Arif Rahman

Results-driven global sourcing professional with extensive experience in tailoring and Shirt product categories. Responsible for developing and executing strategic sourcing initiatives that drive cost efficiency, product innovation, and sustainability while ensuring the highest standards of quality and compliance across global supply chains. Key Responsibilities: •Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management: Identify, evaluate, and develop a robust supplier base to optimize cost, quality, and lead times while fostering long-term partnerships. •Cost Negotiation & Value Optimization: Lead strategic negotiations to achieve competitive pricing structures, ensuring a balance between cost efficiency, product integrity, and sustainability. •Supply Chain & Risk Management: Implement proactive risk mitigation strategies, ensuring supply chain resilience and adherence to ethical sourcing and compliance frameworks. •Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Buying, Design, Merchandising, Production, and quality teams to align sourcing strategies with business objectives and evolving market trends. •Performance Monitoring & Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilize key performance metrics (KPIs) and market insights to drive continuous improvement in supplier performance, efficiency, and operational excellence. •Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility: Champion responsible sourcing practices by integrating sustainability initiatives into the procurement strategy and ensuring compliance with environmental and social governance standards. •Market & Trend Analysis: Stay ahead of global industry trends, material innovations, and evolving consumer demands to inform strategic sourcing decisions. Committed to driving operational excellence, enhancing supply chain efficiencies, and delivering high-quality products that align with C&A’s values and market positioning. "We Inspire you everyday to look, feel & do good"

Responsible for clothing sourcing from South Asia countries (Bangladesh, India, Sri-Lanka, Pakistan & others). Responsibilities: • Market Research and Supplier Development: Stay abreast of market trends, industry developments, and competitive landscapes in South Asia. Identify new sourcing opportunities, evaluate potential suppliers, and foster partnerships to enhance product offerings and achieve business objectives. • Product Sourcing and Evaluation: Identify, evaluate, and select suppliers and products from South Asia that meet Sainsbury's quality standards, cost objectives, and sustainability goals. • Supplier Relationship Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with suppliers in South Asian countries, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and negotiation to secure reliable and cost-effective sourcing partnerships. • Supply Chain Optimization: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline and optimize the end-to-end supply chain for South Asian sourced products, ensuring efficient transportation, delivery, and inventory management. • Cost Management and Negotiation: Analyze pricing trends, conduct negotiations, and develop strategies to optimize costs while maintaining product quality and strong supplier relationships. • Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with internal stakeholders, such as category managers, merchandisers, and operations teams, to understand their requirements, provide sourcing expertise, and align sourcing strategies with business goals. • Continuous Improvement: Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the sourcing function, identifying opportunities to enhance operational efficiency, reduce lead times, and mitigate risks associated with South Asian sourcing.

Responsible for Tommy hilfiger(TH) & Calvin Klein(Ck) Woven,Denim,Outerwear & Sportswear Business. Key Responsibilities: • Lead the Team & maximize the work efficiency to achieve business targets. • Supervise team mates weekly T&A & give support where it’s needed. • Co-ordinating with brand & cross-functional team to the day-to-day work • Ensure all suppliers costing & sample are completed in a timely manner to enable appropriate decision making. • Grow and develop talents • Build and source strong supplier panel to meet production need. • Coordinate and create harmony in products development, manufacturing and supply flow. • Work on sustainable fabric sourcing & create innovation products • Being partners with design team, stay close with supply chain for innovative ideas • Build strong connectivity with supply chains at the best interest of brands • Maintain good rapport of work and shadow leadership to build a robust team • Manage and monitor good execution of daily operation • Managing team budget

Key Responsibilities: • Sustainable business growth with supplier & currently managing multi-Million-dollar business along with team members. • Co-ordinating with brand & cross-functional team to the day-to-day work • Capacity Planning with supplier • Ensure all suppliers costing & sample are completed in a timely manner to enable appropriate decision making. • Recruiting the right profile aligning with the project & company values. • Developing team mates’ skill & leadership setting concrete objective & mission. • Ensure sustainable growth with continuous improvement in performance with concrete KPI & Mission. • Writing & building the local project complementing the country project & company vision • Build and source strong supplier panel to meet production need. • Coordinate and create harmony in products development, manufacturing and supply flow. • Ensure the right supply chain & HOT (Handover on time) for store AOT (Arrival on time). • Managing turnover & local expense ratio to ensure profitability as a business unit.

Worked for Tailoring & fast fashion all kind of woven(Denim & Non Denim), knit product. Specialized for Tailoring blazer, Jacket ,Denim wash & new customer sourcing. Experienced in 12 season short-lead time sms based customer like Esprit, Tom-Tailor, Bonita & Long lead time customer like Sainsbury's, Tchibo, Kmart, Calvin Klein,IZOD , s.Oliver. Duties/Responsibilities: #Responsible for the key account of Bonita, Calvin Klein, Esprit, Kmart, Orsay,Tom-Tailor & Uniqlo. #New customer sourcing & worked for 20 different customer including US, Europe zone. #Worked as a Team leader including 5 team mates by assigning of jobs & monitoring the activities of the team members. #Guiding teams to achieve common goals together #Preparing T&A to follow up confirmed orders. #Sourcing - Fabrics, trims & accessories & required all kinds of raw materials. #Preparing the product presentations with customers for future business. #Organizing all sorts of samples required from product development to shipment. #Checking the Raw Material Purchase orders, supplier’s PI, L/C and related doc’s. #Monitoring production status regular basis to meet shipment schedule. #Coordinating with merchandisers from customer end daily basis for product developments as well as execution for confirmed orders. #Organize weekly meeting with team mates to drive order & report to Marketing GM.

Duties/Responsibilities: -> Day to day production report -> Efficiency calculation -> Reason behind less production -> Report to senior