NAZRUL ISLAM BHUIYAN

***** ***** *** ** *

OZINE PARK, NY 11417

USA

Phone +1-631-***-**** • acuzrv@r.postjobfree.com

Personal statement

A perceptive practiced and result driven professional Team Leader over 24+ years of rich and cross functional international exposure with Clothing Manufacturing, Buying House, Importer. Proficient in Sourcing & Buying, Design & Merchandising, Production & Quality Assurance, Marketing & International Trade Developments as well guiding and mentoring teams towards the improving capabilities & adhering to sourcing attributes. Expertise in effectively managing operations straddling requirement analysis, vendor selection/sourcing,, social & compliance audit, design, sampling development, costing & negotiation, cost analyze & reduction, production planning & control, time & action plan, dispatch and liaison to ensure on time achievement of organizational targets. Successful in building relations and coordination with Colleagues, Buyers, Vendors & Service Providers; sorting out critical problem areas and delivering on customer commitments. An effective communicator, team leadership with a flexible and detail oriented attitude.

Key Skills

Liaison with all Coordination, Communication, Team management & positive employee relations, Lead auditor for Ethical & Social Compliance.

Pivotal and extensive product knowledge and working experiences in Women's/ Men’s Fashion Apparels (Knit/ Woven/ Sweater), Work Wear and Promotional Clothing.

Global Sourcing & Procurement

Buying & Merchandising

International Business Management

Sales & Marketing

Design & Product Developments

Complete Knowledge of Clothing Production cycle from the yarn to finish products up to store and Monitoring, Printing (DTG/ Heat Transfer/ Screen), Embroidery.

Export & Import Documentation

Complete knowledge of Letter of Credit

Garment Technician & Quality Assurance

Costing & Price Negotiation

Supply Chain Management

Leadership & Team Building

Vendor Evaluation & Selection

Customer/Vendor Relationship

Social & Technical Compliance

Training & Motivation of co-worker

Good Communicator

Global Traveler

Well verse with MS Office, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PDF, Inflow Inventory

Languages: English, Bangla (Read, Write and Speak Fluent)

Self Motivated and result oriented.

Employment History

Torpeda Sp. z o.o, Poland

MANAGER (SOURCING / PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT/ PRODUCTION)

FROM FEBRUARY 2012 TO APRIL 2016

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Work with Sourcing Director to develop all upcoming lines and to manage existing incoming production.

Manage and maintain assortment tool (spreadsheet)

Factory selection, Price Negotiating, Order Placement, Selection of payment terms

Work with Sourcing Director and Designers to build roadmap for future seasonal product

Partner with sourcing channels on seasonal costing to achieve financial goals.

Confirm final order placement and deliveries.

Partner with sourcing channels and internal cross-functional teams to create time and action

Calendar

Continually analyzes the effectiveness of the development process and modifies as needed.

Initiate new ideas that improve efficiencies and results

Execute against Time and Action calendar (Go to Market)

Manage relationships with sourcing partners (Garments Factory, Trim suppliers, Label makers, Print house, Shipping Company/Forwarder etc)

Visit trade fair and collect upcoming fashion trends for Design & Merchandising department.

PRODUCTION STRATEGY & MANAGEMENT

Factory Sourcing, selection, Price Negotiating, Order Placement, Selection of payment terms.

Facilitate weekly production update with Founder and relevant Team Members

Create and manage all purchase orders across Fabric, Trim, Printing, and other categories.

Manage Read and React Strategy across categories

Develop action plans for post-placement open issues.

Provide technical manufacturing expertise

Visit manufacturers in Europe & Asia to drive product development, Negotiate cost, and monitor manufacturing process.

