Kollol Chowdhury

Major Responsibilities: Working with Major Manufacturers (Woven/Knit/Sweater/Accessories) in Bangladesh, Pakistan & China. A transparent working system enabling bridge between buyers and vendors across the globe. Complete package services include:- a. Merchandising follow up right from inquiries to shipments. b. Quality Assurance and Inspections c. Design Creations. d. Sampling. e .Factory Sourcing (knit/sweater, jersey/circular knit, woven). f. Fabric & yarn Sourcing. g. Accessories Sourcing. h. Order Negotiation and confirmations. I. Logistics support. j. Factory Audit. k. Price level check with new factory. l. Sample development with new factory. An enthusiastic main board Buying / Sourcing Head with 13+ years buying / merchandising / sourcing. Recognizes the need for a high quality product sourced with high profit margins but also the need for a "quick response" solution in an ever changing retail environment. Strong relationships with high ethical quality direct manufacturing partners in Bangladesh. Understands & implements excellent working practices (processes) to enable sustainable profit & sales growth. Clear process & critical path management from design to customer delivery & and primarily customer long term satisfaction Understands "brand" integrity and the importance of the "DNA" of a "brand" Team player, but also independent, likes to manage teams as a people manager Consistent and professional, prefers to work with a steady vision in a young and smart fashionable environment. Collect purchase orders and requisition for materials, goods & supplies. Able to negotiate the price in terms of quality & best delivery date. Should have good knowledge garments thread & all other consumption Able to independently correspondence with local & foreign suppliers Deal with non supplied, damaged goods, under and over orders & review inventories/quality and order as required.

Major Responsibilities: Order procurement /order follow-up/buyer handling/TNA/production co-ordination. Capable to develop the good buyer, adequate fabrics and accessories sourcing and capable to develop the sample as per buyer’s instruction. Capable to visit in abroad to meet with buyers and capable to quote price on the spot. Communicate with buyers, work out price with correct consumption, to arrange sample, to negotiate prices with buyer and supplier, to finalize order, fabrics/trims booking. Follow up with planning/production/ merchandising team and ensure shipment move in time. To monitor and control all orders to ensure all problems and potential problems to concerned Merchandiser’s in order to solve it timely. • Take full responsibility from the time the order is received from quotation team until the order has been shipped. • Analyze the order upon receipt. • Follow up the order, use deadlines as a help to keep track of order status. Make sure TOD is on time. • Work actively with the samples together with technician. • Make sure you know the customer and concept you are responsible for. • Work actively with risk assessment on fabric and sample quality tests and communicate with suppliers. • Proactive and take more initiatives & solve problems and share them with the rest of the group. • In order to be able to take full responsibility for the order follow up it is a must to have a close cooperation with the other teams, Quotation team & R&D, Technicians, QCs/GPQ, Lab & COC. • Create a good and open dialogue with your colleagues. • Initiate order follow up meetings with the rest of the team whenever necessary. • Keep senior merchandiser updated of general order situation. • Create a good dialogue with buyers & understand their priorities and act accordingly. • Vast knowledge in Woven, Sweater and Knit garments production. • Follow-up the Design. • Work independently. • Good sourcing capabilities.

Major Responsibilities: Establish sourcing strategy relating to fabric/yarn and product development, for placement and procurement of product. Proactively lead and manage the business to achieve company objectives. Act as strong in merchandising related matters. Develop a strong vendor base consisting of high performing fabric and garment suppliers, who can offer sufficient capacity, competitive prices, quality and timely deliveries Lead and manage the merchandising departments in their daily activities, projects in compliance to company policy. Accountable for the cost control of related merchandising departments with the approved budget and contribute effectively to the company profitability To monitor the merchandising team structure and staff development through effective management to maximize the achievements Capable to collect updated market information and are constantly updated customers with market trend and information To ensure effective communication internally, with various departments Constantly look at ways to improve efficiency in all aspect of the business.

Major Responsibilities: •Daily correspondence with the foreign buyers, customers and all suppliers and also contacting with the manufacturing unit for necessary clarification & solve the problems and sorted out the faults & difficulties. •Knowledge about textiles composite unit and known about spinning, weaving, dying process against different types of fabric‘s, accessories, trims, printing and packing materials, source, supplier’s, price, quality, and with negotiating skills. •Cost calculation, quotation, Price negotiation with the buyers, customers, suppliers and ensure date of expecting delivery, which meet with ultimate customers needs for final delivery and maintain their dead lines. •Sourcing and collect competitive price costing independently against all about fabrics, lining, pocketing, sewing accessories, trims packing materials etc •Will manage the Time and Action report for production, ensuring fabric delivery, cut dates and completion dates are being Maintained. •Responsible for controlling all trim, fabric and labels orders and monitoring these orders to ensure on time delivery.(Domestic And foreign) •Contacting with shipping agent, freight forwarders, shipping lines and all necessary logistics supports of transportation for goods distribution and arrangement of mother & feeder vessels. •Able to checking quality about fabric, spreading, cutting, sewing, quality controlling, assortments controlling & packing for final inspection and for shipment. •Make a production plan base on the tentative expected date of the materials in house and their conditions. •Discuss and instruct to factory peoples for the order and their necessary caution and handed over the respective order files to factory management (vendor) and ensure all instructions and necessary changes before and after finalize the order.

