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.

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