Location: Berkshire

Type: Permanent

Industry: Childrenswear

Job Ref: TGS1587

The Company:

An experienced Merchandiser is needed to join a highly successfully supplier to large multiples, wholesalers and e-traders.

The Role:

• Daily communication with customers and factories to update critical path with order progress.
• Maintaining critical path to ensure on time delivery to the customer.
• Working closely with factories and internal teams to ensure goods are shipped correctly and timely.
• Acting as point of contact for key accounts, providing updates and developing strong relationships.
• Management of production schedule, ensuring tasks are completed to plan to maintain the agreed shipment dates.
• Inputting sales orders onto the system.
• Placing garment purchase orders and raising Letters of Credit.
• Send contracts to factories and obtain confirmation of ex-factory dates and costs.
• Arranging fully informed artwork, size specs, packaging requirements to factories for all new orders.
• Develop or source all relevant packaging and barcodes.
• Working closely with the garment technical to ensure quality standards are met and inform factory on next steps.
• Analysing 1st samples for styling and production techniques and feedback instruction to factory on how to proceed.
• Feedback all fit comments to factories, ensuring all comments are adhered to for next sample.
• Managing testing and analysing reports, ensuring testing standards are adhered to.
• Driving development, pre-prod and production sealing, ensuring specifics are met for each retailer, and gaining the appropriate approval from the customer at each stage.
• Overseeing shipping for all orders, using customer specific booking platforms and freight forwarders.
• Invoice and packing list management.
• Managing various e-booking platforms including invoicing, packing   lists and COO documentation requirements for specific retailers.

Skills Required:

• Must have previous experience working for a busy supplier.
• Preference will be given to candidates with a baby/childrenswear background.
• Exceptional communication, organisational and presentation skills.
• Working knowledge of critical paths.
• Experience of liaising with Far East on a daily basis.
• Knowledge of the production cycle.
• Able to work effectively in a fast paced environment.