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Merchandiser Job Description

The document outlines the key responsibilities and processes involved in merchandising for the garments sector. It discusses that merchandisers are responsible for communicating with marketing and production, executing orders according to costing and pricing, and ensuring a smooth merchandising process. The main duties of a merchandiser include receiving and analyzing orders, developing samples, negotiating prices, booking fabrics and accessories, arranging pre-production meetings, overseeing production quality, and preparing documents for shipment. Merchandisers play a critical role in facilitating production and delivery according to a buyer's requirements.

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Merchandiser Job Description

The document outlines the key responsibilities and processes involved in merchandising for the garments sector. It discusses that merchandisers are responsible for communicating with marketing and production, executing orders according to costing and pricing, and ensuring a smooth merchandising process. The main duties of a merchandiser include receiving and analyzing orders, developing samples, negotiating prices, booking fabrics and accessories, arranging pre-production meetings, overseeing production quality, and preparing documents for shipment. Merchandisers play a critical role in facilitating production and delivery according to a buyer's requirements.

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Basic Concept Regarding Merchandiser's Duty

In garments sector, merchandising is an important department which talks marketing and


production department at the same time. To make smooth the merchandising activities every
merchandiser has to follow a process flow chart by which anyone can do his/her work very
smartly. In any case, the merchandiser is the person whose responsibility is to execute the orders
perfectly as per the costing and pricing. So it is a very valuable department.

Most important factors have to maintain a merchandiser:


1. Communication
2. Planning
3. Production

All the garment merchandising process are described briefly:

Order received from the Buyer with Details about the product: Buyers place order to
different factory though the merchandiser of that factory with details. Merchandiser first analysis
the product and inform buyer if the factory capable of doing the order or the not.

Sample Development Initiative Taken: If merchandiser confirm their capability, then buyer ask
for sample development and merchandiser taken initiative for sample development.

Price Negotiation with the buyer: If buyer like the development sample, then he may ask for
price and negotiate price with the price.

Confirmation of order and receive the order: If both buyer and merchandiser agree with the
price buyer may confirm order to the factory by required documents issuing against the factory.

Taken Initiative to provide all required sample: Here merchandiser taken initiative to


submit sample such as Proto Sample, Fit sample, Sales man sample, Size-set sample etc.
according to Buyer’s requirements.

Fabric Booking: In the meantime, merchandiser has to order the required fabric as per their
consumption based on order quantity.

Accessories Booking: At the same time of fabric booking, merchandiser has to book all
required trims & accessories.
Swatch Board and trims Card make and obtain approval: Merchandiser has to make swatch
board and trims card to get approval from buyer to ensure fabric swatch and trims & accessories
are using as per buyer’s requirements.

Ensure raw- materials In- House: Merchandiser ensure all raw materials are in –house as per
requirements.

Arrange PP meeting with all actual: Before going into the production, have to arrange pre-
production meeting for smooth production. This meeting has to arrange the merchandiser with
all documents, mail commutation print out and all necessary information for revising the product
which help smooth production.

Concern with authority about start the production: Merchandiser concern with production
manager, General Manager, planning manager for starting bulk production.

Sample test for 3rd party testing (if required): Merchandiser has to send sample from
production to 3rd party testing to ensure there are no harmful things in the product.

Collect daily production & Quality report: Regular production and quality report should be
collected by merchandiser in regular basis.

Ensure pre-final and Final Inspection date with concerning buyer’s representative: After
completing bulk production, make a pre-final & final inspection for the order with concerning
buyer’s representative.

Prepare all the documents for Shipment: Before going to shipment, merchandiser have to
prepare all the documents required to ship the goods.

Send documents to Buyers: All the documents about the order should send to the buyer after
sending the full order quantity for receiving payment.

Inform Commercial department to take initiative to collect payment: After sends documents


to buyer’s merchandiser inform commercial dept. to take necessary action to collect payment.

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