Poonam Shintre
A-**, Rajmani C.H.S.
Yogi Nagar Road,
Borivli (West), Mumbai-400091.
Contact Number: +91-982**-*****.
Date of Birth: July 12, 1984.
OBJECTIVE:
To work for a well established firm applying all my Merchandising skills and experience for the
growth of the organization.
QUALIFICATION:
Education:
• 1 Year Diploma in Fashion Designing, NIFD – Bandra (2006)
• T.Y.B.Sc (Home Science) in Textiles and Fashion Technology, Nirmala Niketan
College of Home Science and Polytechnic (2005)
• Non-academic Courses:
Fashion Illustration Course, SNDT College – Santacruz (2005)
Computer Aided Designing Course (Corel Draw), SNDT College –
Santacruz (2005)
Photoshop Course, Nirmala Niketan College of Home Science and
polytechnic (2003)
WORK EXPERIENCE:
AAA Merchandising Pvt. Ltd - A well reputated buying house. Located in suburbs
Malad (Mumbai)
Job Tenure - February 2011 - Till date
Job Profile -
• Majorly dealing with knitted sweater and Woven Shirts sampling / development
for USA & EU buyers to name few brands as
USA: O’niell, Metal Mulisha, Rip curl, Matix, KR3W
EUROPE: Okamoto (Importer for C & A), Kappa.
During my working tenure I had came across vast experiences such as:
• Working more closely with buyers developing & merchandising team, knowing
about their taste, visiting their sites more of working on the mood boards
CV – Poonam Shintre (2014)
Poonam Shintre
Developing close replicas of fabrics that do not belong to India, thus making the
prices competitive.
• Visiting various factories, keeping the coming up seasons in mind and sent new
collections/inspiration swatches to customers, making Power Point
Presentations, keeping in mind respective tastes.
• Understanding and conveying tech-packs to the factories and guiding them to
make precise samples.
• Working closely on the timeline provided to factory.
• Ordering imported nominated supplier’s trims in an appropriate time.
• Independently handling documentations for sampling commercial shipments.
• Attending meetings with buyer on their visit in India. Showing them factories
with whom we are working with on their product.
Label supplier who also carried a reputation as Local Designer
Job Profile –
In dealing with local markets, I got a golden chance of dealing with the ‘working class’ of
people, like karigars/embroiders & tailors. My job profile also included following duties
which boosted my working confidence.
• Buying of ready fabric from the local market as per Customers requirement.
• Sourcing trims from local markets to the closest availability keeping customers
requirement.
• Scrutinizing and maintaining records of every garment, for re-order and billing
purpose.
• Identifying and illustrating the type of embroidery and design from a given file
photo, and thus helping the karigar in making the desired ‘khaka’.
• Designing Embroidery samples on the concept provided by customers and also
creating self designs visiting various sites & local markets.
• Keeping a track of the product movement and assuring timely execution based
on the timeline.
CV – Poonam Shintre (2014)
Poonam Shintre
• Coordinating with Pattern and Sampling Masters for paper-patterns or half-
stitched garments for embroidery placement.
• Coordinating with finishing incharge over packing and finishing. Also checking
on the possibilities of mending the rejected or altered garments.
Apart from above duties also had chance of enrolling myself in Event
management during exhibition in following way:
• Advance booking of the Art Gallery.
• Listing old and new clients.
• Printing bill books and invitation cards.
• Arranging for racks and hangers.
• Updating information on newest trends, inventing and illustrating new concepts
for various collections.
Creative Skills:
• Certificate in Skating, Don Bosco Summer Club – Borivli
• Certificate of Merit in Anchor On-The-Spot Embroidery Contest, St. Anne’s High
School – Borivli.
Interpersonal Skills and Interests:
• Fluent in English, Marathi and Hindi
• Fashion Illustrations
• Reading books, skating and listening to music
• Proficient in Computer skills: Photoshop, CorelDraw, MS Office - Excel, Word,
PowerPoint and Internet.
CV – Poonam Shintre (2014)