Sourcing fabric/trims
- Sourcing at least from 3 suppliers for each request from merchandise and be sure these suppliers are suitable with the customer request.
- Reactive to be sure in 3 days supplier confirm if they can do or not and send quotation. We Receive the swatches of the fabric at least 10 days after merchandiser - request if not possible need to work with merchandiser. And 20 days to have swatch, handloom or strike off correct.
- Selecting the suppliers per type of fabrics: 3 or 4 suppliers per type of fabrics for sampling and bulk.
Order fabric/trims to supplier
- Negotiate the best prices, quality and lead time with suppliers.
- Checking all information on the PO merchandiser sent if missing information ask them to update and accept the hard copy only when all is correct and complete.
- Ordering the fabric/trims 24 hour later after receive the PO from merchandiser.
- Controlling and validate lab dips and layout before giving it to merchandiser to be sure the colors and information are correct. If the lab dips need to match different fabric quality, please double check all lab dips for all qualities before send to merchandiser.
- Controlling the Shipping sample before giving it to merchandiser to be sure quality, color is correct.
- Checking, update the documents (quantity, references...) from supplier before send to Fabric admin to process the payment Need to be done 48 hours after fabric finish.
- Giving all fabric/trims planning and information to checking department to be sure they can check on time and correctly. If some fabric or trim need to be check urgently please inform warehouse to be sure when they receive it they give straight away to checking team.
Supplier Management
- Verifying and testing supplier.
- Reviewing supplier's performance.
Planning:
- Making fabric plan for each fabric/trims to be sure the request of date from merchandiser was respected. The plan must show be shown the fabric availability date of each order. And need to be update 1 week after receive the PO.
- Liaising and coordinating with other departments on fabric/trims plan and solve fabric/trims problems.
- Sending planning to checking department to be sure when fabric arrive in UA, the fabric can be inspected immediately.
Delivering:
- Ensure supplier send shipping sample in time, supplier ship the goods in time and with correct document and the quantity the supplier ship is on the tolerance +/- 5% if not need to check with merchandiser.
- Quality and Quantity management of delivery.
Education: University degree or above.
Experience : 3 to 5 years of same level in
garment field or fabric-trim purchasing
Knowledge; Purchasing and Planning experience at least 3 years
Skills
- Able to communicate in English to key stakeholders outside of country
- Planning ability.
- Time management - Work smart/efficient/focused
Characteristics
- Self confident- Optimism/assertive/understanding your own ability
- Self motivated - Independent/willingness to change/desire to achieve
- Flexibility - Adaptability/proactive/perceptive/open minded
- Organized - hard to negotiate - Good to solve problem -
