 Lead and manage merchandising team to source great products at continuously competitive prices that meets our quality and technical requirements Drive the category forward through proactive sourcing and development of new products and new suppliers Lead and coach team in negotiating costs, lead times and MOQ’s to deliver savings and operating efficiencies Weekly reviewing the status with the merchandising and quality team and guiding them. Communicating with merchandising team and passing all information to the QC team for controlling the quality. All sampling lies under my control and have to ensure the best samples goes to buyer. To develop suppliers, sources for the present line of business/products with special focus on quality of garments suitable to the apparel brands. To build strategic relationship with suppliers for mutual business benefits, service present clientele and to expand our customer base by introducing new clients. Controlling and monitoring the production and quality process in the factory. To monitor/coordinate work between various persons reporting to me and create a homogenous team. Maintaining and adhering to all the processes and protocols of the company. Follow up with factories/suppliers on all sampling, productions, quality inspections and shipments & preproduction meetings are to be conducted. Ensure that factory meets all the shipments on time. Monitoring the supplier base compliance on regular basis.