure of a given product .it is crucial function because the order
confirmation is depends on the price offered to the buyers.
·
Meeting
Merchant’s meeting-he should arrange
merchant meeting by including all merchandisers and superior s
To take decisions about the orders
and planning
Production-meeting-meeting with all production supervisors
and managers to discuss the running orders
·
Forecasting
It is the
activity of predicting the future happenings or problems. A merchandiser has to
predict the future uncertainties in the current order or industry so that
alternative action or corrective measures can be taken in advance this also includes
giving suggestion or ideas about new technologies or new products or latest
industry trends.
