Responsibilities of a Garment Merchandiser in Apparel Industry

Garment Merchandiser:

Garment merchandiser is like a bridge between the buyer and industry. He has to look after every job like buying the raw materials which is required to finish the product, making the garment, finishing the garment, preparing documentation and finally shipping. Actually, he is the main responsible person to make the product in timely. As its importance, this article has presented a vast discussion on the roles and responsibilities of a merchandiser.

Garment merchandiser works in apparel industry

Duties of Merchandiser in Readymade Garment Industry:

An apparel merchandiser should follow the below responsibilities:

1. Internal & external communication,
2. Sampling,
3. Preparing internal order sheets,
4. Accessories & trims in-housing,
5. Preparing purchase orders,
6. Getting approvals on lab dips,
7. Advising and assisting production and quality department,
8. Taking responsibility for inspections,
9. Giving shipping instructions and following shipment.

All the above responsibilities of a garment merchandiser have explained in the following:

1. Internal & external communication:

A merchandiser has to communicate not only with the buyers but also with the others such as suppliers, nominated factory owners, fabric manufacturers etc.

2. Sampling:

It is one of the most important task for all the apparel merchandisers. Here, sample have to developed according to buyers instruction. Different types of sample should be developed here such as proto sample, fit sample, fit sample, photo shoot sample, sales man sample, size set sample etc.

3. Preparing internal order sheets:

An apparel merchandiser has to prepare various types of internal order sheets such as costing sheet, booking sheet etc.

4. Accessories & trims in-housing:

After confirmation of a garment export order, a garment merchandiser has to book and in-house all kinds of trimmings and accessories according to buyer’s instruction.

5. Preparing purchase orders:

Different types of purchase orders should be prepared here by the garments merchandiser such asfabric, sewing thread, trimmings and accessories etc.

6. Getting approvals on lab dips:

It is the other important task of an apparel merchandiser. At first, lab dip should be done by maintaining buyer’s recommendation and submitted by the merchandiser to the buyer for its approval. If it’s ok then buyer approved it for running garment production.

7. Advising and assisting production and quality department:

A garment merchandiser must have to make good relationship with the garment production and qualitydepartment for smooth and fault free production. This also creates a great impact on shipping the product timely.

8. Taking responsibility for inspections:

Inspection should be done before shipping the product to the buyer. Here, merchandiser plays a significant role to inspect the product by using strong quality department or third party quality inspector.

9. Giving shipping instructions and following shipment:

It is the last and final tasks of an apparel merchandiser. Here, garment merchandiser advises various instructions to the commercial department about shipment of a garment export order. By maintaining those instructions, commercial department will ship the products to the buyer.