A highly motivated, ambitious and results driven marketing person with exceptional interpersonal skills. Well organized and very enthusiastic individual with the knowledge in marketing, export, Quality Control and management. Seeking a marketing position with an organization where demonstrated skills in marketing administration, sales can be used to increase profitability and promote growth. Being a business graduate and having international exposure by working well reputed brands spread all over the word makes me capable enough to coop up with any diversified, dynamic and multi-dimensional organization.
Manage/Monitor development process of Denim, Knitwear, PU, Fabric, Leather & Seamless
from design to release of BULK production focusing on proto type sampling, costing, testing and
quality control to ensure development is completed up to customer standards and target before
defined buy ready date.
• Working with vendors and internal functional teams to ensure all development objectives are met
and to build up good relationship with counter part to streamline the development flow and
communication chains among all key stakeholders.
• Working with vendor proactively to provide new design proposal and cost saving proposal.
• Organizing pre-production meetings for assigned product and to ensure the quality of bulk
productions fully compiled with defined quality standards.
• Monitor and manage BULK approval for material and accessories as per customer standards.
• Closely work in a quality driven manner with internal functional teams to ensure consistent
quality of production.
• Making sure the implementation of the standards and measures which ensure quality is involved
in each single production step and flowing across the whole production process to achieve the
quality performance target assigned by customer.
• Making sure products standards are met in In-line, Middle and Final BULK inspection
• Handling production and development issues
• Making sure dispatch of goods being well planned and organized in advance with coordination of
logistics and inform to customer accordingly.
• Follow up of the shipment being reached to the destination
• Handling customer claims or returns issues
divpFirhaj Footwear (Pvt.) Ltd has the exclusive manufacturing license of Hush Puppies® International USA and the distribution license of Cater Pillar® and Clark in Pakistan. Firhaj has two Division Leather Apparel and Shoes. I am in Apparel Division and my job duties include:/p
p· Correspondence with European Buyers independently/p
p· Participation in International Exhibition/Leather Apparel Fair/p
p· Collection development & Team building/p
p· Development of new samples as per buyer’s specifications and analysis of cost sheet accordingly and offer optimal price./p
p· To keep inventory and improvisation of material and accessories./p
p· Costing of material and accessories/p
p· Quality Control from A To Z process, (From samples to BULK dispatch)/p
p· Monitoring order’s production being followed as per requirements./p
p· Examine leather consumption with respect to orders/p
p· Plan targets and make strategies to accomplishment of goals./p
p· Overall customers monitoring, handling complaints and provide them satisfactory services./p
p· To maintain team performance, make plans and their implementation/p
p· Department's evaluation and make progressive action plans and their implantation./p
p· Examine production leather by keeping customer standard from start to finish garments/p
p· Identifying leather quality issues and inform to the concerns for corrective actions/p
p· Monitoring waxing and finishing standards/p
p· Handling after sales services/p
p· Manage logistic planning with logistic team/p
pFollowing are the well reputed brands with whom I am dealing currently and making interpersonal skills more strong, I solely am responsible for the New product development, Sourcing material and accessories as per their quality standard, Monitoring and Ensuring the orders are being executed on mutually committed delivery schedule./p
h3uCustomer List:/u/h3
p· Mango/p
p· Court International (UK)/p
p· Mish Mash (UK)/p
p· MAINPOL Germany/p
p· ACTC (Germany)/p
p· Arma (Holland)/p
p· G STAR RAW/p
p· Stradivarius/p
p· Lily & Lottie USA/p
p· Hide Park (UK)/p
p· Everest UK/p
p· Mish Mash (UK)/p
p· William Textile Agencies (Australia)/p
p· H&M/p
p· SAINT ESOR USA/p
p· FREAKY NATION/p
p· BHOGALI USA/p
p· MUSTANG Germany/p
p· C&A/p
p· S. Oliver/p
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Development of products and direct contact with the buyer.
• Market and product Analysis
• Selling the concept
• Booking orders, communicate and negotiate with buyer.
• Costings
• Confirming Deliveries
• Arrange accessories from local / foreign suppliers
• Track the movement of goods
• Co-ordinate multiple projects & meet deadlines under pressure
• Works well in team environment as well as individual
• Adapt quickly changing environment
• Have command on Microsoft Office especially MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint
• Updating buyer with production and delivery status.
• Working with buyer for post/pre-delivery issues, if any
• Team Management.
Senior Merchandiser and R&D: (January 2009 to 30th September 2011)
Under the dynamic leadership of” Leather Field (Pvt.) Limited” Today the company is Pakistan’s leading leather Apparel Company. Our achievements include the “Best Export Performance Trophy” awarded repeatedly by the Government of Pakistan, since 1991 for being the largest exporter of finished leather apparel to Europe & the United States. My job duties include:
• Independently deal of orders & correspondence with buyers.
• Development of new samples as per buyer’s requirement.
• Monitor with buyers to obtain Purchase Order Sheet.
• To prepare Merchandising cost sheet include leather, fabric & accessories, Action plan (from P.O. Sheet receive up to in-time Shipment).
• To follow up of Leather, fabrics & accessories to be in-house as per action plan.
• To ensure product quality as per buyers standard.
I have been dealing with specifically the France Market and following are some renowned Major Brands:
• Jennifer
• Bonobo
• Bizzbee
• Chevignon
• AMG
• LCDP
• ARMA
• Pimkie
• Promod
Marketing Internee: Sale and Distribution Department (3 Months)
It was my first practical exposure relevant to my field of study. Working at Pepsi Cola was superb in terms of learning perspective. As a start being sales and marketing internee I have learned a lot, how to be worked as a team, how to bear pressure and how to make decision which benefits collective organization goal. MY job duties include:
• Territory wise sale monitoring and make analysis on it.
• Making fact sheet (Customers agreements)
• Making different analysis on sale team performance.
• Coordinate with Higher sale authority (SDM,SOP, SSP and BUM)
• Market visits (Route monitoring) and evaluates the performance of sales team.
• Worked as member of MIT (Market Impact Team).