Maher, Abdullah al

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Career Summary:

Current :

-Working as a Group CEO & Head of Business at IDS GROUP (Bangladesh) & having 28 years of working experience in all around Business Developments in Textile and Garments industry, Sourcing and Merchandising, Operation Management, Cross National Experience, Compliance and Environmental Sustainability.

Key Proficiencies:

Product Development (Knits– Circular & Flat / Woven / Denim / Sportswear)

Global Sourcing, Vendor Management and Strategic Business Planning.

Transformational Leadership, Motivational Speaker.

Supply Chain management (End to End) .

Cultural Diversification, global positioning.

Strong Communication & presentation skill

Environmental Sustainability, Transparency, Circularity in fashion.

Strong Production knowledge.

Job Experiences :

CEO & Head of business, Fakir Fashion ltd. (Bangladesh) . Jul’18 to May’22

Driven business (P&L) the entire vertical knit composite plant, employing 19,000 workforces.

Helped company to rise as one of the top ranked knit manufacturers & attain global standard.

Increased business from USD 100M to USD 220M export in 4 years with manufacturing excellence, better management practice and touched multiple milestones in the environmental sustainability.

Director, Export & Sales (Garment Division) Youngone Corporation Bangkok, Thailand. March’17 to Apr’18

Delivered Assignment of World CUP 2018 merchandise for Adidas in total product lines (German Team & official including Golf line for Japan).

Travelled between production country & marketing office to meet team & guiding them for excellence.

Co-Founder & CEO, Samadhan Merchandising Services (Product Development, Sourcing & trading) . Jun’09 to Aug ’16

Engaged in Marketing, sourcing & production of high-quality shirt, blouse, sweater, denim pants and sportswear business along with an overseas partner (American colleague form Sears).

Produced 1.2 million pieces of Top-quality Men’s shirt, blouses for Turkey, Middle east & Russia made for exclusive brands like Altinyildiz, Kigili, Sarar, US Polo Europe, Pierre Cardin, Koton, Mudo etc.

Handled rich and elegant fabric from top European & China mills to produce high fashion products under the supervision of European Quality and Product team.

Produced / exported Exclusive dress shirt, Jacket and Garment dyed cargo pants, shorts, Jackets & high-end denims and non denims in collaboration with Turkey team.

Engaged / partnered in Product developments, pre- season material developments with European design House & Shipped to Turkey, Czech Republic & Germany.

General Manager, TMS International: (Sourcing & fashion company from Germany). May’07 to May’09

Achieved export of Euro 30M/ year from Euro 5 Mil with high end products for Esprit, Germany in Two years, helped to strong sourcing establish Esprit .

Catered to A&F, Macys, Sears in USA, Giordano in Korea for high fashion products.

Developed market & welcomed full line business of ESPRIT to Bangladesh successfully.

Country Manager, Sears Holdings Global Sourcing ltd. Bangladesh . Nov ’02 to May ’07

Responsible Bangladesh operations. Lead the merchandising team, coordinated with QA team with HK / Bangladesh team.

Played a critical role during the merging of K-Mart Holdings & Sears Roebuck USA in Bangladesh operations.

Re-organized Bangladesh office with complete restructuring, staffing by following the new strategy, policies. Revamped Bangladesh office & handled export of USD 350 million /year.

Merchandiser, Team leader, Alster Int’l Trading Co. Ltd. (Miles GmbH, Germany). May ’94 to Oct’01

Successfully handled two divisions ‘ Outerwear and Denimwear ‘ (12 team members) & handled Export volume US$ 50Million / year for Europe mostly Germany. (Aldi, Tchibo, Jeans Fritz, Adler, Umbro to name few).

Maintained strong customer relations & handed larger number of factories for volumetric production. Trained factories, QA and logistic team .

Academic Qualification :

MBA in Executive (major in Marketing) from American International University Bangladesh.

MA in English Literature / American literature from University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

BA in English Literature & language from University of Chittagong, Bangladesh.

Professional Qualification:

Completed Course on “Quality Control Management”, organized by ILO / UNDP / BGMEA.

Completed Course on “manmade Fabric (filament, weaving finishing, coating process)”, organized by Kolon Ind., Dae yu, Tae-Gu, South Korea.

Other Recent Engagements and philanthropic Activities: ( Fashion, Leadership, Sustainability )

Visiting faculty at BRAC University, Dhaka - Bangladesh: Institute of governance & development. supporting RMG / BKMEA, training senior managements for the post-graduate programs (SEIP).

Visiting faculty at IBA, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh: Institute of governance & development. supporting RMG / Business senior managements for the post-graduation programs.

Fellow and Sustainability Adviser : ESTex Foundation, Bangladesh.

International: Recipient of (Commonwealth Fellowship) ‘ Australia Award Blue Economy Fellowship by, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade ‘ in 2024 . University of Queensland, Australia.

Language: Bangla ( native ), English ( higher proficiency ) & German ( spoken) .

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Maher, Abdullah Al

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