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Inline product 1, Analyze Great China market demand comparing with headquarter collection offering. Find the gap between headquarter collection and local market need, work with merchandise planning team to get the target local creation category assortment planning. Create local range with target price and cost offering to Hongkong, Taiwan and south Asian countries market to support their business volume. 2, Base on headquarter design collection story and color flow direction, work with design team and vendors to create local collection to drive business volume and make the whole (headquarter + local) collection story telling stronger. Creation Chinese New Year collection with design team for great China market specially. 3, Following the seasonal go to market calendar, make sure sample is on schedule for sales alignment meeting at different marketing stage. Sample development and price negotiation with vendors to make sure meet the target profit, adjust the retail price and consolidate SKU if needed to maximum the SKU efficiency. 4, Focus on sell-in and sold-out data, analyze sale performance to extend the best sellers styles to next season. 5, Maintain PLM system data and approve orders to operation team as launch time planned. 6, Prepare product information for presentation during trade show and product training for sales team. SMU Product 1, Create SMU styles for some franchises, to make sure style meet the requirement and target GP. 2, Create SMU styles for sports marketing for event like China open, Wuxi marathon, Yangzhou marathon, Xian marathon and some events from AHK. Create the collection base on event organizer’s direction; Control the cost to make sure all the collection purchasing is within budget. Also the development and production are following the event schedule. 3, Create some commercial products for trade marking for promotion.

Shanghai

Market Research and preseason buying planning Visit competitor's stores to see competitors' products, Check with sales team to learn the requirement from clients. What we should improve to make the unique styles in the market. Check the fashion trend for color, fabric, styles and so on. Base on target T/O for new seasonto create OTB for new season, Analyze the best and worst sell styles in last year. Work out the category structure for the each category for the SKU quantity and price range. Adjust category buying volume base on sale through ratio and mark down. Collection developing Select the styles for Chinese market from French.Work with designers to create new styles to full fill the buying planned volume for each category, decided the fabric and colors to use for styles, Chose the right styles to buy, at the right price and right time. Manage the PLM to make sure goods will be delivered to warehouse on time. Adjust the styles combination for driving the sales. Focus on inventory, suggest the promotion styles to avid height stock rate at the end season, make quick response style or repeat order for the bestsellers. Negotiating with supplier for price to meet target buying margin.Sales analyze Focus on sell-through rate of each SKU, analyze current sale performance. Find the stock risk and sales increase opportunity, work with sales department to work for keeping healthy stock level and drive the sales in the stores. Keep the eyes on the inventory to make sure the stock flow are in the health range. Production control Work with suppliers and the team in order to meet the collection planned launch schedule.Negotiate price with vendors to meet the target margin. Release the contract to suppliers. Make sure both imported and local productions styles planned will be launched on times. Analyze current supplier's performance and production capacity, develop new suppliers; Train the sales team for product knowledge to introduce to our clients.

Shanghai

1, New clients and business developing.2, Fashion trend information sourcing and new products developing, develop new fabric and styles for each season base on customer direction.3, Check proto samples and cost analyze to make sure the styles can reach to target margin and style meet design requirement. Present styles to buyers and designers. Go abroad visit customer for better understand customer requirement and maintain good business relationship.4,Vendor Development and business relationship maintenance, visit Canton fair/East China fair and many fabric and trim fair to develop new vendor to make sure the price and products are competitive in the market. Also keep on optimizing suppliers. 5, Arrange and accompany with oversea designers and buyers travelling in China(visit factory, organize meeting with vendor, domestic market trend and information collecting, usually take around 1 month per time, 3 times per year).6, Manage and coaching team member for develop sample and production monitoring, to make sure communication with oversea customers and factory correctly, so that sample and bulk will be shipped on time.7, Organize forwarders to arrange shipment, and goods consolidation to different countries destination from different suppliers.8, Solve the problems in team or out team if have.9, Create product manual to improve communication efficiency between the team with oversea customer and factories.10, Give solution for the problem and complain from clients.

Dongguan

1, In charge of Ralph Lauren merchandising team. Develop new styles base on requirements from Polo sourcing company for each new season. Organize fabric and trims for the proto samples. Check the fabric and trims consumption and price for costing then make quotation. Analyze proto sample comments from Polo by Ralph Lauren Company, check fit and workmanship with paper pattern maker and technician. 2, For the styles received sales sample order, organize sales sample fabric and trims for sales sample production and manage the sample room to finish sales sample on time and check quality. After received bulk order, arrange fitting samples for approval; organize team members order fabric and trims. check with sewing line production planner for the production schedule. Arrange part of fabric and trims import and export of goods.3, Arrange PP sample, and organize pre-production meeting with production team and QC team to make sure that all the requirement from Polo by Ralph Lauren will be done during production. 4, Controlling material production status to make sure fabric and trims will be delivered to garment factories on time. 5, Arrange the quality test according to avoid any quality problem happen during production. 6, Organize Polo by Ralph Lauren's QC to take in-line and final inspection, arrange shipment, collect payment. 7, Analyze production result and report to head office.

Fashion Buying And Merchandising Planning

Bachelor’S Degree, International Business/Trade/Commerce