Experience

Elegant Knitting International

• Sri Lanka
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Merchandising Manager

  • Sep 2020 - Present



Maanel Destinations Lanka

• Managing Director

  • Apr 2016 - Aug 2020

  Inbound travel operator and service provider in Sri Lanka specialized for UK, Europe, Australia & Newzeland markets. Inbound travel operator and service provider in Sri Lanka specialized for UK, Europe, Australia & Newzeland markets.



BRANDIX LANKA LIMITED

• Colombo and Biyagama, Sri Lanka

• Head of Customer Service

  • Mar 2014 - Mar 2016



Seeds Intimate Apparel India Pvt Ltd

• Head of Procurement

  • Dec 2010 - Feb 2014

   Current Employee – Seeds Intimate Apparel India Private Limited – India – Four-way joint venture between Brandix (SL), Mast (USA), Clover(HK) & Brandot (USA) focusing on Bra manufacturing. Currently engaged in operations in the capacity of senior manager overlooking multiple departments. o Designation – Head of Procurement. Member of extended CFT- senior manager of company, Overlooking the departments; Merchandising, Warehouses, General Purchasing o Recruiting & developing a staff team from ground to around 90 by now. o Training & guiding Merchandising & other teams to perform company goals & meeting customer satisfaction. o Managing supplier base in Far-East Asia , Sri Lanka & India to get the material flow for the production with best economical benefits. o Communication & coordination with customer & partners on order management, Costing, sales plans, budgets, performance studies & Auditing processes. o Managing warehouses, inventory control systems & stock management of the company while following the brand protection & compliance requirements. o Managing the overall purchasing for company across, machinery, capital expenditure, consumables, IT, ……ect, while establishing purchase policies for the company. o Core member in company ERP system implementation team by process analysis, development & implementation. Show less



Asmara Group

• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Independent Consultant

  • Nov 2009 - Dec 2010

  Initiated Company presence in Sri Lanka & commenced Abercrombie & Fitch Swimwear business in Sri Lanka. Managed to increase the business from 4,000 units to a million units within a year. As the first member for merchandising team, responsibilities were as below. o Designation – consultant (Dec 2009 – Dec 2010) o Managing order placement at factory & order follow-up o Communication with Customer in USA daily basis. o Managing supplier base o Developing raw materials & required support services o Managing capacity bookings at factory. o Garment costing, Time & Action calendars o Maintaining management reports for Sri Lanka business. o Developing new business & production facilities in Sri Lanka. Show less



Mast Far East- Sri Lanka

• Senior Merchandiser

  • Aug 2005 - Oct 2009

  The regional office of Mast Inc.- USA, the production sourcing arm for Victoria’s Secrets, BBW, Express & many other key brands. The largest sourcing office in Sri Lanka with an annual turn-over of $ 500 million generated through Mast Sri Lanka office. o Designation – Merchandiser / Senior Merchandiser (2005 – 2009 Oct) o scope of work – Managing business of key accounts (Lane Bryant, Limited stores…) contributing half of the division turn-over.  Order management & execution through vendor base in Sri Lanka.  Order confirmation, On-time delivery & 100% order fulfillment.  Understanding of customer needs & managing production capacities at multiple venders.  Performance evaluation of vendor-base & planning product sourcing structure.  Business development for the region.  Customer Interfacing – Communicating with buyer on day to day updates/Issues/Order status.  Liaising with the internal & external technical, fabric, QA, design & development teams to manage & fulfill customer expectations.  Garment cost analysis, reporting & guiding teams to win competitive global pricing challenges.  Managing financial documentation such as sales/ Liabilities/ Commitments.  Critical Path management (With customers/ venders / suppliers / Internal departments & Peers)  Planning, Co-ordination & Forecasting of sales.  Training & developing vendor teams to achieve business, logistical needs & to follow customer guides/ manuals.  To ensure the budgeted sales targets to the organization.  Continuous product & process re-engineering to improve company bottom-line. Show less