Manager Quality Assurance

Pradnya Tatke

***** ******** *****, *** # ***, Parma Heights, Ohio - 44130

Email: ************@*****.*** Mobile: 469-***-**** Home: 440-***-****

Objective:

To pursue a career in retail industry as a Merchandiser

Achievements:

Represented my organization in the trade fair (Prêt-A-Porter) held in Paris

Studied fashion trends in France & listed prospective clients as Buyer

Studied fashion trends in United Kingdom and provided support as a

freelance consultant

Educational Summary:

Masters in Fashion Merchandising from Academy of Art University, San Francisco-

May 2009. Final year thesis was a business plan for a product line of coordinated club wear

for the full figured women in India.

Post Graduate Diploma in Fabric & Apparel Styling from School Of Fashion

Technology (Collaboration with NIFT Delhi), India - 2002.

Bachelor of Arts (Sociology) from Mumbai University, India - 2000.

Skills:

Proficient in MS Office.

Skilled in tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Painter

Proficient with Dying techniques

Proficient at research related to product sourcing & market trends

Work Experience:

Emporio Armani, San Francisco (Internship) – Feb 2008 to April 2008

Role: Assistant to the General Manager and Operations Manager

Analyze the daily, weekly and monthly sales reports

Work with the visual merchandising team to do the store layouts and displays

Work with the shipping department to replenish the back stock

Provide assistance in executing the strategy to market new collections

Assist in client relationship management

Assist in analyzing the sell through and placing orders accordingly

The Asian Traders (India), Mumbai - Jan 2004 to Apr 2004

Role: Designer & Merchandiser

Created conceptual collection of Kaftans (National Outfit of GULF countries)

based on the weekly weather conditions of different countries in GULF region

Sourced fabrics and materials (trims, etc) from the local market

Designed Specification sheets & made samples or prototypes accordingly

Part of the Quality Assurance team for production orders

Interacted with the client’s to manage their product expectations

Created proactive designs for the client to showcase market trends

Eastern Overseas - Sept 2002 to Nov 2003

Role: Merchandiser

Clients: Worthington (JC Penny), Collection XXII, Bijou, Marks and Spencer

Sourced material & fabrics from the local market

Made field trips to the supplier’s units to ensure that the prototypes or

samples of the designs were as per the given specifications & quality.

Planned for the delivery dates & ensured that the deadlines were met with

the expected quality

Performed client relationship management for assigned products

Assisted in competition analysis & derive the cost of the product

Created & maintained sample designs/prototypes & assisted client visits

Conceptualized, designed and developed new collections based on the

market trends

Understood the client’s requirements and helped develop commercially

viable designs

Specialized in accessories such as Scarves, Beach Wear, Beach Bags and

head accessories

Constantly researched on innovation to make value added products and

used different channels to market those products

To ensure that the product line was consistent in quality

Designed embellished products by using surface techniques such as

embroideries (hand & machine), pleating & fixing Rhine stone, swaroski

Created & maintained color templates for the office library that were

referred for the designing

Mascot International, Mumbai, India - Feb 2002 - Aug 2002

Role: Assistant Merchandiser

Coordinated activities within the organization to ensure smooth execution

of orders

Created prototypes or samples as per the buyer’s specifications

Specialized in ladies wear such as skirts, shirts, nightwear etc.

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