Sangita Banerjee De
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Sangita was in my category management team at The Better India's e-commerce foray. She is not just a very hardworking person, but an extremely compassionate, humane and caring individual who makes human connections that last a lifetime. This is a hugely underrated attribute, but something that makes Sangita stand out and one of her biggest professional strengths as well. She's able to reach out to people very quickly because she has built such a vast network and is great with relationships with vendors, clients, team members - everyone. I would highly recommend Sangita, and she is an asset to any company she joins.
In addition to being an excellent team player and highly dependable, Sangita has constructed and maintained a diverse and comprehensive network of hand-loom weavers and craftsmen across the South Indian belt. I have witnessed her grow into The Product Development Lead (Textiles) at Fabindia, Bangalore Hub. Sangita actively collaborated with the merchandising teams to develop a diverse range of Handloom Home Textiles as well as Garment Accessories (including Sarees & Stoles) and was instrumental in the significant growth of business in these areas. She was an asset to the team and I sincerely hope to have an opportunity to collaborate with her again.
Sangita was in my category management team at The Better India's e-commerce foray. She is not just a very hardworking person, but an extremely compassionate, humane and caring individual who makes human connections that last a lifetime. This is a hugely underrated attribute, but something that makes Sangita stand out and one of her biggest professional strengths as well. She's able to reach out to people very quickly because she has built such a vast network and is great with relationships with vendors, clients, team members - everyone. I would highly recommend Sangita, and she is an asset to any company she joins.
In addition to being an excellent team player and highly dependable, Sangita has constructed and maintained a diverse and comprehensive network of hand-loom weavers and craftsmen across the South Indian belt. I have witnessed her grow into The Product Development Lead (Textiles) at Fabindia, Bangalore Hub. Sangita actively collaborated with the merchandising teams to develop a diverse range of Handloom Home Textiles as well as Garment Accessories (including Sarees & Stoles) and was instrumental in the significant growth of business in these areas. She was an asset to the team and I sincerely hope to have an opportunity to collaborate with her again.
Sangita was in my category management team at The Better India's e-commerce foray. She is not just a very hardworking person, but an extremely compassionate, humane and caring individual who makes human connections that last a lifetime. This is a hugely underrated attribute, but something that makes Sangita stand out and one of her biggest professional strengths as well. She's able to reach out to people very quickly because she has built such a vast network and is great with relationships with vendors, clients, team members - everyone. I would highly recommend Sangita, and she is an asset to any company she joins.
In addition to being an excellent team player and highly dependable, Sangita has constructed and maintained a diverse and comprehensive network of hand-loom weavers and craftsmen across the South Indian belt. I have witnessed her grow into The Product Development Lead (Textiles) at Fabindia, Bangalore Hub. Sangita actively collaborated with the merchandising teams to develop a diverse range of Handloom Home Textiles as well as Garment Accessories (including Sarees & Stoles) and was instrumental in the significant growth of business in these areas. She was an asset to the team and I sincerely hope to have an opportunity to collaborate with her again.
Sangita was in my category management team at The Better India's e-commerce foray. She is not just a very hardworking person, but an extremely compassionate, humane and caring individual who makes human connections that last a lifetime. This is a hugely underrated attribute, but something that makes Sangita stand out and one of her biggest professional strengths as well. She's able to reach out to people very quickly because she has built such a vast network and is great with relationships with vendors, clients, team members - everyone. I would highly recommend Sangita, and she is an asset to any company she joins.
In addition to being an excellent team player and highly dependable, Sangita has constructed and maintained a diverse and comprehensive network of hand-loom weavers and craftsmen across the South Indian belt. I have witnessed her grow into The Product Development Lead (Textiles) at Fabindia, Bangalore Hub. Sangita actively collaborated with the merchandising teams to develop a diverse range of Handloom Home Textiles as well as Garment Accessories (including Sarees & Stoles) and was instrumental in the significant growth of business in these areas. She was an asset to the team and I sincerely hope to have an opportunity to collaborate with her again.
Experience
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Ourbetterplanet.com
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India
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Think Tanks
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Category Manager
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Dec 2020 - Present
www.ourbetterplanet.com is proposed as a curated online marketplace for all things sustainable. A sustainable product or service is one that involves processes that maximize benefits to people and communities while minimizing impact on the environment. The ecommerce marketplace aims to bring multiple category of products under one umbrella, the only criteria being that the product should be developed keeping in mind the environment and sustainable goals that enrich and help communities grow. The underlying idea always is to leave a better planet for the future generations.WEARACTIV LLPChief Executive Officer and Founder
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Manager of Category Management
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May 2019 - Dec 2020
• Evaluates supplier’s product range, social impact to select supplier and products for the e-commerce platform (Karnival.com). Awards contracts to the supplier and monitors quality, inventory and delivery schedule compliances • Developing effective working relationships with our suppliers and continuously analysing the multiple gaps in the categories and develop new products and suppliers.• Creating and regular reviewing of pricing, cataloguing and promotional strategies for the products and suppliers with the editorial, sales and marketing team• Develop a comprehensive content and digital marketing strategy (Facebook and Instagram) to achieve the monthly sales and growth targets for individual products, individual suppliers and categories• Ensuring availability of stocks of the key products in multiple categories• Looking out for price fluctuations in other marketplaces of the comparative products to ensure best price in the Karnival.com• Analysing consumer buying patterns and predicting future trends as per weekly reports
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FABINDIA LIMITED (erstwhile Fabindia Overseas Pvt. Ltd.)
