Summary

A highly motivated, ambitious and results driven marketing person with exceptional interpersonal skills. Well organized and very enthusiastic individual with the knowledge in marketing, export, Quality Control and management. Seeking a marketing position with an organization where demonstrated skills in marketing administration, sales can be used to increase profitability and promote growth. Being a business graduate and having international exposure by working well reputed brands spread all over the word makes me capable enough to coop up with any diversified, dynamic and multi-dimensional organization.

Projects

International Business /Customers Visits

Experience

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Apparel Sourcing Country Head of Merchandising and Quality Control
Lauirebelles USA
May 2021 - Mar 2022 | Lahore, Pakistan

Manage/Monitor development process of Denim, Knitwear, PU, Fabric, Leather & Seamless
from design to release of BULK production focusing on proto type sampling, costing, testing and
quality control to ensure development is completed up to customer standards and target before
defined buy ready date.
• Working with vendors and internal functional teams to ensure all development objectives are met
and to build up good relationship with counter part to streamline the development flow and
communication chains among all key stakeholders.
• Working with vendor proactively to provide new design proposal and cost saving proposal.
• Organizing pre-production meetings for assigned product and to ensure the quality of bulk
productions fully compiled with defined quality standards.
• Monitor and manage BULK approval for material and accessories as per customer standards.
• Closely work in a quality driven manner with internal functional teams to ensure consistent
quality of production.
• Making sure the implementation of the standards and measures which ensure quality is involved
in each single production step and flowing across the whole production process to achieve the
quality performance target assigned by customer.
• Making sure products standards are met in In-line, Middle and Final BULK inspection
• Handling production and development issues
• Making sure dispatch of goods being well planned and organized in advance with coordination of
logistics and inform to customer accordingly.
• Follow up of the shipment being reached to the destination
• Handling customer claims or returns issues

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Deputy Marketing Manager
Firhaj Footwear (PVT) Ltd
Mar 2015 - Apr 2021 | Lahore, Pakistan

divpFirhaj Footwear (Pvt.) Ltd has the exclusive manufacturing license of Hush Puppies® International USA and the distribution license of Cater Pillar® and Clark in Pakistan. Firhaj has two Division Leather Apparel and Shoes. I am in Apparel Division and my job duties include:/p
p·         Correspondence with European Buyers independently/p
p·         Participation in International Exhibition/Leather Apparel Fair/p
p·         Collection development & Team building/p
p·         Development of new samples as per buyer’s specifications and analysis of cost sheet accordingly and offer optimal price./p
p·         To keep inventory and improvisation of material and accessories./p
p·         Costing of material and accessories/p
p·         Quality Control from A To Z process, (From samples to BULK dispatch)/p
p·         Monitoring order’s production being followed as per requirements./p
p·         Examine leather consumption with respect to orders/p
p·         Plan targets and make strategies to accomplishment of goals./p
p·         Overall customers monitoring, handling complaints and provide them satisfactory services./p
p·         To maintain team performance, make plans and their implementation/p
p·         Department's evaluation and make progressive action plans and their implantation./p
p·         Examine production leather by keeping customer standard from start to finish garments/p
p·         Identifying leather quality issues and inform to the concerns for corrective actions/p
p·         Monitoring waxing and finishing standards/p
p·         Handling after sales services/p
p·         Manage logistic planning with logistic team/p
pFollowing are the well reputed brands with whom I am dealing currently and making interpersonal skills more strong, I solely am responsible for the New product development, Sourcing material and accessories as per their quality standard, Monitoring and Ensuring the orders are being executed on mutually committed delivery schedule./p
h3uCustomer List:/u/h3




p·         Mango/p
p·         Court International (UK)/p
p·         Mish Mash (UK)/p
p·         MAINPOL Germany/p
p·         ACTC (Germany)/p
p·         Arma (Holland)/p
p·         G STAR RAW/p


p·         Stradivarius/p
p·       Lily & Lottie USA/p
p·         Hide Park (UK)/p
p·         Everest UK/p
p·         Mish Mash (UK)/p
p·         William Textile Agencies (Australia)/p


p·  H&M/p
p·  SAINT ESOR USA/p
p·  FREAKY NATION/p
p·  BHOGALI USA/p
p·  MUSTANG Germany/p
p·  C&A/p
p·  S. Oliver/p




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Assistant Manager Marketing MTO
Dec 2011 - Feb 2015 | Lahore, Pakistan

Development of products and direct contact with the buyer.
• Market and product Analysis
• Selling the concept
• Booking orders, communicate and negotiate with buyer.
• Costings
• Confirming Deliveries
• Arrange accessories from local / foreign suppliers
• Track the movement of goods
• Co-ordinate multiple projects & meet deadlines under pressure
• Works well in team environment as well as individual
• Adapt quickly changing environment
• Have command on Microsoft Office especially MS Word, MS Excel & MS PowerPoint
• Updating buyer with production and delivery status.
• Working with buyer for post/pre-delivery issues, if any
• Team Management.

