Warsaw Metropolitan Area
-11+ years in apparel, with expertise across Merchandising, Sourcing, Production, and Marketing. -Managed key global accounts like Lands' End, Best Seller, GAP, H&M, and American Eagle for top corporates (Arvind Ltd, Raymonds, Pratibha Syntex). -Skilled in end-to-end Supply Chain Management and quick Product delivery. -Strong commercial insight with expertise in both Retail and Wholesale business models
1) Orchestrated the full merchandising lifecycle (development → production → shipment) with 95%+ OTIF, aligning assortments and stock plans to business strategy. 2) Delivered market intelligence and structured sales follow-ups, enabling turnover growth, express style wins, repeat best-sellers, and post-season optimization. 3) Drove trend-led product development and supplier training, delivering innovative collections while optimizing inventory and supplier benchmarks. 4) Streamlined production & capacity planning with cross-functional teams, reducing lead times, minimizing short shipments, and strengthening commercial plan execution.
-Products Handled:- Men’s & Women’s shirts -Customers Handled:- Lands’ End, Bestseller, Ben Sherman, Nautica, S.Oliver, H&M, Gap, Tesco, Target, Lamberti, CK, Reitmans, Liverpool, Boot barn, Disney etc. -Costing, Negotiations with buyers, optimizing Pricing Strategies, TNA management & Order Management. -Formulated market entry strategies and project roadmaps, while actively collaborating with leadership to drive organizational goals and ensure compliance. -Led end-to-end Product Development with cross-functional alignment, ensuring technical feasibility, tracking timelines and approvals. -Responsible for factory on-boarding, Cost Efficiency and Profit reports.
-Product Handled:- Men’s & Women’s Tops, Bottoms, T-shirts, Dresses and Briefs. -Buyers Handled:- Reliance, Gap, Woolworth, Amazon, Shoppers Stop & Blissclub -Costing and Negotiations with buyers to maximize profitability. -Onboarding of new customers while analyzing market trends to continuously improve product offering. -End to end Product Development and to ensure developed products meet quality standard. -Inter-department working with production, IE, Commercial and Compliance. -Working on bulk grids in SAP HANA.
-Products Handled:- Women’s, Men’s & Kids – Wovens -Understanding market trends and plan yearly business and customers to work with. -Costings & Order Execution from fabric/raw material sourcing to final shipping. -Planning the discounting structure based on promotions and EOSS in alignment with target. -Analyze the sale reports for the replenishment of core styles and to analyze performance.
-Products Handled:- Men’s & Women’s formal and semiformal wear. -Oversaw costing and sourcing activities for Menswear & Womenswear. -Managed order bookings, delivery schedules, and production follow-up with vendors. -Analyzing performance of categories and taking proactive measures to enhance performance. -Synthesized customer insights to drive product innovation with technical team.