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Merchandiser - Home soft and Lifestyle accessories /Personal Care
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Apr 2014 - May 2019
• Product development and Sourcing, as per Mood Board and Promotion at store across the world for Home &, Lifestyle Accessories, Garment accessories (Saree), Jewelry, Bag, and Personal Care from South regional procurement center of Fabindia • Doing the seasonal buying for the Categories & Vendor management for Home, Accessories and lifestyle accessories and personal care• Analyze the Market and Monitor current Fashion Trends, collections, customer preferences and competitor activities for fashion forecasting and to give broad direction to individual suppliers• Launching of new products and improvements to existing products in terms of quality, pricing etc.• Lead and provide overall creative direction to the brand by conceptualizing and developing range for different seasons• Design consultation to the suppliers for development of ranges of products, sample creation and costing of shortlisted products• Scouring cum vendor management, negotiating for price and production time • Managing production team at Bangalore office and field office (Chennai and Hyderabad) for production schedule, quality control, delivery to FabIndia stores and B2B orders • Regularly visiting different craft pockets/ suppliers in order to ensure product quality, delivery schedule, new product development, capacity development for suppliers • Responsible for any new development/ styles in order to ensure regular launching of new products in the retail outlets • Monitoring quality control process periodically and responsible for supply chain reporting • Presenting reports (inventory, production report, sales reports etc) to central team
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Freelance Textile Designer
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Nov 2009 - Mar 2014
• Worked with several companies as a Freelancer Designer and developed fine range of furnishingFabric prints for home textile, garments, accessories. Evaluates customer requirement and creating different print, embroidery and digital printing design for garmenting fabric and home textile • Graphic design: Creating visuals, banner, design for T-shirt and other accessories using graphic tools like Photoshops, Corel draw etc
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Industree Foundation
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India
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Non-profit Organization Management
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1 - 100 Employee
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Textile Designer cum Merchandiser-Home and accessories
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Jul 2006 - Feb 2009
• Conducted background research & planning for merchandise break-up of natural fiber, home accessories and textile, selection of garments raw material or crafted goods, vendor search, liaison as well as design for new retail brand• Designing, sampling and negotiation on price of the collections as per trend book & buyer inspirations and domestic and overseas markets • Handling product development of Natural fiber, furniture, lifestyle accessories and fabric print design• Designing new development print collections, sourcing the fabric, deciding trims, accessories, color and fabric according to design type.• Handling pre-sales activities related to understanding of client’s requirement, sample development, pricing, brochure design and modification, initial production plan, quality systems, packaging as well as marketing for home accessories products or furniture in domestic and export market
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National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hyderabad
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India
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Retail Apparel and Fashion
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1 - 100 Employee
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Project Designer Textile and craft
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Aug 2005 - Nov 2005
• Developing a fine range of furnishing fabric prints in Kalamkari and cut shuttle technique weaved durries for HEIM-TEXTIL Textile Fair, Frankfurt 2006• To have an idea of the cost bracket of new designs and prepare designs as per buyer's design & price range
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Hitaishi-KK Manufacturing Company
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India
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Wholesale Import and Export
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1 - 100 Employee
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Textile Designer
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May 2005 - Jul 2005
• Handling activities like designing and sample development, design modification, initial sample production plan for jute and silk bag for export market• Experimenting with colour, fabric & texture, creating sets of sample designs and managing entire product development including requirement analysis, finalization of specifications, testing activities, etc
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Urban Village
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United Kingdom
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1 - 100 Employee
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Designer cum Merchandiser
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May 2004 - May 2005
• Responsible for background research and planning for new brand in traditional Bengal Handicrafts and Textile products. It involves development of innovative designs and new applications to transform them in unique utilitarian products,• Conducting workshops with artisans and craftsmen on new designs, colour and dyes, reservation techniques, packaging design and merchandising
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Textile Designer cum Craft Re-Style
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Aug 2001 - Apr 2004
• Designing new development collection for different overseas buyers Japan, US, Europe, UK • Making concepts for different buyers according to season and themes • Working with international designer for development• Attended multiple design development and packaging workshop overseas and India • To have an idea of the cost bracket of new designs and prepare designs as per buyer's design & price range• To attend buyer meetings, understand their product requirements, comments and execute samples as per buyer comments• Experimenting with colour, fabric & texture, creating sets of sample designs and managing entire product development including requirement analysis, finalization of specifications, testing activities, etc. • Projecting embroidery & design concepts for forthcoming collections by keeping latest trends or forecasts in mind to ensuring ensure the execution of new process concepts in garments• Networking with potential clients or overseas buyers to ensure maximum customer satisfaction by ensuring effective delivery as per quality norms• Incorporating different fabrics and exploring their options for makeable range development
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Consultant (Designer)
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Apr 2001 - Apr 2004
• Took forward the traditional craft of Sujni (Katha in West Bengal) technique on a lot of things like table linen, table mat, coasters and small accessorize was designed for the inner space of the house. • Conducted trainings on small utility product, embroidery skill training and design development as well as market them in different exhibition and overseas market under cluster development project
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Education
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1999 - 2001
Visva Bharati University , Kalabhavana, Santiniketan
Diploma in Design, Textile and Craft Design
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