In garments industry, garments
merchandiser is like bridge between buyer and company. After getting the order
sheet from buyer, he has to look after every job like buying the raw materials
which is required to finish the production, finishing the garments and finally
preparing the documentation for final shipping. As a single word, garments
merchandiser is the main responsible person to make the product timely and ship
the goods on time.
After get the purchase order from
buying house, garments merchandiser have below responsibilities to ship the
goods on time:
- Internal
and external communication
- Sample
preparing
- Trims
and lab dip approval
- Preparing
internal costing sheet & LC analysis
- Prepare
order sheets of trims
- Accessories
and trims in-house follow up
- Follow
up bulk production and giving advice to quality department.
- Offering
final inspection
- Giving
shipping instructions and follow up until ship the goods
Internal and external communication
Garments merchandiser has to
communicate not only with buyer but also communicate with suppliers, nominated
factory concern and fabric manufacturers. Without proper communication there is
no way to ship the goods on time. For factory merchandiser, internal and
external communication is most important part in garments sector.
Sample making
Sample making is one of the most
important tasks for a garments merchandiser. Before start the sample process,
merchandiser collect technical sheet from buyer and develop the sample as per
buyer instruction. Here merchandiser has develop different types of sample as
per buyer requirement such as develop sample / fit sample, color selection
sample, campaign sample, photo sample, size set sample, sales man sample,
production sample etc. In garments industry, without sample approval there is
no way to start the production as buyer can change anything in any stage after
submit the sample for approval. After getting the comments from buyer, they
will inform their next stage requirement.
Trims and lab approval
To start the bulk production of
any trims, garments merchandiser has to take approval from buyer. As it is most
important task for a merchandiser. Without buyer approval, factory will not proceed
any production of the goods. Here, lab dip is also important part for a garment
merchandiser. Before start the bulk fabric production, merchandiser has to take
approval lad dip from buying house.
Preparing internal costing sheet and LC analysis
Before start the bulk production
of any goods, merchandiser has to prepare internal costing sheet and LC
analysis sheet to take the approval from companies’ top management like
Managing Director. After getting confirmation from top management, merchandiser
will proceed to prepare bulk work order of the style.
Prepare order sheet of trims
After taking approval of LC
analysis from top management, merchandiser will prepare the bulk work order of
trims to proceed the bulk production. Different
types of work order will placed such as bulk fabric, sewing items (e.g – Care label,
main label, size label & sewing thread etc.) & finishing items (e.g
hang tag, price tag, poly bag, sticker, carton etc).
Accessories and trims in house follow up
After place the work order by
merchandiser, has to follow up until goods in house. In the meantime,
merchandiser always communicated with buyer regarding trims item and in house
the goods as per buyer instruction.
Bulk production and giving advice to quality department
Garments merchandiser must have
good relationship with production people and quality department for smooth
production. Before start the bulk sewing of the goods, merchandiser will
arrange PP (pre-production) meeting with all responsible department. Timely communication
with production people will help to ship the goods on time. Without proper communication
with production people and quality department, shipment will impact on time.
Offering final inspection
Factory will arrange final
inspection before shipping the goods to the buyer. Here merchandiser is playing
as strong role to inspect the product by using strong quality department or
third party quality inspector.
Giving shipping instruction and follow up
The final task of garment
merchandiser is giving shipping instruction to the commercial department
properly regarding export order of the garments. By maintaining those
instructions, commercial department will ship the goods to the buyer.
