• • Managing, strategic planning, sourcing & Procurement for all the product sourcing for Lee Cooper, ECKO Unlimited and AJIO label of Demin Brand – Altheory , Buda Jeans, Fyre Rose & Outryt.• Sampling, Product development, Sourcing & Cost Closure of each style on order buy.• Raw material planning with suppliers.• R&D - Call in new developments from various vendors for the season, in terms of fabrics, trims, prints, garmenting techniques, etc which can contribute by adding… Show more • • Managing, strategic planning, sourcing & Procurement for all the product sourcing for Lee Cooper, ECKO Unlimited and AJIO label of Demin Brand – Altheory , Buda Jeans, Fyre Rose & Outryt.• Sampling, Product development, Sourcing & Cost Closure of each style on order buy.• Raw material planning with suppliers.• R&D - Call in new developments from various vendors for the season, in terms of fabrics, trims, prints, garmenting techniques, etc which can contribute by adding freshness to the new range and align the new range more concretely to the fashion forecasts.• To ensure the target intake margins are achieved set by the management for each of the brand.• Vendor Development as per product requirement. Organising Meeting of Technical team with Vendors.• Pre-planning and pre-booking capacities with vendor’s basis forward planning.• Pre-booking Greige Yarn and core fabrics with key vendors to reduce production lead times and get better cost.• In process of sourcing Man Management Coordination with Internal & external customers at all levels team. (Design, Merchandising, Finance, Quality, Business sales and marketing and suppliers)• Timely Delivery – T&A preparation & Regular follow up of T&A. Weekly Meeting with regional sourcing team.• Ensure timely delivery of products with the required quality, and budgeted cost.• Set up systems for evaluation of vendor performance.• Prepare suppliers for best replenishment and delivery solutions by continuously maintaining & developing supplier delivery performance and sender lead-times.• Develop new supplier base, Mange, Maintaining & Improving the existing supplier base output.• Identifying & Bifurcate current supply partners in mainly 3 parts. Strategic, Preferred OR Trail• Sourcing merchandise from India, China, Bangladesh. Show less

• Organising the complete Supply chain for Production of Apparels & Home decor .• Responsible for Production Planning IKEA orders. • Good understanding of IKEA Supply Chain.• Creating Quarterly, Monthly, Weekly Production plan, audit plans, Sales Plan in sync with Yearly budget.• Supervising the overall planning; organizing and managing all aspects of projects & operations, including general administration, maintenance, budgeting and planning with policy… Show more • Organising the complete Supply chain for Production of Apparels & Home decor .• Responsible for Production Planning IKEA orders. • Good understanding of IKEA Supply Chain.• Creating Quarterly, Monthly, Weekly Production plan, audit plans, Sales Plan in sync with Yearly budget.• Supervising the overall planning; organizing and managing all aspects of projects & operations, including general administration, maintenance, budgeting and planning with policy development.• Daily tracking on Artisans/Operators Training and Artisans/Operators induction in production.• Inspection and Delivery Planning for all the running Orders and Handling Buyers Communications,• Responsible for Running 500 m/c of Apparel units in Co-ordination with Merchandising Team.• Seek to improve all aspects of the supply chain department by reviewing current methodology and processes.• Work closely with the IT department to create effective databases to manage and organize inventory.• Train and instruct other members of the Supply Chain team.• Maintain a professional relationship with vendors while promoting company initiatives and values.• Research and seek out the most cost-efficient shipment procedures and methods.• Organize and oversee inventory by keeping a detailed database of available inventory and expected usage per project. Plan and implement supply chain optimization projects.• Partner companies and seek to negotiate best-price contracts to increase business revenue.• Monthly Order reconciliation, Stock reconciliation with Vendors and timely Bill Processing and payment follow up.• Internal Budgeting, Order Reconciliation, Stock Reconciliation & providing timely MIS.• Export Clientele :: IKEA, William Sonoma, Caravan, Carrefour Show less

• Creating Quarterly, Monthly, Weekly Production plan, audit plans, Sales Plan, ensuring third party testing / audit and circulating results to the customer and the Marketing Heads.• Coordinating with the Sales/Marketing Team for Order fulfillment as per Capacity Booking. order delivery planning in sync with the available capacity.• Spearheading day-to-day activities, production schedules & raw materials standardization, implementing quality tools and allocating work for achieving… Show more • Creating Quarterly, Monthly, Weekly Production plan, audit plans, Sales Plan, ensuring third party testing / audit and circulating results to the customer and the Marketing Heads.• Coordinating with the Sales/Marketing Team for Order fulfillment as per Capacity Booking. order delivery planning in sync with the available capacity.• Spearheading day-to-day activities, production schedules & raw materials standardization, implementing quality tools and allocating work for achieving monthly/daily production targets. Using time study, line balancing as an effective tool to enhance the production.• Managing complete and correct understanding of the materials and approvals required at shop floor level and arranging it to the vendors.• Enhancing the prevalent production systems/ processes, identifying loopholes if any and undertaking result-oriented measures for elevating them and documenting the same.• Setting-up Production & Quality standards of Job working ensuring optimum utilization & deployment of available resources to achieve organizational objectives.• Monitoring Suppliers performance and timely appraising the Vendors.• Leading a team of 6 members to coordinate and constantly monitor the shop floor level activities including Vendors.• Managing ISC (integrated Supply chain) module and VMI (vendor managed Inventory) Programme.Highlights: o Monitoring inventory at process level & Ensuring the maximum capacity utilization. o Handling a capacity planning & execution of 2.0mn pcs per month @ 8 manufacturing location.o Ensuring the OTIF 100% every time.o Coordinated with SAP implementation team for smooth induction of SAP in Garment Business Division.o Implemented VMI(Vendor Managed Invetory) for Reliance and Future retail. Show less

o Ensured reliable operations of 2500 machine by upgrading planning processes to eliminate the downtime reduce cost and improve overall productivity & quality.o Handled a capacity planning & execution of 2.0mn pcs per month of innerwear.o Reduced downtime by 3% by taking productive maintenance; monitored inventory.

o Reduction of order leads time by reducing logistic timing and in process controls.o Buyer Interaction regarding Delivery and TNA negotiation.

o Reduction of order leads time by reducing logistic timing and in process controls.o Buyer Interaction regarding Delivery and TNA negotiation.

o Implemented Vendor Manual in Knits Division,o Member of ERP Implementation Team.o Implemented 5S in PPC Dept.

.o Preparation of T&Ao Preparation of Production File & Order follow-up.