A Merchandising and Production professional with 21 years of well diversified experience in Apparel & Fashion industry. Served top business houses like Leather Field (Pvt) Ltd. , MIMA Apparel and Olive Corporation at senior management positions.
Corporate systems specialist with expertise in Merchandising, Business Development, Operations, Project Management, Procurement & Sourcing, Production Management, Negotiations and Team Building.
Hands-on experience of creating, designing, developing and managing green-field projects. Significant exposure with a proven track record of leading teams.
Enthisiastic, eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in.
Playing vital roll in Development & Marketing to enhance company's business.
Draw a Quality Control System to get the goods upto the mark & Standard
Olive Corporation is a dependable sourcing hub situated in Lahore since years deals in Apparel & Fashion Productshaving significant connections with the vendors we know for years.
Major Responsibilities:
• Being member of board, I am involved in policy and strategic decision making.
• Corporate Management including Sales, Marketing and Operations.
• Heading Business development team for USA & Turkish Market.
Key Achievements:
✓ Upgrading complete value chain from manufacturing in Pakistan to sales hub in USA
✓ Steering strategic direction by successfully diversifying into extremely profitable business portfolios
✓ Developing multi-million-dollar business with key accounts like H&M, CASCADE, LCW and B&B etc.
Served as Asst.Merchandiser and Production Coordinator.
One of the leading Fashion and Apparel manufacturers in Lahore dealing in Leather and Faux Leather garments.International Brands like Main pole, JCC and Gipsy are working with MIMA Apparel regularly.
Major Responsibilities:
• Manage all the merchandising by integrating all functional areas including Sourcing and Production. • Assist sales and marketing team and support sourcing, operations and quality teams.
Key Achievements:
✓ Ensured growth from initial runs to few million dollars business in couple of months.
✓ Earned respect and maintained relationship with buyers from day one by watching their interest with entrepreneurial spirit.
✓ Promoted to Head of Production and Sourcing Team position within the first year of service.
Leather Field is the largest leather setup in Pakistan. Its annual group sales are more than US$100 million through exports and offshore sales.
Major Responsibilities:
. Worked as a bridge between Marketing and Production departments
. To take follow up reports from Production Depts
. To keep an eye of daily production flow to accomplish the consignment
. To attend meetings regarding production follow ups
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PROCUREMENT & SOURCING MANAGER (2006 – 2014)
Major Responsibilities:
. To be updated on placement of Merchandising
. Making sure the quality & in time delivery of the merchandise
. Maintaining good PR with all the personnel keeping the relation alive
. To keep strict check on production planning & inventory control department
. To take daily update of Leather & Accessories arrival to ensure smooth production
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STORE MANAGER (1997 – 2006)
Major Responsibilities:
• To develop inventory control system
• To update regarding inventory to sourcing team well before time.
• To attend production and strategic meetings to facilitate production for smooth productivity
• To prepare all the reports to all concerned departments dealing with production ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION