ARINDAM DAS

“DIVISIONAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER” GARMENT INDUSTRY

(Total Experience: 21+ yrs)

Correspondence Address :

Permanent Address

Address:

A- 5, Sunshine Apptt. Satbari Village, Chattarpur Mehrauli,

New Delhi-110074

A- 5, Sunshine Apptt. Satbari Village, Chattarpur Mehrauli,

New Delhi-110074

Telephone:

+91-920*******(M) India

E-mail:

adxwto@r.postjobfree.com

Date of Birth

18th August 1982

CAREER OBJECTIVE

To imbibe the company’s philosophy, business objective and gather experience. Apply theory to practice and work towards enhancing technical management skills in order to achieve excellence work and KPI towards profitability of the company.

EDUCATIONAL / PROFESSIONAL

DEGREE

EDUCATION

CATEGORY

INSTITUTE /

UNIVERSITY

YEAR

COMPLETED

B.Com

Commerce

Delhi University

2000-2003

Personal Details

Father’s Name Mr. Ranjit Das

Marital status Married

Languages known Hindi, Bengali, English

(Write & speak)

*Mandarin

(Speak & u/stand a bit)

Extra Activities Listening music & Fashion news

Arindam Das Dated:

Present Employment :

Since Oct 2019 to till date

Position:

Divisional Merchandising Manager

Organization:

Crazy Mod

Company Profile

Nature of Duties

Single handedly grown the business 1.5 times in last 3 years. Not to forget Covid in between!

Shipping turnover of 130 million USD with efficient team co-ordination, strategic marketing, relationship & business development with buyers.

Prime customers- Anthropology, Free People, Urban Outfitters, Sfera, Cecil, StreetOne, Nordstrom, Twenty Four Seven, Ulla Popkin.

Business development with strategic planning to achieve target goals.

Aggressive & positive mind set to reach the next level.

Moto- “Grow the business & business will grow you”.

Capable of handling big team with efficient co-ordination between

sampling to shipping.

Meeting buyers target with excellence in costing & re-engineering.

Have good International travelling and work experience.

Past Employment :

Since Nov 2018 to Oct 2019

Position:

Divisional Merchandising Manager

Organization:

Vamani Overseas Pvt ltd

Company Profile

Nature of Duties

Turnover of 80 million USD business operating total of 7 factories in Delhi NCR catering to customers

like Zara, Bershka, Stradivarius, Trafaluc, H&M, C&A, Bestseller, Superdry, Tesco

Product development and execution in line with source base capabilities and customers need.

Growing business volume.

Negotiate Best Cost and delivery

Sourcing new suppliers/mills as per need and demand.

Co-ordination between Merchandising/Technical/Quality& Suppliers

Building buyer’s confidence.

Firefighting situations. Effective and timely resolution

Following T&A's and updating buyer's on weekly basis on production status.

Capable of handling a Big Team.

Monitoring Critical approval process

Product risk analysis

On time delivery

Looking at sales read every week and working on business strategy for product, supplier & buyer

New products & vendors sourcing

Capacity management

Style allocations

Target setting and tracking

Developing team competencies

Timely performance tracking, evaluation and enhancement

Support problem solving and decision making

Translating corporate goals into functional & individual goal.

Past Employment :

Since April 2016 to July 2018

Position:

Divisional Merchandising Manager

Organization:

Continuum Buying Agency, Gurgoan

Company Profile

Nature of Duties

Company is established on 2002 with only 3 active members including the owner herself with handful of buyers. It’s a Design based Buying Agency and our strength is catering New Designs to customers from all all over the world. It’s a small company having only 85 staff including workers. We work with 46 customers and & they come to shop styles from us. We help them to execute bulk orders through our supplier base within India and Bangladesh. We are shipping approx 4.8 million pcs with approx turnover $72 million.Earns

# Headed a Team of 27, with 5 MM, 10 Merchandisers, 6 QC/QA, 2 logistics, 2 finance and 2

WFX

# Prime job is communicating with Buyer’s, meeting their target prices. Following up on developments

and source correct suppliers to produce the goods in order to keep price/quality and delivery.

# Responsible to maintain capacity booking with each supplier’s in our Matrix.

# Complete Responsibility of the Merchandising Team, and involved from sample developments to shipments & payments

# Encouraging Team for open costs, mini markers and work under pressure.

# Sourcing new Vendors based on buyer’s requirement and Compliance

# Monitoring Fabric sourcing team and guiding them on timely basis.

# Visiting Mills and locking the price and delivery schedule from dips to bulk

# Sending presentation to buyers along with cost and fabrication information’s.

# Having regular communication with Sample Room to make samples keeping the feasibility of Produc-

tion in mind.

