Merchandiser Job Description
Job Description Of a Merchandiser
As a garments merchandiser, your job description may include the below responsibilities.
- Looking for a new buyer
- Communicate with running buyers
- Garments Costing
- Negotiate with buyers
- Sample Development
- Order Taking
- Follow up running order status
- Make a relationship among factory and exporter
- Factory Visit
- Look for Sub Contractor (If need)
- Maintain and updating Buyers Database
- Product Promotions
- Market Study and Demand Forecast Making
- Follow up Supply Chain Management
- Support to Senior Merchandisers
The job responsibilities of apparel merchandisers have not fixed limit to these but there may have many more tasks assigned by the reporting boss.
Looking for a new buyer
When someone join as Trainee Merchandiser reporting boss give task to looking for new buyer so that company can enlarge his business. Though its little bit difficult for trainee merchandiser but get a chance to learn a lot.
Communicate with running buyers
Communicate with buyers if buyer have any query or for your clear understanding. This type of communication decrease number of mistakes & relationship also become strong with buyer.
Garments Costing
This task is one of the main & important tasks. As a merchandiser, you have to know all the basic costing related to garments and accessories, so that you can calculate the offering price for a particular product to the buyer. Costing may include; fabric costing, trims and accessories costing, knitting cost, washing cost, dyeing cost, printing cost, garments CM cost, etc.
Negotiate with buyers
A proper price negotiation may help to satisfy both the manufacturer and the buyers. It is your job, first, do the costing of final garments and then negotiate with the buyers to offer a competitive price.
Sample Development
Before placing an order, need to develop a sample for the buyers. Based on the sample garments if it meets the buyer’s requirements & satisfaction then they place an order. So, as a merchandiser, you need to work on developing a sample according to the buyer’s requirements.
Order Taking
When garments buyers are pleased with your sample garments, they will place an order and as a merchandiser, it is your job to take an order as a representative of a company.
Follow up running order status
After receiving an order from buyer, you have to follow up order status regular basis with the buyer’s so that they can get a proper idea of what actually going on. This will help to ensure the on-time shipment of the product.
Make a relationship among factory and exporter
It is the merchandiser’s duty to ensure a proper relation making among factory/garments maker or exporter if you are working in a buying house, they do not have any factory of their own.
Factory Visit
If you work in a buying house or garments factory, you are required to visit the factory regularly just to check the garments production status which must be as per the requirements of the buyers.
Look for Sub Contractor (If need)
If your company is not have enough capacity to make all the order garments then you must look for sub-contractor those will work for making your garments. But this will be a challenging task for a merchandiser to choose the right sub-contractor who will offer a better price with the good quality product.
Maintain and updating Buyers Database
Every garment exporter maintains its buyer’s database so that they can evaluate and prioritize their buyers according to their values. It is the merchandiser’s duty to maintain a proper record of buyers and update the database .
Product Promotions
Sales will depend on the promotion of products. The demand for fashionable garments is increasing worldwide. As a trainee merchandiser if you are targeting a large number of future buyers then you have to promoting your products.
Market Study and Demand Forecast Making
Merchandising job is one of the challenging jobs in the apparel industry because to become successful in merchandising career you must collect update market data, study and analyze the data, and forecast accordingly so that you can be prepared for future orders.
Follow up Supply Chain Management
Now a day’s properly managed supply chain is one of the success key factors of the garments industry. The reason behind this is, an effective supply chain management will help you to minimize your cost. Your supply chain will help you to source your product from the minimum cost sources and deliver your product through the least-cost channel.
Support to Senior Merchandisers
As a trainee merchandiser or junior merchandiser, you need to support your immediate seniors if they require your support. Proper support will increase your companies overall efficiency.
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