Footwear Merchandiser (Manager)
Job Description
Title: Footwear Merchandiser (Manager)
Company Name: Western Footwear Ltd.
Vacancy: 1
Job Location: Dhaka
Employment Status: Full-time
Educational Requirements:
∎ Post Graduate / Graduate in Footwear Engineering or relevant degree from a well reputed University.
Experience Requirements:
∎ 8 to 10 year(s)
Job Responsibilities:
∎ Responsible to perform marketing, sales & promotional activities of 'Footwear product.
∎ Ensure prompt action on all enquiries received, prices / samples to be submitted promptly.
∎ Analyze customer progress report in terms of growth/ shortcomings / product and price points.
∎ Maintain and ensure proper follow up of time and action calendar for all projects including new inquiries, sampling, development sampling & bulk production.
∎ Maintain the margin statements for all customer accounts within the team and yearly budgets. Give monthly sales reports to the management.
∎ Ensure discipline, punctuality and maintain harmony within the team, be cooperative and interact with other teams by exchanging ideas to solve problems, to source cheaper and to explore new vendors.
∎ Suggest the right factory for the right product & participate in the factory selection process from sample stage.
∎ Ensure size set comments conveyed to the factory is well understood & implemented correctly. Discuss size set comments with the factory production team & address all key points.
∎ Ensure all customer requirements are met in the production based on customer tech pack, manual, measurements, packaging & labelling details and lab testing are carried out & any risks are highlighted to the team in advance.
∎ Maintain the time and action calendar for all production sampling and ensure the factory follows the critical path & samples are sent in time & in the right quality.
∎ Partner with factories & support them through production problems on tough and challenging programs that require extra effort from both sides. Work together as a team in solving issues and addressing concerns.
∎ Source & develop new factories as per requirement & regularly introduce new products, new factories to the merchandising teams.
Additional Requirements:
∎ Age 30 to 45 years
∎ Only males are allowed to apply
∎ Excellent leadership qualities, proven ability to motivate and bring out the best in people.
∎ Should be well-groomed, smart and energetic
∎ Strong presentation and delivery skills
∎ Strong attention to detail and accuracy, aiming for perfection
∎ Excellent written and verbal communication both in Bangla and English
∎ IT proficiency - advance level skill is a MUST in MS Office package (Especially PowerPoint, Excel, Word, and Outlook)
∎ Should be proactive and dynamic, ability to work hard efficient
∎ 08-10 years' merchandising experience preferably in a reputed manufacturing company or buying office in every shoes category. Must have extensive experience of sourcing, costing, as well as advanced technical knowledge on footwear and production processes.
Salary: Negotiable
Compensation & Other Benefits:
∎ T/A, Mobile bill, Tour allowance, Medical allowance
∎ Salary Review: Yearly
∎ Festival Bonus: 2
Job Source: Bdjobs.com Online Job Posting.
Application Deadline: 25 Aug 2023
Company Information:
∎ 26 Jul 2023
∎ Western Footwear Ltd.
∎ Address : Deshbandhu Group, Mostafa Centre, House # 59, Road # 27, Block # K, Banani, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh
∎ Web : www.dbg.com.bd
∎ Business : The Group is engaged in manufacturing and marketing of Refined Sugar, PP Woven Bag, Cement, Ship Management, Automatic Rice Milling, Newspaper publications, Woven Sweater Manufacturing, Power Generation, Real Estate Development and Trading of Bulk Commodities.
Category: Production/Operation
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