Key Responsibilities
Order Planning & Coordination
- Interpret management requirements accurately and communicate them clearly to all internal departments.
- Prepare and maintain style-wise order trackers, production timelines, and delivery schedules.
- Coordinate with Planning, Cutting, Production, Quality, Stores, and Dispatch teams to ensure smooth execution.
- Monitor the progress of every order and proactively address any delays or bottlenecks.
Product Development & Sampling
- Coordinate development samples, fit samples, PP samples, and production samples.
- Ensure samples are developed as per approved specifications and within the required timeline.
- Track sample approvals and communicate feedback to the relevant teams.
Material Sourcing & Procurement
- Liaise with fabric mills, trim suppliers, printers, embroiderers, and other vendors for timely procurement.
- Follow up on fabric, accessories, labels, packing materials, and other production inputs.
- Verify that all materials conform to approved specifications before production.
Production Follow-up
- Monitor daily production status against the production plan.
- Coordinate with production teams to resolve issues affecting output or delivery.
- Ensure production milestones are achieved within the planned schedule.
Supplier Management
- Maintain regular communication with suppliers regarding order status, delivery commitments, and quality requirements.
- Follow up with suppliers to ensure timely material availability.
- Escalate delays or quality concerns to management promptly.
Quality Coordination
- Work closely with the Quality team to ensure products meet approved specifications.
- Coordinate corrective actions for quality issues identified during sampling or production.
- Ensure product development and bulk production consistently meet company quality standards.
Documentation & Reporting
- Maintain complete records of purchase orders, approvals, supplier communications, and production updates.
- Prepare periodic reports on order status, material availability, production progress, and dispatch schedules.
- Ensure all merchandising documentation is accurate and updated.
Dispatch Coordination
- Coordinate with the Dispatch and Stores teams to ensure orders are packed and dispatched according to schedule.
- Verify that all required documents are completed before shipment.
- Track dispatch status and communicate updates to management.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
- On-time material procurement.
- On-time sample submission and approval.
- Order completion within committed timelines.
- Production schedule adherence.
- Supplier delivery performance.
- Reduction in production delays caused by material shortages.
- Accuracy of merchandising documentation.
- Customer/order fulfilment performance.
- Internal coordination efficiency.
- Quality compliance during product development and production.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Fashion, Textile, Apparel, Merchandising, or a related field.
- 2–5 years of merchandising experience in a garment manufacturing company.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and production tracking tools.
- Knowledge of garment manufacturing processes, fabrics, trims, and production planning.
Required Skills
- Excellent communication and coordination skills.
- Strong planning and organizational ability.
- Supplier negotiation and follow-up skills.
- Time management and multitasking.
- Problem-solving and decision-making ability.
- Attention to detail and documentation.
- Analytical thinking.
- Ability to work under deadlines.
- Team collaboration.
- Strong follow-up and execution skills.
Knowledge Required
- Garment manufacturing process.
- Fabric and trim sourcing.
- Sampling and product development.
- Production planning.
- Quality control standards.
- Purchase order management.
- Vendor management.
- Inventory coordination.
- Cost awareness.
- ERP/Excel-based merchandising systems.
Pay: ₹18,000.00 - ₹35,000.00 per month
Work Location: In person