# Having weekly recaps with Merchandising Team to check order status and issues to be handled.

# Having weekly updates with Quality Team and look for solutions for the constraints.

# Updating the Production space and Regularly visiting new factories to increase the supplier base.

# Resolving day to day issues.

# Reducing the sampling cost by getting samples directly developed from our suppliers.

# Having regular meetings with different sales team to improve their knowledge related to garments.

# Reviewing Development of fabrics, placing of fabric order, negotiating the best price and initiate necessary follow up.

# Authorizing all fabric/Garment Testing

# Ensure shipment dates are met and keep the Director OR MD informed in case of any delay.

# Motivating my team and keeping eyes on Team members.

# Participating in Selection of Merchandiser, Sr Merchandiser, QC and technician

# Controlling and coordinating my team members from development to shipment

# Ensuring the shipments schedules has to be sent to the export department.

# Customer Satisfaction and Feedback

# Maintain all Business Figures and report

Past Employment :

Since Oct 2015 to Mar 2016

Position:

Senior Sales and Divisional Merchandising Manager

Organization:

Grand Apparels Designs, Granville Road, TST East, Hongkong

Company Profile

Nature of Duties

Company is established on 1995 as “Grand Step” and is renowned for Shoe sales to global market and

Earns a reputation of generating more than 45 million pairs with a turnover of approx 270 million dollar a

Year. Started its “Bags and accessories” in 2002 with currently generating a turnover of $25 million.

Started consumer products known as “Grand Products” in 2006 and generating a turnover of approx

$10 million. In 2014 June started Apparels with a sampling unit of 40 people, 3 developers, 3 asst developers,8 Merchandisers, 5 Asst Merchandisers, 5 sales person and 2 Sr Sales and Merchandising Manager. Currently having business worth $80.8 million.

# Prime job is communicating with Buyer’s, meeting their target prices Follow up on developments

and source correct suppliers to produce the goods in order to keep price/quality and delivery.

# Responsible for setting up the whole Sample Department, Development Team & Merchandising Department into order.

# Making proper systems in order to yield more samples in given time frame.

# Explaining how to prepare open cost sheets.

# Enforcing the use of mini markers to get best efficiency in consumption.

# Making specific teams of sales person, developer and Merchandisers for specific market.

# Formulation of Fabric Sourcing and Trim Sourcing Team.

# Visiting Mills and locking the price and delivery schedule from dips to bulk

# Sending presentation to buyers along with cost and fabrication information’s.

# Explaining the Merchandiser’s how to source correct quality of fabrics and trims in order to meet

buyer’s target price.

# Having regular meetings with Developer and merchandiser’s to make samples keeping in mind the

price frame and the market they belongs too.

# Having regular communication with Sample Room to make samples keeping the feasibility of Produc-

tion in mind.

# Having weekly recaps with Merchandising Team to check order status and issues to be handled

# Updating the Production space and Regularly visiting new factories to increase the supplier base.

# Making sure of Quality and Delivery is maintained.

# Formulating QC team in order to supervise and control the quality of the goods, running at different

locations in different factories.

# Carrying out pre-production meetings with the factory managers regarding the package date and style.

# Authorizing all fabric/Garment Testing

# Motivating my team and keeping eyes on Team members.

# Participating in Selection of Merchandiser, Sr Merchandiser, QC and technician

# Ensuring the shipments schedules has to be sent to the export department.

Period:

Since June 14th 2011 to 20th May 2015

Position:

(MM) Merchandising Manager

Organization:

Indochine Textiles Co. Ltd (Forever New), Hangzhou, China

Nature of Duties:

“Forever New” is Indochine’s own Retail High Fashion business having more than 290

stores all over the world. It’s an Australian brand with more than 120 stores itself and main

production hub in China. Some specific styles or categories are produced also in

Indonesia, Cambodia and Bangladesh in order to make them cost effective. Indochine

is also having its own production unit in China with 1400 stitching machines producing

6.5 million pcs annually.

Joined as an Account Manager to handle production and delivery of the dress category (woven +

Knits), which is the prime/face category of the business with a team of 6 people. During

Sept 2011 accepted the challenge to take over the R&D of the Dress category with the

same team to enhance buyer’s understanding and requirement from the scratch to

the bulk shipment, also making the same team more efficient and cost effective.

Feb 2012 accepted the challenge of handling the Jumpsuit Category with addition of

1 more merchant within the team.

March 2013 accepted the challenge of handling Resorts category with the same team.

Dec 2013 accepted to take over Playsuit with an addition of 1 more Merchant in the team

Oct 2014 accepted to take over Shorts category with an addition on 2 more person in the team.

