Merchandiser’s Roles

What are the Merchandiser’s Roles in Product Development?

y design department. But where there is no design team, merchants are responsible for whole production development process. In export houses sampling department is considered as product development department.

In a typical factory, merchandiser’s roles in product development are as following

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• Coordination with buyers and collect latest product designs, color scheme and fabric qualities those are going to be used in coming seasons 


• Send request to pattern making department for developing patterns for new designs 


• Prepare material requirement sheet and get sourcing done of required trims and accessories from local and imported suppliers 


• Responsible for quality standards of sourced material 


• Get approvals of Lap dips, Bit loom and strike off directly from buyers or from buying office 


• Value added processes like printing and embroidery work is get done by merchants if required in product 


• She explains sampling master about the design and buyers requirement mentioned in spec sheet 


• Merchants send samples to buyers for approvals on each stage of development and download buyer’s comments to sampling team and pattern master


• Do follow up with sampling tailors at the time of stitching of samples 


• Check finished sample and arrange to send the samples to the buyer


• Costing of developed products