Senior Merchandiser

About Us

Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets and sells high quality products in multiple segments, including women’s, men’s and kid’s apparel, accessories, entertainment and beauty. Centric Brands is focused on our customers and our brands that will drive the company’s future growth. We are defined by innovation as we seize new opportunities and thrive in an environment informed by creativity and thinking that is both analytical and outside the box. Centric Brands reflects a team built on respect, for others and for the hard work it takes to achieve our goals and build our bright future together.

Specific Responsibilities Would Include

Overall Responsibilities

The Product Developer will be responsible for providing support to manage product development setup and sourcing activities from Asia. This position will collaborate with the Sales, Design and Production team to ensure execution of the time-and-action calendar of product development activities. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in product development and sourcing, with a focus on Developer, Product accessories items, as well as solid skills of managing data, analysis, reports, calendar.

1. Sourcing, product development and costing - Co-ordinate with different factories to ensure samples will be on time for customer meetings - Tracking sample status n update customer in customer system. Check and send samples - Manage/handle independently activities in the merchandising process with focus on production co-ordination to final shipment.

- Work closely with customers & vendors to ensure an effective merchandising value chain which produces quality goods with on-time delivery.

- Provide detail costing package and template for vendors to cost; clarify with customer and answering any costing query from vendors; create costing comparison to be reviewed together with supervisor; negotiate price with vendors

2. Order follow-up - Assist in order/price negotiation with different vendors to maximize margin- work with vendor and production team to ensure critical path are follow and production schedule on delivery time. - Handle fit samples and customer different sample request - Constant update on WIP to ensure no delivery slide - Order management: prepare final costing/ create ticket for PO creation

3. Others - Work together with supervisor to resolve conflicts and issues between buyers and vendors to maintain smooth operations.- Work together with cross-functional teams and vendors on order status/delivery- Timely update/report to supervise any problems.- Assist supervisor in reporting, summarize data.

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Our Best Fit Candidate Would Have

Additional Requirements

• Professional degree/diploma in apparel manufacturing or Textile Merchandising, or a related field• Experience with gloves merchandising is preferred.• At least 2-3 years of proven experience in merchandising.• Knowledge of garment manufacturing, including construction, fabrication, trim, and print techniques.• Up to date on the latest merchandising trends and best practices.• Good negotiation, vendor management, and collaboration abilities.• Excellent verbal and communication skills.• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, Adobe products.• Having experience with Flex PLM and SAP is a plu

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