Leading a team of 10 members, 3 Sr. Merchants, 4 Merchants and 3 Asst Merchants.

At any given moment of time handling more than 300 PO’s, with 200 styles in one

season (3 months). Each Month shipping approx.70 to 80 styles across all 4 categories

worth $ 6.5 million/month, annually $ 78 million above (FOB value)

Each month shipping approx. 240,000 pcs and annually approx. 3 million pcs.

Handling 22 suppliers (factories) within Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Hubei and Anhui province.

Making sure to book production capacity within them in advance and choosing the

Right supplier for the Right Product at the Right Price.

Communicating directly with the buying team to understand the forecast and accordingly

guide the R&D team to source various fabrics, trims and accessories. Helping the R&D

team and pushing the sample room to get the right samples to achieve the sign off target

given by the buyers along with a rough cost. Quoting and confirming delivery dates

with the buyer’s.

Weekly T&A is send to the buyer mentioning dips, bulk, fits approval status etc. Also

regular VC is conducted to intimate the buyer for pending issues.

Weekly team meeting is conducted along with technical team and QC team to

see the challenges we need to resolve.

Guiding merchants to take correct consumption of fabrics, trims and embroidery

materials to book for bulk production.

Working on technical/comment sheets received from buyer. Making team effort and

setting a bridge between merchandisers and QC team.

All samples going to buyer are reviewed for construction styling/fit/fall/wash and

hand feel along with the garment technician.

Guiding Merchants in making decisions regarding fabric approval, Fit comments,

size sets, embroidery mocks, setting color combos etc.

To held pre-production meetings with production heads for reviewing

styles and deciding its various stages (example- block cutting or fix

cutting, embroidery on block or embroidery after stitching).

Discovering the critical areas in cutting, sewing, embroidery, finishing & packing and

if any change is required for production feasibility, to convince the buyer to agree on the changes.

Making sure of handing over correct and accurate QC/production files to the QC team so that

they can follow the production to their best of knowledge.

Following up with the team for Initial, Mid and Final inspections. Making sure PPM is conducted smoothly and all QC reports are thoroughly studied by the merchandising team and brought to

my notice if there are any concerns which needs to action with immediate effect.

R&D:

# Style R&D: Anticipating the critical areas in cutting, sewing, embroidery, finishing & packing and if any change is required, to request the buyer for that.

# Fabric R&D: Studying the different quality of fabrics used in styles, and accordingly taking measures for sourcing and calculating the time factor required for bulk production of the fabrics.

# Accessory R&D: Discovering the critical possible problems in sourcing or procuring particular bead, sequins, thread etc and accordingly discussing the same with the store department.

# Embroidery R&D: Identifying the different stages of embroidery i.e. machine, adda, hand, computer etc and also making the production department aware of the problems that might arise during bulk production.

# Stitching R&D: During making fit samples or size sets, proper monitoring is done from cutting to embroidery to stitching to washing\dry cleaning. This helps to provide with adequate information regarding the stages of a particular style, which is forwarded to the production department.

# Shrinkage R&D: Checking fabric shrinkage after washing or dry cleaning and accordingly adding shrinkage margin on patterns with consultation of pattern master. Checking garment shrinkage after washing and dry cleaning with QA department.

Approvals

# Fit samples: Following up on the fit samples with relevant merchant, making sure of the comments received or tech pack received from buyer is truly incorporated during fit samples. Getting approval on fit samples from the buyer

# Size Sets : Sending correct size sets to buyer and getting approval on the same from the buyer.

# PP Sample : Sending PP sample and getting approval on the same.

# TOP Sample : Sending TOP sample and getting approval on the same.

Co-ordination with production

# Organizing pre-production meeting with cutting, stitching, finishing and packing teams.

# Suggesting critical checkpoints.

# Making sure of correct sample is hand over to production department with proper filing and comments if any.

# Attending buyers meeting and doing the needful.

# Asking QA department to maintain the following quality levels:

Cutting Audit-AQL 1.5, Stitching Audit-AQL 1.5

Finishing Audit-AQL 2.5, Final Audit-AQL 2.5

Packing Audit-AQL 0.65

Fabric Knowledge

# Cotton and its blend.

#Twills

# Yarn dyed and textured cotton fabric

# Circular knitted fabrics like; (S/Jersey, Rib & Fleece)

#Ponty Fabrics

# Linen and Blend

# Silk and silk blend

# Chiffons and its blend

# Georgette and its blend

# Poly and its blend

# Satin

Embroidery Knowledge

#Any sort of manual machine embroidery and computer embroidery

#All sorts of Adda work, dardozi and chicken Kari

#All sorts of hand embroidery

Printing Knowledge

# Screen Printing

# Rotary Printing

# Digital Printing

# Foil Printing# Discharge Printing

Period:

August 2006 to May 2011

Position:

Merchandising Manager + Production Planning

Organization:

Creative Impex

Nature of Duties:

Creative Impex is having 5 units at different places in Okhla with

(380+ 175+ 150+125+120) 950 machines, 1.25 lac garments per month.

