Merchandising Manager (Apparel)

Confidential Company; Fatih; On-site; TRY 700,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential Company in Turkey seeks an experienced Garment Trading Manager to lead cross-functional teams and maintain offshore vendor relations. You will drive production schedules, ensure on-time delivery, and optimize costing to meet client expectations.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in garment trading, strong English, and proven leadership. USA market experience is preferred; MS Office skills and strategic negotiation are essential to achieve business goals.

Qualifications

• University graduate in Textile / Clothing or related discipline.
• 8+ years’ solid experience in garment trading field; USA market experience preferred.
• Solid experience in managing offshore vendors.
• Strong leadership and negotiation abilities; able to drive business goals.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and good time management.
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Proactively work with merchandising team, customers, vendors/factories and cross-functional teams to ensure products are of high quality.
• Sustain good relationships with internal and external parties to achieve development/production schedule and on-time delivery.
• Monitor and supervise order follow-up with subordinates; resolve production issues to ensure on-time delivery and quality meeting requirements.
• Work on cost planning analysis to achieve right costing that meets customer expectations.
• Perform risk assessment through production process.
• Provide on-the-job training and coaching for subordinates on product knowledge and merchandising skills.

Skills

Leadership

Negotiation

English proficiency

Problem solving

Time management

Vendor management

Education

Textile / Clothing or related discipline

Tools

MS Office

Job description

• Proactively work with the fellow merchandising team, customers, vendors / factories and cross functional teams to ensure products are of high quality
• Sustain good relationship with both internal and external parties in order to achieve overall development/production schedule and on-time delivery
• Monitor and supervise order follow up with subordinates, resolve production issues, ensure on time delivery and quality that meet the requirements
• Work on cost planning analysis to achieve the right costing that meet with the customer’s expectations
• Work on risk assessment through production process
• Provide on-the-job training and coaching for subordinates on product knowledge upgrade, merchandising skills and overall effectiveness

Job Requirements

• University graduate in Textile / Clothing or related discipline
• At least 8 years’ solid experience in garment trading field; experience in USA market is preferable
• Solid experience in managing offshore vendors
• Strong aggressiveness in leading and achieving high vision, capable to handle different levels of counterparts / stakeholders in driving business goals
• Self-motivated, strong managerial skills and negotiation ability
• Excellent problem-solving skills and good time management
• Excellent command of both written and spoken English
• Proficient in Microsoft Office – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook