Ghanza Aziz Qasmi
Production Merchandizer
Karachi, Sindh
Summary
Experienced with coordinating production timelines and ensuring product availability. Utilizes strategic planning and resource management to optimize supply chain efficiency. Track record of enhancing team coordination and maintaining high standards in inventory management.
Results-driven merchandising professional with strong background in production and high standards for quality. Proven ability to collaborate effectively within teams and adapt to changing needs. Skilled in inventory management, trend analysis, and vendor relations. Reliable and focused on achieving tangible results.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Production Merchandiser
MANTO
02.2024 - Current
- Negotiated favorable terms with suppliers, achieving cost savings and improved product quality.
- Forecasted consumer trends and adjusted inventory levels accordingly, minimizing stock shortages and overstocks.
- Oversaw quality control processes for incoming merchandise, ensuring adherence to company standards and specifications.
- Spearheaded the launch of new product lines by working closely with design teams throughout the development process.
- Established clear communication channels between marketing, supply chain, design teams for smooth execution of projects.
- Improved production efficiency by implementing innovative merchandising strategies and techniques.
- Developed strong relationships with vendors, fostering collaboration and mutually beneficial partnerships.
Assistant Manager Product development
Zellbury (Pvt.) Ltd.
02.2023 - 01.2024
- Lead PD depart for all the RTW & RTS categories to make Tech packs for production.
- Lead sampling depart for studio samples.
- Lead GGT for consumption and patterns.
- Coordinate with design studio for new plans, shoot status and collection systematic working.
- Coordinate with design studio for new plans to work smooth and sampling before the lead time.
- Coordinate with Design studio for PP approvals and production issues.
- Participate in fabric planning for the next six volumes to source fabric before the collection lead time and smooth out problems for the production units.
- Coordinate with production for smooth working.
- Coordinate with ECOM & Marketing to the online stock timelines.
- Develop strategies to better workplace efficiency and goal achievements.
- Provide better direction to staff, Monitoring spending patterns and budgets.
- Help to create forecast, tech pack & GTECH working for smooth Production and targets achievements.
- Manage G-tech for item creation of new styles.
- Manage Entity cash for design studio.
- Manage studio samples for fabric printing and dyeing.
- Manage studio samples for embroidery sampling & punching.
- Coordinate with CAD depart for cad files.
Merchandising Lead
MTJ (Pvt.) Ltd.
08.2021 - 12.2022
- Planning and coordination with Business Head for all the new upcoming Volumes.
- Planning and coordination with Supply Chain for all the new upcoming Volumes fabrication & Styling.
- Planning and coordination with Design studio for new upcoming Volumes.
- Planning and Coordination with merchandising Head for fabric ratio to make sure of availability.
- Coordinate with Design studio for new design CADs & PLs.
- Manage G-tech for new design items & specs.
- Manage consumption for new design patterns as per required style ratio.
- Manage construction of design Production with procurement depart.
- Manage construction of design Production with Procurement depart.
- Manage construction of design Production & Production planning.
- Coordinate with design studio for new design & photo shoot to complete them on time.
- Coordinate with design studio for new sampling, photo purpose & packing material.
- Coordinate with design team for Inlays & ECOM descriptions.
- Manage ECOM stock reports.
- Coordinate with ECOM for timelines, Delivery & Handovers.
- Manage stock warehouse for material fill & the finance process.
- Follow up with warehouse house regarding finance issuance & receiving.
- Follow up with warehouse house regarding item printing, stitching & packing Material issuance & receiving.
- Monitor all upcoming new stock working.
- Strong Follow up on daily basis work.
- Manage G-tech for item creation of new styles.
- Manage G-tech for new orders for resources working.
- Manage G-tech for new design items for GIN purpose.
- Utilization of dead stock.
- Coordinate & manage GIN to make it possible to produce article on time.
Merchandiser
Junaid Jamshed Pvt Ltd.
12.2018 - 07.2021
- Coordinate with International Creative studio for new design and approvals.
- Work for Ladies, teens, kids on 03pcs, 02 pcs and single Kurtis, shawls, semi formals & formals.
- Coordinate with Int. Supply Chain for volume Plan and also for country wise ratio of each article.
- Coordinate with P.P Sample According to Received Design.
- Coordinate with store and purchase for trims.
- Coordinate with I.E depart for costing review.
- Coordinate with printing, dying and embroidery department as per required styles.
- Prepare PDS for Costing, Pricing & PO of each Design.
- Utilization of dead stock.
- Minimize urgent work to smooth working.
- Strong Follow up on daily basis for cut to pack.
Merchandising & Digitizing Coordinator
Sana Safinaz Fashion Resource Pvt Ltd.
10.2017 - 11.2018
- Follow up & Coordination with merchandising & digitizing for Embroidery Punching, Sampling & Production.
- Follow up & Coordination with merchandizing & Vendors for Embroidery Punching, Sampling & Production.
- Feed to In-house Embroidery Vendors for Embroidery Production.
- PO & Invoicing for vendors billing.
- Coordinate with design studio for sample proceeding.
- Coordinate with PD depart for sample & Spec's.
- Tech pack making for production.
- Coordinate with sourcing for fabric ordering.
- Coordinate with procurement for accessories purchasing for production.
- Coordinate with supply chain for MOQ & Ratio for an article.
Merchandiser
Kapray & Zellbury Pvt Ltd.
02.2016 - 08.2017
- Coordinate with design studio for sample proceeding.
- Coordinate with PD depart for sample & Spec's.
- Tech pack making for production.
- Coordinate with sourcing for fabric ordering.
- Coordinate with procurement for accessories purchasing for production.
- Coordinate with supply chain for MOQ & Ratio for an article.
Khaadi Pvt. Ltd. (Unit 05)
07.2015 - 01.2016
- Coordination with Machine Supervisor for Machine Feeding.
- Coordinate with finishing departs for shipment delivery.
Education
BACHELOR OF Business Administration -
Preston University
Skills
Cost control
Vendor negotiation
Sourcing materials
Merchandise planning
Cost analysis
Vendor relations
Certification
Diploma in Microsoft Office, 2012-02-01
Personal Information
- Religion: Muslim
- Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1996
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Pakistani
- Marital Status: Married
References
Available upon request.
Disclaimer
I hereby declare that all the details furnished above are true and to the best of my knowledge.
Timeline
Production Merchandiser
MANTO
02.2024 - Current
Assistant Manager Product development
Zellbury (Pvt.) Ltd.
02.2023 - 01.2024
Merchandising Lead
MTJ (Pvt.) Ltd.
08.2021 - 12.2022
Merchandiser
Junaid Jamshed Pvt Ltd.
12.2018 - 07.2021
Merchandising & Digitizing Coordinator
Sana Safinaz Fashion Resource Pvt Ltd.
10.2017 - 11.2018
Merchandiser
Kapray & Zellbury Pvt Ltd.
02.2016 - 08.2017
Khaadi Pvt. Ltd. (Unit 05)
07.2015 - 01.2016
BACHELOR OF Business Administration -
Preston University