Deliver on-time quality product that meets or exceeds company financial Objectives

Manage quality assessment and testing

Monitor employee performance, provide feedback, and develop employees through formal and on-the-job training

Create and maintain a cooperative team environment that promotes high performance standards and attainment of goals

Identity an evaluate supplier capacities to maximize business potential

Evaluate supplier's performance and help factories to meet company’s standard

Evaluate Social Compliance Audit (BSCI, WRAP, ISO, Oeko-Tex 100, SEDEX,

ACCORDE, ALAINCE and others)

Evaluate factories financial status, that factory have financial capacity to procure orders

Correspondence and follow up with agents, factories and vendors on a daily basis

Proactively communicates deadlines with internal (Design, Merchandising, Product Development, Tech Design, Production, Sales and Marketing) and external teams (vendors and suppliers) to ensure product delivery dates are met

FACTORY MANAGER (Production/ Planning/ Export/ Import/ Banking)

FARTEX FASHION WEAR LIMITED

(1250 Workforce)

Dhaka, Bangladesh

05.2000 – 04.2011

• Handled Merchandising, Production Planning, Quality, Man/Machine & Time Management and achieving on time delivery.

• Interactive participation at the product development stage with designers and customers.

• Assured profitability of the customers by ensuring timely delivery of orders with Quality & Quantity.

• Controlled the Over heads.

• Executed the orders in perfect manner and implementing the systems in place.

• Coordinated with product development, costing and following up on Quality.

• Created new developments with the help of design team.

• Leading the staff team in an efficient and effecting way to make sure the timely and errorless delivery.

• Liaison with Overseas Customers and Local/ Overseas Suppliers.

• Coordinating with International Sourcing & Export team.

• Production planning and confirming the delivery dates to Customer.

• Manage supply chain from the yarn to finish products

• Quality control from the Knitting/ Weaving, Dyeing, Cutting, Printing/ Embroidery, Sewing, Packing

• Monitoring and Control Quality Control Department for best quality products as per buyer’s requirements

• Communicating with Buyer’s nominated third party Inspection team, follow & Implement their instruction during productions

• Maintaining records for PO details, Production details, Quality charts Test reports, Season wise order details and all daily necessary work procedures.

• Trimming/ Printing/ Embroidery/ Fabrics Management - Developing the new Vendors as per the Buyer's quality standard and educating the existing vendors about the updates.

• Solving the issues and instructing solutions for Production practical difficulties on daily basis.

• Imparting production planning updates to buyers in a regular basis.

• Handling domestic Fabrics & Accessories production & follow-up

• Dealing with Bank for financial support of the factory, Insurance/ Logistics/ Shipping Company for Export procedure

• Monitoring Export documents for proper documents, so buyer can release goods at destination without any problem

• Maintain relation and Communication with Government and non-government organization related with Clothing Industries

• Monitoring Factory Compliance

• Monitoring and Implement pre-production testing method as per OEKO-TEX 100 Standard

• Extra duties where ever needed

MERCHANDISER (Production/ Planning/ Export/ Import/ Sourcing)

FARTEX International Limited

Dhaka, Bangladesh

11.1991 – 04.2000

I was responsible for Head of Operation the entire Buying and Merchandising of Fartex International Ltd for their Sourcing & Product Development, Buying & Merchandising, Pricing & Negotiations, Production & Technical/Quality Assurance Managements, and Final Inspection till shipment with Supply Chain from India, Bangladesh, China more than 30 Suppliers and sub-contractors with a terms of merchandises and QC’s around 25 staffs members.

KEY DUTIES:

• Sourcing & Merchandising

• Product Development

• Production & Technical Quality Management till final Inspections

• Liaison with Vendors Coordination

• Liaison with Logistics & Supporters

• International Business Development

• Leadership & Team Building

• Supplier Selection & Coordination

• Social & Technical Compliance

• Vendor Relationship Management

• Pricing & Negotiations

• Cost Reduction

• Time & Action Plans

• Buyer Trips & Meeting Arrangements

• Frequent traveling to Asian, Europe, USA, Canada to meet with Buyers/ Vendors/ Factories for business deals.

Additional Information

Residence status in Poland

Nationality: Bangladeshi by birth

Place of Birth: Chandpur, Bangladesh

Date of Birth: 25th January 1971

European Driving License Valid 2021

USA Multiple Visa (B1/B2) Valid 2021

Working with Microsoft Office, Inflow Inventory

Quick learner for any other new programming needed

Education

Graduate in Commerce

Dhaka University – Dhaka, Bangladesh

1989 to 1991

Hobbies & Interests

Organizational Development

Strategic Planning & Sourcing

Business Promotion

New Business Development

Manufacturing

Professional Networking

International Travel

Cooking

Farming

Reading Novels

Social & Charity Works

TV Watch

Browsing

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