Ankush K. Email & Phone Number

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Mumbai , India

With rich experience of knitted fabric sourcing from China & marketing of knitted fabrics in Bangladesh, currently heading a CNCC department which is playing vital role of shifting organization’s focus to innovation based product driven company. Development & outsourcing of knitted fabrics from Indian factories & marketing to garment manufacturers / buying houses based in india is giving exposure of end to end textile supply chain. Ensuring the deliverables through following summed up activities. • Creation: Starting from creation of new idea to development of new themes, products, marketing kit, samples in yarns & fabrics to promote in different markets • Commercialization: Making the newly developed products commercially successful through branding, advertising & front end marketing. • Contract manufacturing: Identify & collaborate with the manufacturers in the entire textile supply chain for execution of bulk fabric orders.

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Work Profile: Heading the fabric business of TEXPERTS LTD, Bangladesh office. My core strengths include Marketing, Business Development, Team Management, costing, Merchandising, Client Servicing, and extensive knowledge of fabric development, sourcing.Key Responsibilities:• Utilize the fabric sourcing experience & technical know-how of the products in the marketing/sales to generate sustainable business in Bangladesh market.• Dealing with reputed buying houses & garment manufacturers in Bangladesh to facilitate them fabric sourcing from China, India & other south-east Asian countries.• Communicating and visiting customers to discuss new enquiries, show them new samples, on the spot Price offerings and securing orders.• Establishing seamless coordination to accomplish business objectives and building and maintaining strong relationship with key account holders.• To achieve/surpass the Sales target and revenue target for Bangladesh market• To keep focus on promoting the specific product categories namely Basic knitted jersey, Sportswear & functional fabric, Loose knit fancy fabrics & Heavy knit corrugated look terry & jacquard fabrics.• Creating & implementing strategies/ action plans to maximize business performance and profitability.• Continuous development of new customers in the market with the offer of more competitive prices & services.• Building and developing the team and individuals to offer effective, efficient, professional service to customers with the aim of customer delight.• Providing technical assistance to the customers enabling them solve fabric quality & handling issues.• Play critical role in new Product Developments to offer alternative options at better functionality with better prices. Continuously feeding new fabric samples to customers as business promotional activity.• Keeping awareness of the market, trends, new products, competitor’s activities, raw material and prices to keep business growing.

Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China

Was leading a team 2 merchandisers, Production coordinator & QC to handle complete Sourcing/ Marketing of Knitted Fabrics from China for customers in Bangladesh market.Key Responsibilities: Dealing with reputed buying houses & garment manufacturers in Bangladesh to facilitate them fabric sourcing from China.  Sourcing wide range of Knitted Fabrics which includes basic knits fabric, Sportswear fabrics, Loose knits fancy jersey & terry fabrics, Knit denim, PU coated fabrics in natural & synthetic fibres.  Understanding the customer’s requirements, review enquiries, identifying the suitable supplier to place the order, price negotiations with suppliers and Quality confirmation.  Placing orders to suitable suppliers by taking all call outs over quality & delivery requirements. Freezing the T & A plan with supplier as well as customer to keep everyone on same page.  With assistance of merchandisers & production coordinator, monitor all orders on day to day basis. Attending all critical issues in regards of quality or delivery & ensure that the right quality of fabric gets delivered at right time.  Apply technical skills to resolve quality issues & find out alternative solution.  Get all goods inspected before shipment by QC. Reviewing the inline/ final inspection reports done by QC to make sure that no any defective fabric is shipped by supplier.  Locate, develop, and maintain a consolidated new supplier base by keeping in mind running fabric trend. Also meeting existing suppliers on regular basis & maintain healthy business relationships.  Play critical role in new Product Development for specific new enquiry. Continuously feeding new fabric samples to customers as business promotional activity.

Chandigarh

Work Profile: Executive in R & D department.Responsibilities :• Applied my theoretical knowledge & skills in its practical sense to produce desired fabrics from varieties of Multifilament & spun yarns like Carded, Combed, Compact, Siro, Open End, CSY of 100% Cotton & its blends in which the other constituent encompasses Lyocell, Modal, Polyester, Recycled PET in varied proportion with counts from 10Ne to 100 Ne.• Worked in R& D department to overcome the hassles involved while converting yarn into fabric.• Contributed in the development of new products and deciding their process parameters.• Coordinating with the production and maintenance department for optimizing process variables and machine parameters.• Was dealing with the customer complaints and working upon improving the process, work practices and machinery condition to get rid of the abnormalities.• Involved in managing all the activities concerning quality assurance and quality control of these products and ensuring compliance with the ISO standards.• Was looking after raw material management.

District Liberec, Czech Republic

Carried out part of my M.Tech thesis work under the guidance of Prof. Jiri Militki & Prof. Rajesh Mishra in TUL, Czech republic.

New Delhi Area, India

Ichalkaranji Area, India

Ichalkaranji Area, India

• Studied all the processes of Garment manufacturing from Fabric inspection to Finished garment dispatch.• Learned fabric merchandising procedure with keen interest.• Exposed to modernised Pattern making

Yavatmal Area, India

• Learned on-site procedure and manufacturing of coarse count cotton yarns for denim fabric production.• Exposed to Ring & Rotor spinning systems. Gained thorough knowledge of Amsler & Caipo attachment systems for fancy yarn manufacturing.• Visited and understood the working of other departments of the composite industry.

Mysuru Area, India

• Utilized the skills and knowledge garnered to a real time application and learning the practical working of a weaving unit.• Studied entire process of Worsted suiting manufacturing from fiber processing to finished fabric

Ichalkaranji Area, India

• Had the opportunity to see the actual working culture in a textile spinning industry.• The two months training covered the different departments in P/V blend spinning industry, starting from blow room to ring frame, also had the first hand experience in yarn testing department.

Master Of Technology (M.Tech.), Textile Engineering

Master Of Technology (M.Tech.), Textile Engineering

Activities and Societies: Master Research student

B.Text, Textile Technology

Diploma In Textile Manfufacturing, Textile Technology