A thorough professional with more than 20 years of experience in Sourcing, Product development, Vendor development, Buying and Operations. Exceptional communication and presentation skills with demonstrated abilities in training, team building and driving executives. Currently designated as Head of Sourcing at Bestseller India.PROFICIENCY FORTE Merchandising and SourcingIdentifying and developing vendor source to achieve cost effective purchases of new designs, products & raw materials and reduction in delivery time.Monitoring the Cost effectiveness of the sourced product and deciding the sourcing base accordingly thus maximizing the marginsOverseeing Garment Sourcing, production planning, allocation of resources. Relationship management with buyers/vendors and all the related departments for profitable product merchandising Vendor ManagementAssessment of the performance of vendors on various criterion such as cost, percentage for rejections, quality improvement rate, timely delivery etcFollow-up with vendors for timely deliveries and quality checks Customer Support/Product DevelopmentEnsuring compliance with the order and product specifications laid down by the buyers throughout the manufacturing process and in the final delivery of the product/shipment.Based on the trends/forecast, developing new range/samples/patterns/fit to meet customers expectations.BuyingFormulating range plan, OTB plan, pricing strategies, EOSS markdowns (discount sales).Monitoring sales & analyzing the sales data regularly..Identifying the key gaps in the current merchandise offering & focusing on the product development to fill the same.Competition Benchmarking. Team ManagementLeading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of the team to ensure efficiency in process operations & meeting of individual & group targets.