Development Merchandiser

Main Role

• The Development Merchandiser is the main connection between the customer and the factory with their key focus being to plan, prepare and monitor all stages of a development customer’s sampling/ production order as well as support Senior Development Coordinator.
• A Development Merchandiser is responsible for ensuring the customer’s expectations and requirements are met whilst working within the company’s capabilities and capacity and following policies and procedures set out by the company.

Main tasks

• Join all meetings where development is required. Overview all information relating to samples and hold meetings regarding timelines or issues together with Purchasing / Planning / Production manager
• Receive Tech pack from customer - checking and contact with customer if any confusion or missing
• Transfer information to other dept by updating development from: Fabric development form (quality, colour); Trims development form; Treatment develop form;
• Translate tech pack to Vietnamese, send to sampling to make sample.
• Arrange materials to make sample.
• Send MCR sampling to set plan with sample
• Send request costing/ rating/ CMP to order Dept.
• Providing raw material target prices, based on fob target prices provided by client team.
• Give costing information from other department to costing merch for them to process costing.
• Tracking sampling status follow plan set up by Mer/ Senior Mer. Report if any problem with status and find solution with Mer/ Senior for general Status order.
• Update report to customer base on Mer/ Senior request
• Tracking with buyer for comment
• Update status for senior
• Tracking with buyer for comment
• Arrange material balance and draft PO
• Follow and pushing customer with all pending.   Send all information to the customer through the weekly report, report sample status  Arrange CI or PI and send to finance for deposit
• Send all samples with clear information on email and handtags
• Working with customer to have all information regarding inspection.
• Booking send sample, update tracking, detail garment sent and ETA for buyer
• Collate all internal information for the PO (fabric, trim, treatment) for handover to Team A or B
• Hand over brand to Merchandising team A/B

• Education : University degree or above.
• Experience : 2 years in experience – Applicant must having experience in the garment / manufacturing industry
• Knowledge:  Industry knowledge – must understand garments and the componentry behind the business have a working knowledge of fabrics / trims / production

Skills

• Planning ability.
• Time management - Work smart/ effective /focused
• Able to communicate in English to key stakeholders outside of country **AT UN-AVAILABLE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY ORGANIZATION AND WILL NOT ALLOW DISCRIMINATION BASED UPON AGE, ETHNICITY, ANCESTRY, GENDER, NATIONAL ORIGIN, DISABILITY, RACE, SIZE, RELIGION, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND, OR ANY OTHER STATUS PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW.