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Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Sourcing & Development Apparel-Manager
VF Asia
07.2021 - Current
Managing a team of sourcing developers to ensure sustainable and effective vendor relationships
Working with vendor partners to ensure that products are created and delivered that meet both the product and sustainability brand strategies
Work with the manager to support the sourcing strategy initiatives that have been created with partners in the hub team and play a supporting role in recommending solutions for either gaps in the vendor base or opportunities to drive more innovative product solutions
Working with my team to monitor and report on the development calendar cycle, ensuring key deadlines are being met for prototype and sample development
Guide the team on a regular basis to ensure work plans are created for them, to support the development calendar timelines, and escalate issues where blockages may occur
The vendor evaluation, to ensure the right product is being placed with the vendor with the appropriate capability
Enhancing and advocating for vendors, and capabilities, aligning use the new technologies, to drive innovation of process and product
Support the management of vendor partnerships, ensuring they meet the agreed performance targets
Provide data analysis to support vendor management and KPI process review by brands team
Collaborate with all in-country internal stakeholders across production, Global Material Supply, Compliance, Responsible Sourcing, Product Stewardship, logistics and Quality teams to ensure the alignment on the KPI's and achieving the goals
Support all associates in the team to ensure they create and deliver their individual development plans
Challenge the status quo by adopting a creative and curious style that can drive continuous improvement
Lead Risk Assessment Review, lead new vendor on-boarding activities, Compliance Audit, Special Project
Merchandiser Manager
PT. Asmara Karya Abadi
10.2018 - 07.2021
Company Overview: International Buying Agent
Responsibility for Fabrics Development activities: starting from raw materials selection, construction include yarn count, density, finishing, and prices
Ensure development samples as proto samples, salesman samples, wearing samples and garment testing submit on time as brands calendar with results achieve brand requirements
Submit samples TNA's include samples ready date, materials completion date, approval samples, and pricing. Work directly with buyers for TNA's submit ensure vendors follow and commit.
Responsibility for the ready date of Duplicate/Salesman samples, fit samples, photo shoot, PPS, and TOP samples. Work directly with buyer (brands) for samples completion (T/P, e-pattern, washing standard, additional process or artwork)
Daily discussion with buyer (brands) for technical clarification and sewing technical suggestion from garment factory, spec suggestion
Negotiate with mill for L/D ready date, greige and bulk fabric ready date, fabric price mode (FOB or CIF), fabric lead time and surcharge
Review FDS-form and bulk fabric testing from supplier before shipment
Base on booking or forecast or PO's from buyer directly work with mill for fabric booked or order to keep fabric ready date, official PO's garment factory will raise up
Submit bulk TNA completed with latest PO's submit; size breakdown submit; fabric shipment schedule, garment production schedule, fit approval date, garment ready date and ship date.
Submit final costing sheet to buyer base on duplicate samples, including fabrics and garment shipment mode.
Bulk production: Monitoring daily status of production each factory as order fabrics and trims, arrange fabric shipment, communicate with mill for fabric internal testing, head end fabric monitoring, review garment factory internal fabric test, 3rd party testing if needed for fabric and garment, monitoring fit sample due date and comments, monitoring WIP and garment delivery
Negotiate with garment factories, suppliers for term of payment, both materials and garments
Work with buyer and supplier if any fabric issues, over or short shipment, quality issues (spec, workmanship or washing/colors) or late shipment due to productivity
Work with our EXIM also shipping factory for vessel schedule base on INDC date of buyer, proposed combine shipment to minimize cost if INDC date still achieve buyer target
Payment settlement with vendors and suppliers (fabric mills or trims) for any quality claim or charge back from buyer, late shipment, and liability.
