Senior Merchandiser Samples Devt / Bulk Production / Sourcing / Costing

In charge of several customers' accounts within the company and recruitment and supervision of junior merchandisers
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 in sample room 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 / quoting
• In charge of keeping the supplier's database up to date at all time
• Actively report all suppliers' performance issues, assist in sourcing and evaluating new suppliers in china / vietnam / korea region for fabric, trims and accessories as necessary.
• Support and follow up with factories for "best" terms - including costing, delivery dates, payment terms, etc. - for the company.
• 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
Bulk production follow up - in charge of several customers' accounts
• Report directly to the company management
• Manage the entire bulk production life cycle with china and / or vietnam suppliers up to the shipment
• Work closely with factories in order to ensure they fully and accurately understand requirements for all tech. Packs, time lines, pricing, packaging, testing, delivery deadlines, quality standards and compliance.
• Responsible for providing customer's guidelines to factories and monitoring their strict application during the whole bulk production process.
• Ensure with suppliers that bulk yardage, accessories and trims are delivered on time to ensure agreed delivery date is met
• Follow up all requested samples and on time delivery
• Liaise with the sample room to get the sample checked and responsible for putting together the report and for sending it to the customer
• Liaise between factories and qc 3rd party to ensure all garments' quality requirements are met during inline and final check
• Support in monitoring all delivery related issues: responsible for execution and weekly updates in writing 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.