Sr. Merchandiser / Merchandiser

Ambattur Fashion; Chennai District; On-site; INR 250,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Ambattur Fashion in Chennai is seeking a Production Co-ordinator to manage buyer communications, cost sheets, and pre-production activities. The role involves ensuring material approvals, maintaining production documentation, and coordinating multiple departments to meet package dates and shipment schedules.

The candidate will attend pre-production meetings, review factory production, and provide regular updates to all stakeholders, with a focus on timely execution and quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Correspond with buyer on package date, costing and sample availability.
• Prepare, update and compile cost sheets.
• Review samples for construction, fall, fit, drape and wash; forward to R&D comments.
• Ensure raw materials and style approvals are available on time to meet package date.
• Fill Delay Schedule and share with Sr. Merchandiser and Document Co-ordinator.
• Prepare Production package with checklist, pattern mini-marker, approved sample with comments on a white patch.
• Production file with fab and trim swatches, specs, wash standards and comments handed to PPC after Sr. Merchandiser review.
• Attend pre-production meeting with the factory/Production Manager.
• Review production in the factory, preferably on Wednesday post lunch session.
• Send in Shipment schedule to Commercial Department preferably on Thursday.
• Update all concerned departments on the confirmed orders.
• Sign all approvals for fabric and trims.
• Weekly review of Production chart and give feedback.
• Check & approve trims swatch cards received from MMC after PPC review.
• Coordinate and control all activities of staff under him.

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities

1. Responsible for corresponding with the buyer regarding Package Date, Costing and Samples availability.

2. Responsible for Preparation, updating and compilation of cost sheets.

3. Responsible for review of Samples for construction, fall, fit, drape and wash prior to sending to buyer and should forward the same to R&D comments.

4. Ensure raw materials and style approvals are available in time to meet package date.

5. Responsible for filling in Delay Schedule and to be given to Sr.Merchandiser for ratification and a copy to be given to Document Co-ordinator.

6. Responsible for Preparing Production package consisting of check- list, pattern mini-marker, approved sample with comments on a white patch.

7. Production file which contains fab and trim swatches spec sheets,all comments,wash stds,emb/print swatches and any other relevant swatches should b handed over to P.P.C department after reviewing with the Sr.Merchandiser.

8. Responsible to attend Pre-production meeting with the factory/Production Manager

9. Responsible to review of production in the factory preferably on Wednesday post lunch session.

10. Responsible to send in Shipment schedule to Commercial Department preferably on Thursday.

11. Responsible to update all concerned departments on the confirmed orders.

12. Responsible to sign all approvals for fabric and trims.

13. Ensure Weekly review of Production chart and give feedback on the same.

14. Responsible to check & approve trims swatch card when received from MMC after the review of PPC department.

16. Responsible for Controlling and Co-ordinating all activities of staff working under him.