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Merchandiser
Leatherfield Pvt Ltd
Jan 2009 - Sep 2011 | Sialkot, Pakistan

Senior Merchandiser and R&D: (January 2009 to 30th September 2011)
Under the dynamic leadership of” Leather Field (Pvt.) Limited” Today the company is Pakistan’s leading leather Apparel Company. Our achievements include the “Best Export Performance Trophy” awarded repeatedly by the Government of Pakistan, since 1991 for being the largest exporter of finished leather apparel to Europe & the United States. My job duties include:
• Independently deal of orders & correspondence with buyers.
• Development of new samples as per buyer’s requirement.
• Monitor with buyers to obtain Purchase Order Sheet.
• To prepare Merchandising cost sheet include leather, fabric & accessories, Action plan (from P.O. Sheet receive up to in-time Shipment).
• To follow up of Leather, fabrics & accessories to be in-house as per action plan.
• To ensure product quality as per buyers standard.
I have been dealing with specifically the France Market and following are some renowned Major Brands:
• Jennifer
• Bonobo
• Bizzbee
• Chevignon
• AMG
• LCDP
• ARMA
• Pimkie
• Promod

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Internee
Pepsi Cola Pvt Ltd.
Aug 2008 - Aug 2009 | Lahore, Pakistan

Marketing Internee: Sale and Distribution Department (3 Months)
It was my first practical exposure relevant to my field of study. Working at Pepsi Cola was superb in terms of learning perspective. As a start being sales and marketing internee I have learned a lot, how to be worked as a team, how to bear pressure and how to make decision which benefits collective organization goal. MY job duties include:
• Territory wise sale monitoring and make analysis on it.
• Making fact sheet (Customers agreements)
• Making different analysis on sale team performance.
• Coordinate with Higher sale authority (SDM,SOP, SSP and BUM)
• Market visits (Route monitoring) and evaluates the performance of sales team.
• Worked as member of MIT (Market Impact Team).

Education

University of Management & Technology (UMT)
Masters, , MBA‎
2009
Commerce College Rahim Yar khan
Bachelors, , Bachelor in Commerce‎
Percentage 64%
2005

Skills

Expert Ability To Work In Fast-paced Environment
Expert Accounts
Intermediate American Accent
Expert Analytical Skills
Expert Apparel Sourcing
Expert Apparels Management
Intermediate B2B Manager
Expert B2B Product Marketing
Intermediate Brand Development Strategies
Intermediate British Accecnt
Expert Build Strong Teams
Expert Bulk Sales
Expert Business Dnvelopment Strategies
Intermediate Campaign Strategy Development
Expert Cargo Logistics
Expert Client Followup
Expert Cooordination Skills
Expert Coordination Skillss
Expert Corporate Marketing
Expert Customer Acquisition
Expert Customer Care Representation
Expert Dealer Network Development
Expert Disciplined
Expert Documentation
Expert End To End Sales
Expert English Proficiency
Expert Executive Presentation Skills
Expert Export Management
Expert Fluency in English
Expert Fluent in English
Expert Garment Costing
Expert Handling Assignments
Intermediate Human Recource Management
Intermediate Japanese & Korean Language Proficiency
Expert Labor Management
Expert Marketing Email Writing
Expert Marketing Executive
Expert Marketing Fulfillment
Expert Marketing Manager
Expert Marketing Skills
Expert Merchandising
Expert Multitasking Skills
Expert Negotiation Skills
Expert Official Tasks Handling
Expert Oral Communication Skills
Expert Planning Organizing
Expert Presentation Skills
Expert Production Manager
Expert Production Planning
Expert Pursuing News Stories

Languages

Expert English

Abid Contacts

Hameed Akhtar
AM Styles
Adil Raza Raza
360 Degree Corporations (Pvt) Limited