Hi, I’m
Saksham Vashisht
Toronto,ON
Summary
To excel as a successful fashion professional by using my expertise in textiles and apparel manufacturing. Utilizing strong work ethics, fabric knowledge, and buying expertise to increase profitability and provide outstanding merchandising solutions. My long-term objective is to work in the sector someday as a buyer or marketing manager.
Overview
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Dost Social Lounge
Restaurant and food service manager
01.2024 - Current
Job overview
- Great customer service and hospitality.
- Handling cash and credit card transactions accurately.
- Ensuring the café meets cleanliness and hygiene standards.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Taking orders for drinks and serving it on timely manner to customers.
Paraffin Store Limited
Merchandiser
07.2023 - 12.2023
Job overview
- Ensuring on time shipment packaging for pickup and tracking shipments from our vendor factories.
- Reviewing fabric developments for its count, construction, gsm, and its aesthetic appeal as compared to the standard fabric quality.
- Working with the product development department for upcoming season techpacks and reviewing development samples as per style requirements.
- Making cost sheets, sample tags formats, testing report parameters, style details chart, wip charts production timeline & action plan.
- Drafting research reports on competitors, prospective customers, and new vendors for outsourcing.
- Working with photoshoot team for digitals and uploading them on Instagram so our clients can go through our new articles.
- Reviewing purchase orders from our customers and editing them for our vendor factories.
- Providing feedback comments on development garments, new fabric development and test reports.
Asmara International Limited
Merchandiser
03.2019 - 07.2022
Job overview
- With experience working for renowned retail brands like Tom Tailor and Lands' End, I have successfully managed product development and production processes.
- My focus on ensuring on-time shipment guarantees customer satisfaction and operational excellence.
- Ensuring high-level customer service entails actively seeking and valuing customer feedback.
- Reviewing upcoming season fabric qualities (count,construction,gsm and its composition) and sharing it with our suppliers to source or develop fabric quality and its testing parameters.
- Color matching strike off and lab dips for bulk approval after initial and bulk fabric testing approval from third party inspection firms such as intertek,SGS ,Bureau veritas.
- Closely working with the customer's design and QA department for initial sample approvals alongside supervising initial stage testing
- Making clothing production time & action plan.
- Maintaining organized records for the last season such as dates committed and previous cost quotes for last season.
- Managing various categories such as women’s, men’s, swimwear, kids & babies.
- Regular follow up with the logistics department to maintain on time shipment handover to the forwarder.
- Proper communication with vendors (China,India & Bangladesh) to ensure on time fabric and trims delivery to our manufacturer.
- Organized and detail oriented hardworking professional used to fast paced work environment.
Education
George Brown CollegeToronto, Canada
Diploma in Fashion Management
04.2024
The Technological Institute of Textile & SciencesBhiwani, India
Bachelor of Science from Textile Chemistry
06.2018
Skills
- Merchandising
- Fabric knowledge
- Communication & customer service
- Fabric & Apparel Cost Calculation
- Vendor selection
- Microsoft Office, PowerPoint & Excel
State
ON
City
Toronto
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Restaurant and food service manager
Dost Social Lounge
01.2024 - Current
Merchandiser
Paraffin Store Limited
07.2023 - 12.2023
Merchandiser
Asmara International Limited
03.2019 - 07.2022
George Brown College
Diploma in Fashion Management
The Technological Institute of Textile & Sciences
Bachelor of Science from Textile Chemistry
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