Major Responsibilities: •Daily correspondence with the foreign buyers, customers and all suppliers and also contacting with the manufacturing unit for necessary clarification & solve the problems and sorted out the faults & difficulties. •Knowledge about textiles composite unit and known about spinning, weaving, dying process against different types of fabric‘s, accessories, trims, printing and packing materials, source, supplier’s, price, quality, and with negotiating skills. •Cost calculation, quotation, Price negotiation with the buyers, customers, suppliers and ensure date of expecting delivery, which meet with ultimate customers needs for final delivery and maintain their dead lines. •Sourcing and collect competitive price costing independently against all about fabrics, lining, pocketing, sewing accessories, trims packing materials etc •Will manage the Time and Action report for production, ensuring fabric delivery, cut dates and completion dates are being Maintained. •Responsible for controlling all trim, fabric and labels orders and monitoring these orders to ensure on time delivery.(Domestic And foreign) •Contacting with shipping agent, freight forwarders, shipping lines and all necessary logistics supports of transportation for goods distribution and arrangement of mother & feeder vessels. •Able to checking quality about fabric, spreading, cutting, sewing, quality controlling, assortments controlling & packing for final inspection and for shipment. •Make a production plan base on the tentative expected date of the materials in house and their conditions. •Discuss and instruct to factory peoples for the order and their necessary caution and handed over the respective order files to factory management (vendor) and ensure all instructions and necessary changes before and after finalize the order.

Major Responsibilities: •Daily correspondence with the foreign buyers, customers and all suppliers and also contacting with the manufacturing unit for necessary clarification & solve the problems and sorted out the faults & difficulties. •Knowledge about textiles composite unit and known about spinning, weaving, dying process against different types of fabric‘s, accessories, trims, printing and packing materials, source, supplier’s, price, quality, and with negotiating skills. •Cost calculation, quotation, Price negotiation with the buyers, customers, suppliers and ensure date of expecting delivery, which meet with ultimate customers needs for final delivery and maintain their dead lines. •Sourcing and collect competitive price costing independently against all about fabrics, lining, pocketing, sewing accessories, trims packing materials etc •Will manage the Time and Action report for production, ensuring fabric delivery, cut dates and completion dates are being Maintained. •Responsible for controlling all trim, fabric and labels orders and monitoring these orders to ensure on time delivery.(Domestic And foreign) •Contacting with shipping agent, freight forwarders, shipping lines and all necessary logistics supports of transportation for goods distribution and arrangement of mother & feeder vessels. •Able to checking quality about fabric, spreading, cutting, sewing, quality controlling, assortments controlling & packing for final inspection and for shipment. •Make a production plan base on the tentative expected date of the materials in house and their conditions. •Discuss and instruct to factory peoples for the order and their necessary caution and handed over the respective order files to factory management (vendor) and ensure all instructions and necessary changes before and after finalize the order.

Major Responsibilities: •Responsible for purchase order maintenance and management. •Communicates orders to agents, confirms delivery dates, oversees the entry of order information. •Maintain Work in Progress Reports, updating with new orders, order changes and delivery information. •Communicates Directly with vendors to ensure timely shipping of orders and works closely with shipping Department to ensure the delivery of Orders. •Will manage the Time and Action report for production, ensuring fabric delivery, cut dates and completion dates are being Maintained. •Responsible for controlling all trim, fabric and labels orders and monitoring these orders to ensure on time delivery. (Domestic And foreign) •Constant follow up with vendors to track fabric production and delivery, manufacturing garments, and any special treatments to The garments such as; dying and washing and silk screening. •Assist in the development of prototypes and coordinating the manufacture of sales samples for the assigned division. •Responsible for getting and tracking photo shoot samples and swatch cards to Anthropologic Catalog division and Wholesale Customers. Communicates any special order requests for wholesale to the agents. •Will generate spec set up form and follow-up on special needs such as photo shoot samples, price tickets and packing Instructions. •Work with Quality Assurance team in the inline & final inspection stage to ensure garments meet aql standards. •Prepare all line review sheets and pull samples for customs line review. •Review delivery issues with the Production Manager and ensure that delivery schedule is maintained according to the buyer Cancel dates and delivery windows. •Responsible for providing a recap per vendor and season to the Credit Department for opening of letters of credit. Adjustments to Letter of credits are made on an as needed basis.

Working fields on computer software: Conversant with the use of the Computer Operation. Basically in the following fields: Operating software: MS DOS, MS WINDOWS 95, 98, OFFICE 2000 AND MS WINDOWS XP, with Windows NT Server 4.0 and M daemon Versatile mail Server 4.0. E-mail software: Eudora, outlook expresses & Lotus notes. Perform tasks on online bidding as assigned in additional by WWRE & GNX: Arriba Dynamic Trade Software using for On-line Auction under WWRE (World Wide Retail Exchange) organization. On-line Auction under the Electronic Marketplace, GNX (Global Net Exchange).