Duties and Responsibilities:

Trend research for merchandisers buying trip.
Photographing & numbering of overseas samples.
Assisting with trend presentation preparation for presenting to customer.
Keeping up to date with trends for new product developments and innovative product updates in alignment with customer brands and existing programs.
Working on buyers briefs and design requirements.
Loading buyer briefs onto system (swift).
Creating comprehensive tech packs including CAD, TD, artworks, etc.
Send a copy of the original brief with original sample (if needed) along with colour swatches for lab dipping to supplier.
Briefing suppliers/factories over email on design and sample requirements, as well as additional packaging and other information pertaining to each style.
Checking factory samples and lab dips against the brief (final sign off by Merchandiser).
Communication between customer & supplier on design/brief/colour/artwork.
Cad overview to be emailed to factories confirming they have received all the briefs
Weekly Cad overview updates by style/program/customer
Prepare copies of updated customer cad overviews for each customer to accompany customer production delivery reports (from Coordinator) - spiral bound.
Updating packaging booklets every season.
Keeping track and ensuring returning of overseas samples not used by customers.
Filing of overseas samples/showing samples/meeting samples.
End of season rails clean out ie: fit samples, duplicate samples, old rail samples - team effort.