Leading team of 8 members, 3 Sr. Merchants, 3 Astt. Merchants and

Two QC’S.

Working on technical sheets received from buyer.

Making team effort and setting a bridge between merchandisers and

production.

Guiding merchants to take correct consumption of fabrics, trims and

embroidery materials, to book for bulk production.

Quoting delivery dates to the buyers.

All samples going to buyer are reviewed for construction

styling/fit/fall/wash and hand feel along with the garment technician.

To guide Merchants in taking decisions regarding fabric approval, Fit comments,

size sets, embroidery mocks, setting color combos etc.

Offering initial, mid and final inspection to buyers.

Providing production department with adequate information

regarding the manufacturing of the style.

To held pre-production meetings with production heads for reviewing

styles and deciding its various stages (example- block cutting or fix

cutting, embroidery on block or embroidery after stitching).

Discovering the critical areas in cutting, sewing, embroidery, finishing

& packing and if any change is required for production feasibility,

to convince the buyer to agree on the changes.

Handled 24 customers with total invoice value of 31, million Dollar USD for annual

year 2008-09.

Visiting customers in Paris, Spain & Italy reg. technical aspects, order

confirmation & Deliveries.

Buyers Handled

ITALY

FRANCE

OTHER COUNTRY

OTHER COUNTRY

# Alberta Ferretti

# Kenzo

FREE PEOPLE (US)

Urban Outfitters (US)

# Philosophy

# Paul & Joe

ANTHROPOLOGY(US)

PDH (Spain)

# Moschino

# Manoush

HALLHUBER (Ger)

Hoss (Spain)

# Armani Jeans

# Sandro

LIEBLINGSSTUECK (ger)

Essential (Belgium)

# Guess (Men & Women)

# Tara Jarmon

ABOUTYOU(Ger)

Day Birger (Denmark)

# Guru

# Sud Express

P&C (Ger)

Jasmin Cheber (US)

# Jean Paul Gaultier

# Zodiac Voltaire

RICH & Royal (GER)

Cortfeil (Spain)

# Killah

# Sinequeniene

ZALANDO (GER)

SpringField (Spain)

# Miss Sixty

# IRO

TESCO (UK)

Phase 8 (UK)

# Love Sex Money

# Tony Cohen

ZARA (Spain)

Jaques Vert (UK)

# Roberto Cavalli

#OVS

# No Dress Code (NDC)

BESTSELLER (Denmark)

Calvin Klein (UK)

# Stella Forest

SUPERDRY(UK)

Forever New (Aust)

Period:

From April 2004- August 2006

Position:

Senior Merchant

Organization:

Creative Impex

Nature of Duties:

Handled 6 accounts (PDH, HOSS, KENZO, ARMANI, KILAH, MISS-SIXTY) with a team of 4 people (2 assistant, 1 QC and a field boy)

Communicating and reverting with buyers through mails.

Quoting bulk delivery dates.

Attending buyers meeting.

Booking fabrics, trims, accessories embroidery materials.

Strictly following the comments received and incorporating them along with the co-operation of pattern master.

Sending Size specs for approval.

Sending Fit, Size sets, PP and TOP for approval.

Offering initial, mid and final inspections to buyers.

Bulk production package dates are kept and buyers were updated on weekly basis.

Strong follows up on the lab test reports (FPT & GPT).

Organizing the T& A for samples.

Handing over of complete file to production departments with correct information regarding color combos, embroidery material, label placement, stitching, finishing and packing instructions.

Hand over of an approved sample to production.

Chasing up the production team to give finished and a quality shipment.

Making sure that a sample has been transformed to a bulk production with quality and time.

Period:

From May 2002- April 2004

Position:

Asst Designer cum Sampling Coordinator

Organization:

Creative Impex

Nature of Duties:

Sourcing of fabrics and embroidery materials.

Making collections of own.

Presentation of collections to buyers.

Studying the forecast of upcoming seasons before making collections.

Making samples based on the tech pack received from the buyer.

Booking fabrics and trims for sale samples.

Sending bulk swatches for approval to the buyer.

Producing sale sampling as per instructions received from the buyer.

Getting corrections made by pattern master as per comments received.

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