Senior Merchandiser
PT. Busana Apparel Group
10.2016 - 10.2018
Company Overview: Garment Manufacturing
Responsibility for E2E development activity includes Proto/Development samples; SMS, photo samples, wear test samples and other samples, include ready date; materials completion; TP/BOM and e-pattern, washing standard and other additional process if needed
Work independently with buyer for materials sourcing; samples TNA; TP/BOM discrepancy; costing and samples comment to factory
Daily discussion with buyer (brands) and technical factory for construction clarification, sewing technical suggestion for efficiency and better prices, spec suggestion, also submit Risk Assessment result to factory
Negotiate with mill for L/D ready date, greige and bulk fabric ready date, FOB or CIF price of fabrics, fabric lead time and surcharge, greige fabric ability and standard of fabrics (FIS-form)
Base on booking or forecast or PO's from buyer directly work with mill for fabric order to keep fabric ready date, official PO's garment factory will raise up
Submit bulk TNA completed with latest PO's submit; size breakdown submit; fabric shipment schedule, garment production schedule, fit approval date, garment ready date and ship date
Submit final costing sheet to buyer base on duplicate samples by calculating of fabric shipment and garment shipment mode
Develop special trims with supplier, get buyer approval and dealing with supplier about ready date and cost
Work with buyer and supplier if any fabric issues, over or short shipment, quality issues (spec, workmanship, or washing/colors) or late shipment due to productivity
Fabrics Development & Merchandiser Manager
PT. Mega Perintis
08.2013 - 10.2016
Company Overview: National Retail Company
Costing and Budgeting: Optimizing raw material cost by selected suitable supplier with variation fabric capability and competitive price purpose to optimizing mark up values of product
Quality Sourcing: Supplier partnership development, overseas raw material, product and sub contractor sourcing, pricing policy, effective supplier partnership and increasing number of strategic partner
Product Development: Sample product development, Accessories development and additional process development
Production Follow Up: Full responsible in development sample as well as customer requirement in quality and price
Bridging: Fabric design from Designer, actualization becomes fabrics suitable as vendor facility also as designer needs.
Import fabrics activities, regulation, shipping line and clearance activities, how to dealing with custom in Indonesian port.
Marketing-Merchandiser Manager-Head of Garment
ARVENCO GmbH
01.2010 - 08.2013
Company Overview: Swiss Buying Agent
Merchandiser Manager-Marketing
PT. Transindo Global Fashion
07.2006 - 01.2010
Company Overview: Trisula Group for Retail
Production Manager-PPIC
PT. UEII
07.2003 - 07.2006
Company Overview: Garment Manufacturing
Operation Manager
PT. Dewhirst Meanswear
07.2000 - 07.2003
Company Overview: Garment Manufacturing
Brands: Mark & Spencer; Tomas Pink
Education
Degree - Materials Engineering
Bandung Institute of Technology
Bandung-Indonesia
02-2000
Skills
Negotiation
Leadership Skills
Fabrics knowledge
Sewing Technical
Samples
Pattern & Fitting
Washing/Dying
Costing
TNA
Import/Export
SGS test
Cash Flow Management
Marketing & Business Development
Retail Feasibility Study
Brand Marketing Activities
Quality Assurance
Hobbies and Interests
Sport
Traveling
Personal Information
Health Status: Excellent
Date of Birth: 04/09/76
Gender: Male
Nationality: Indonesian
Marital Status: Married
Religion: Christian
Timeline
Sourcing & Development Apparel-Manager
VF Asia
07.2021 - Current
Merchandiser Manager
PT. Asmara Karya Abadi
10.2018 - 07.2021
Senior Merchandiser
PT. Busana Apparel Group
10.2016 - 10.2018
Fabrics Development & Merchandiser Manager
PT. Mega Perintis
08.2013 - 10.2016
Marketing-Merchandiser Manager-Head of Garment
ARVENCO GmbH
01.2010 - 08.2013
Merchandiser Manager-Marketing
PT. Transindo Global Fashion
07.2006 - 01.2010
Production Manager-PPIC
PT. UEII
07.2003 - 07.2006
Operation Manager
PT. Dewhirst Meanswear
07.2000 - 07.2003
Degree - Materials Engineering
Bandung Institute of Technology
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