French people design, a fast-growing textile company is looking for a garment merchandiser with minimum 3 to 5 years experience, with high energy and a get-it-done spirit to join our ho chi minh team!
***Samples development
• In charge of liaising with suppliers in china and vietnam for ordering fabric yardages and trims as required
• In charge of getting all of them on time versus schedule
• Responsible for gathering related invoices and fapiaos from suppliers and pass them to accounting department
• In charge of liaising with designers + pattern maker + sewing team to set up and meet the production samples' calendar
• In charge of checking samples to ensure compliance in every details and measuring
• Measurements and other follow up tables to be filled in and updated
• In charge of booking courrier to ship samples in europe to customers
***Open costs
• Responsible for liaising with suppliers to get all fabrics / trims / accessories prices
• Produce and update open costs based on various possible order quantities
• Responsible for keeping that database updated at all time
• In charge of the handover to merchandisers in charge of bulk production follow up when orders are confirmed
***Bulk production follow up
• Report directly to the senior merchandiser.
• Support the management of entire product life cycle with china and vietnam suppliers from quoting costs, product development, bulk production to shipment.
• Work closely with factories in order to ensure they fully and accurately understand requirements for all tech. Packs, time lines, pricing, packaging, delivery deadlines, quality standards and factory compliance.
• Support and follow up with factories for "best" terms - including costing, delivery dates, payment terms, etc. - for the company.
• Must work extremely close with the fabric / sourcing team to ensure all deadlines for sample and bulk yardage are met to ensure on time delivery.
• Liaise with qc staff to ensure all garment quality requirements are met in line and before goods are shipped.
• Support in monitoring all delivery related issues: responsible for execution and weekly updates for all pos, and ensure timely and accurate information is given to the management team.
• Follow up with other members of the team in charge of documentation, shipping and logistics issues, to ensure on time ex-factory and boarding of vessel.
• Actively report all suppliers' performance issues, assist in sourcing and evaluating new suppliers in china and south east asia region for fabric, trims and accessories as necessary.
• In charge of keeping the supplier's database up to date at all time
***Fabric / trims / samples management
• In charge of classifying the fabric and trims and sourcing material in the office
• Also in charge of samples organisation within the office and storage