Experience

UUNZ Institute of Business

• New Zealand
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Marketing Manager

  • Jul 2016 - Present

  Looking after the entire south east Asia market (India,Pakistan,Nepal,Bhutan,Srilanka and Bangladesh)for business development. Looking after the entire south east Asia market (India,Pakistan,Nepal,Bhutan,Srilanka and Bangladesh)for business development.



carpe diem

• Partner, Product Development Manager

  • Jan 2009 - Jul 2015

  • Interact with buyers directly to understand their core requirement in terms of design/colour/cost/trial Fits/delivery.• Study forecast, season trends, competition buying, so as to facilitate proper design inputs during the development stage and provide right alternatives.• Provide aesthetic inputs & technical details to the production team during sample making and finishing, ensuring development of the perceived product. • Liasoning with suppliers to ensure the raw material / stock is delivered on time and at the right price.



American Pacific Enterprises

• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Merchandising manager - Direct FOB division

  • Jan 2006 - Dec 2008

  • Developing & executing all home textiles orders for clients including Target Australia , Liwa Trading in Middle East & Shopper’s Stop in India. • Travelling (overseas & domestic) for client meetings, facilitating sourcing & development with design team to translate customer ideas into products with high placement potential • Overseeing a team of Design, Product development, Merchandising & QA to facilitate the direct FOB business. This includes all stages of working of the teams with vendors & sub vendors for designing, price negotiations, product re-engineering at nascent stage, production planning, quality, compliance & timely shipments. • Partnering with counterparts in Asian offices (American Pacific China, HK & Pakistan) to facilitate multi country sourcing to effectively generate cost benefit for the buyer. • Developing a vendor base, Managing the production schedule and production meetings.• Handling all production merchandising throughout the order and ensure timely approvals for the vendor.• Generating a working commission for the company while helping the vendor with the designing / sourcing of raw material help, cost negotiations and offering the buyer quality & merchandising services.



William E. Connor & Associates Ltd.

• Hong Kong
• Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Production Coordinator

  • Apr 2003 - Dec 2005

  • Direct responsibility of handling production of Home textiles for Clients like Marks & Spencer’s & Sainsbury’s in UK, Dillard’s & Cinmar (Frontgate) in USA.• Sourcing and developing new product ranges, fabrics, designs as per client & market needs along with Price negotiations. • Regular factory and vendor visits throughout the country, for production, compliance and new product range review and timely shipments to avoid any missing sales.• Intense meetings with buyers for sourcing and product development.• Sampling and production follow-up which includes reviewing the product thoroughly at the sampling stage, to foresee any production / testing / design issues in advance and make necessary call outs to the client at the pre production stage.• Coordinating production planning of various departments like sampling, dyeing, printing, cutting, stitching and finishing.