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ARJUN SAWANT

Product Merchandiser
Thane

Summary

Well-organized and creative Merchandising professional successful at representing consumer tastes and needs in retail market. Accurately assess competition and pursues effective ways to boost sales and reinforce client brands. Reliable [Merchandiser] with record of successfully contributing to team goals. Inventory management and merchandising experience.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Manager

The Pant Project (Banswara Brands)
01.2024 - Current
  • Day to day work strategies in to Product Operations and supply chain towards MTM and Readymades.
  • New sample development for mood boards generated by designers.
  • Maintaining Daily sales orders and analysis for execution of E-commerce orders.
  • Monitored sales trends to adjust pricing strategies for optimal profitability.
  • Bulk orders fulfillment from warehouse stock to manage inventory levels.
  • Improved customer satisfaction by addressing and resolving complaints promptly.
  • Daily co-ordination with Factories to adequate order volume for ontime deliveries.
  • Fortnight factory visits for various projectstasks/sampling/productions and for line manager's meeting to encourage collaboration among factory staff.
  • Introducing new factories and mills for business growth.
  • Communicating with Customer care teams with their queries and for resolutions.
  • Measure role to handle all type of quality control of the product to ensure the product quality before dispatch.
  • Coordinated with vendors to ensure timely delivery of products and resolve any supply chain issues.
  • Swatch cards and Product Trims pricing and management follow ups.
  • Creating Production Grids to follow smooth work environment with factory staff
  • Involved in all type if Monogramming and Mocks to improve the service skills enhancing strong product outcome.
  • Involvement in all type of product consumptions and product costing management system.
  • Providing Quality analysis Reports to Brand Heads on Monthly Basis.

Product Merchandiser

Usha International
8 2023 - 10.2023
  • Planning the quantity of the inventory.
  • Co-ordination and follow up with International Vendors.
  • Inventory Mapping at Store Level.
  • Demand and Supply the product range as per seasonal selections and finalization by Brand Head.
  • Striking deals with Vendors with good relationship.
  • Sampling of the products with day to fay follow ups.
  • Mapping the trends Domestic as well as international level.
  • Sampling and Producing DIY Kits as a Product.
  • Deconstruction of Products into Materials.
  • Price Built Ups for overall product range with Gross Margins.
  • Day To Day Reports with analysis.
  • Daily Co-ordination with Designers/Legal Teams and Auditors.
  • Co-ordination with Commercial teams for Taxable product details with compositions to display with QR Codes.
  • Follow up with Warehouse team for ontime product dispatches to Store and HO.
  • Follow ups with Commercial for Vendor payments and receipts.
  • Top 10 and Bottom 10 Sales analysis to Management team.





Product Merchandiser

Raymond Apparel Ltd.
01.2018 - 07.2023

• To create new product range as per the season forecast with a collaborative working with Design & PD team
• Providing Data analysis of last 2 seasons to the Design team, so that accordingly they can take the right decision for releasing new season Designs & Styles.
• Building Product Library by archiving the best seller designs & Styles of past season which helps the Designer to create a Hall OF Fame Designs.
• Accordingly releasing cad & styles as followed from cad designer
• Developing Proto samples by co-ordinations with product development team
• To do costing for apparel with account team at each SKU level accordingly setting right MRP with desired Gross margin & taking final approval from Brand Head.
• Planning sampling activity to achieve the deadline for showcasing the new samples in tradeshow with the collaboration of SCM team & PD team.
• Once the season booking are done need to compile the system booking with Sr. Merchandiser and creating Cutting Guidelines(CG) for Bulk Production handover to SCM team.
• End to End Merchandising for Raymond Products.

Production Executive

Retailhub Pvt Ltd
12.2012 - 12.2018

Recommended process improvements to enhance product quality.
Managed resource utilization and continuous improvements to streamline operations and reduce costs.
Met regularly with production team and managers to analyze problems and ensure cost-effective and high-quality product delivery.
Maintained daily reports and advised executive leaders in decision-making processes.
Production cutting orders releases daily basis as per planning schedule
Trims Flow management as per given time lines
Forecasting for Inward and delivery plans for Supply Chain

Education

Full Time Graduate in Commerce - Accounting And Business Management

SRM College-Mumbai University
Kudal
01.2010 - 2012.03

Skills

    Vendor relations

    Fabric & Garment Sourcing

    Pricing controls

    Seasonal campaigns

    Merchandising plan creation

    Product knowledge

    Import Export

    Buying & Merchandising

    Supply Chain

    MOM TNA

Accomplishments

    Resolved product issue through consumer testing.
    Used Microsoft Excel own formats to develop tracking spreadsheets.
    Part Of President's Team award for successfully ceremonial Category handled
    Hall of fame for Raymond Trade show activities
    Best Student Award Achiever at the age of 21st
    24th ranking in intermediate MATH & SCIENCE COMPETITION

Additional Information

Part Of Shade Card Management for all season Booking
Completely involve for Trade Show Activities for Raymond Ready to wear brand

Software

SAP

Advance Excel

Power Point

MS Word

Outlook

Languages

English
Advanced
Hindi
Advanced
Marathi
Advanced

Interests

Desire to learn

Desire to achieve Success

Reading Books

Sports

Marathon

Timeline

Assistant Manager

The Pant Project (Banswara Brands)
01.2024 - Current

Product Merchandiser

Raymond Apparel Ltd.
01.2018 - 07.2023

Production Executive

Retailhub Pvt Ltd
12.2012 - 12.2018

Full Time Graduate in Commerce - Accounting And Business Management

SRM College-Mumbai University
01.2010 - 2012.03

Product Merchandiser

Usha International
8 2023 - 10.2023
ARJUN SAWANTProduct Merchandiser