Company Description
Saku offers a premium shopping experience in retail apparel (Womenswear, Menswear and Kidswear) through offline retail stores and online channels. Based in Gurugram, Saku focuses on delivering the best shopping experience to its customers, blending offline and online retail seamlessly.
Role Description
This is a full-time on-site role for an Assistant PD cum production Merchandiser (mainly focused on denims) at Saku in Sector 37, Gurugram (6 days working).
The assistant merchandiser will be responsible for managing Denims product development, merchandising, sourcing, supplier management, logistics coordination etc.
As a product development, buyer and merchandiser, you will be responsible for:
Overall Responsibility
- Managing Denim apparel product development (Review of samples for the construction, fall, fit, drape and wash etc), from material sourcing to supplier negotiations and timely production as per design
- Ensure all raw materials (fabrics, trims & accessories), all job workers (print, dyeing, embroidery etc.), and internal and external production teams are aligned for timely delivery of production
- Identify, develop and maintain relationships with all partners and vendors (mills and traders for fabric & trims, labels & tags suppliers, job workers, fabricators, and garment manufacturers etc.)
Product Development
- Developing, evaluating, and presenting pre-development denim samples (and assist wherever necessary)
- Monitoring and evaluating product performance in terms of fit, construction, and durability, making necessary adjustments
Costing
- Negotiating with suppliers and vendors on costing to achieve best costing
- Finding alternative solutions and suppliers to achieve best costing without compromising on quality and timelines
Sourcing, Dispatch and Payments
- Making bill of material for bulk orders & production runs
- Sourcing, development of:
- Raw materials,
- Trims, and
- Accessories
- Job workers
- Ensuring all raw materials are planned, ordered and followed-up, stringently to ensure no timeline surprises
- Visit job workers and factories to track production on regular basis
- Managing all kinds of dispatches, coordination with courier partners, invoices and payments, across all vendors, working closely with the Finance team
Reporting and Coordination
- High level of coordination and collaboration with various teams (Design, production, procurement, category etc.)
- Making and maintaining daily detailed logs and updates for:
- Fabric, trims and accessories development and procurement
- Sampling & production status
- TNA update
- Job work sample and production development status
- Keep track of raw material consumption as per BOM
- Keep track of and update everything in ERP software
- Keeping production files up to date, containing fabric and trims swatches, specification sheet, all comments, wash standards, embroidery / print / dyeing swatches
- Maintaining library of all Lab-dip, accessories and trims
- Keep all master sheets for website updated from techpaks
Qualifications
- 2 - 3 years of PD, buying, merchandising and production experience in buying house, retail brands, export house etc. focused mainly on Denims
- Strong experience of Denims is a necessary requirement
- Experience of working in startups is an added advantage
- Excellent knowledge of denim fabrics, trims and accessories and the factory supplier base
- Strong communication and relationship building skills
- Strong organization skills
- Experience of working on ERP software is a plus
- Graduate or post graduate degree preferably in textile / apparel technology / fashion technology etc.
