Duties and Responsibilities of a Senior Apparel Merchandiser:
A garment merchandiser is the main for ready-made garments business, where a senior apparel merchandiser plays an important role from its order receiving to shipment. A garment export order can be executed properly if senior merchandiser followed some responsibilities accurately, those responsibilities have discussed in this article.
Responsibilities of a Senior Apparel Merchandiser:
A senior apparel merchandiser has to maintain some important responsibilities during execution of a garment export order, which are mentioned in the below:
- Order collection,
- Product development,
- Pricing,
- Order confirmation,
- L/C opening,
- Material sourcing,
- Material collection,
- Production planning,
- Quality Assurance,
- Final inspection,
- Shipment.
All the above points have discussed in the following:
1. Order collection:
At first, a senior apparel merchandiser has to collect export order from the buyer. It can be done by using e-mail or directly from the buyer. In most cases, export orders are collected via e-mail.
2. Product development:
According to buyer’s instruction, a senior garment merchandiser has to develop the ordered item and approve from the buyer.
3. Pricing:
In the mean time, a senior apparel merchandiser should negotiate about the product price with the buyer and confirm the pricing of that.
4. Order confirmation:
Here, a senior garment merchandiser should confirm the order details from the buyer such as quantity, size etc.
5. L/C opening:
L/C opening is very important for an export order. Here, a senior garment merchandiser should confirm all the details about L/C with the help of commercial department.
6. Material sourcing:
Material sourcing capability is an important qualification for a senior garment merchandiser. He has to maintain strong relationship with the suppliers, so that any item can manage in timely.
7. Material collection:
Before going to the garment production, a senior apparel merchandiser must in-house all the necessary materials. In-time material collection will help him to respect the shipment date.
8. Production planning:
Production planning has a great importance for each export order. Accurate production planning will help a senior apparel merchandiser not only for achieving targeted production but also shipping the goods in its right time.
9. Quality Assurance:
Today’s ready-made clothing business is totally related with right quality. Quality is the first priority here. In this case, a senior garment merchandiser should assure the products quality by using all possible ways.
10. Final inspection:
According to buyer’s instruction, here a senior apparel merchandiser should arrange final inspection for the order, which provides clearance for that order, whether it is perfect for shipping or not.
11. Shipment:
In this case, a senior garment merchandiser should ship all the goods with the help of commercial department, where commercial department submits all the shipping documents to the port.
Mayedul Islam is a Founder and Editor of Garments Merchandising. He is an Expert in Garments Merchandising. Writing is his passion. He loves to write articles about Apparel, Textile and Garment Washing specially on Merchandising. Mail him at mayedul.islam66@gmail.com
I much interested to learn about merchandicing and built relation with buyers and suppliers to have my own business
A senior merchandiser Must be know the above all point ,otherwise he/she can’t be man tent the senior merchandising job