The Leading Edge

Executive Search Firm

HUMA KHAN
134/1 Hayat Apartment,Street No-5 Zakir Nagar,Okhla, New Delhi-110025,India.
Seeking for a Senior Merchandising position in a company in which I can utilize my creative and
analytical skills to ultimately provide seamless service in providing help and support to my
clients ,this will increase the growth of an organization, which in turn is my growth.

Work Highlights

Current working as a Senior Merchandiser with Buying house with 7+ years of Garments
industry experience at various levels.
Leading a team of Junior Merchandisers in Planning, sourcing & developing a product&
looking into it right until production stage.
Thorough with ERP based operation & data maintenance modules.
In-depth knowledge of technical and design requirements at international level.
Headed various divisions including Mens, Womens & kids in garments,specialized in
womens woven division.
Interpersonal communication skills, Ability to work in a group & manage under pressure.
Ability to independently correspond & manage Foreign Clients, Managing clients account
from order enquiry to shipment
Follow up on Developments, Samples and Production with a high degree of personal
responsibility, Communication with buyer, factory & suppliers.
Costing, confirmation of prices, placement of orders.
After Official PO confirmation, take necessary action to execute the orders such as taking
production plan from factory, giving approvals of all trims & fabrics, Controlling fit
processes with suppliers, to ensure early approvals from buyer to meet the deliveries on
time.
Understanding the buyers quality/fit requirements, working closely with QAs and
establishing quality control
Establishing review mechanism to ensure smooth completion of set tasks & timely deliveries
of shipment.
Well acquainted with fabric variety & qualities such as solid and printed poplin, all sorts of
yarn dyed checks & stripes, rayon, georgettes, chiffon, denim, corduroy,
satin,velvets,silk,linen etc.
Fully conversant with all sort of design work like computer embroidery, machine
embroidery, hand-embroidery inkling all types of sequence &Adda work.
Other tasks include: knowledge about invoice, packing list, shipment carton marking,
shipment related formalities & follow up with Logistic teams,sourcing of all kinds of fabric,
beads & accessories as per requirement & their market information,responsible in
maintaining
all
necessary
documents
of
different
buyers
production
samples,digitalimages,swatches& submitting neat and accurate reports in a timely fashion.

Professional Experience
May 2014-till date:
Currently Working as a Senior Production merchandiser at East End Apparels,Noida. Handling a
major USA surf lifestyle clothing brand

Roxy

Jan 2013-April 2014:

Worked as a sr. Merchandiser with Continuum Buying Agency,Gurgaon. Continuum is offering a
versatile High street fashion ranging From Womens wear,Leather ,accessoriesto Its Customers
Base in Scandinavia,Uk&Europe.I am currently Handling Buyers such as :

Message (Denmark)-Ladies Wear & Leather

Samsoe&Samsoe/Envii (Denmark)-Ladies Wear & Knits
Peek &Cloppenburg (Germany)-Ladies wear-Mostly Blouses
Elogy(Elcorte Ingles-Spain)-Ladies wear
Mango (Spain)

Feb 2012- Jan2013:

Worked as a Merchandiser with ORANGE INTERNATIONAL, Noida, An export house located at Noida,
specialized in High quality designer fashion wear with their inhouse design team ,manufacturing
garments mostly in Silk with Intricate hand embroideries ,machineembroideries,as well as few
limited edition Bridal Dresses are also being offered.
Buyers accounts handled during my tenure:

Topshop Arcadia Group (UK)

Haute Hippie-(USA)
Nicole Miller(USA)
Brigid McLaughlin (Australia)

November2009 Feb 2012:

Worked as a Merchandiserwith
P.S International, New Delhi.Its leading international
tradingOrganization,who deals in the areas of mens,womens& kids merchandise. They
haveInternational working expertise,inall over world especially in European countries.
Handled buyers accounts which mainly includes:

Costa Blanca (USA ,Canada & Dubai)

GVS (Italy)
Swildens (France)
Marco polo(Germany)
Delicious (Canada)
OrnaFarho

From January 2008- November 2009 :

Worked as a Merchandiser in Huma fashion, M.B road, New Delhi. Its an organization Working
with young and vibrant Designers and textile professionals keeping in Tradition with the rich culture
of the Indian textile industry they are offering a comprehensive range of Products that is matchless
in terms of composition, texture and design. Their product range includes all kinds of garments for
both ,men& women as well as kids & also Home Furnishings.

Handled below accounts through Impulse India:

Paul Smith (A brand Name in Quality In European market for high Fashion Men shirts &
ladies wears , coats & jackets )
Whistles (UK)
Karen Milan (UK)

Other Major Buyers worked for during my tenure:

IKKS (Paris,France)
Paul & Joe(Paris,France)
Tara Jarmon
Blumarine

Job Profile

Sampling
Creation & development of styles according to buyers requirement,collection of fabrics & selection
of prints etc. for buyers reference,sending proto samples with buyers respective formats &
costing.
Merchandising
Correspondence with buyers/buying office,Sending fit samples
Sending Sales samples of ordered styles (with accurate measurements) for approval,Size-set
approval,To get strike-off, lab dips, approval (initial from production fabric)To get fabric lots
approved ,Approval of accessories & other related approvals of the garments .To send
fabric/garment for testing as suggested testing services.Arrange inspection time to time.
Production
Coordinate with production unit for order execution.
Organising PP Meeting, Supervising the operation team to achieve the target by giving the right
merchandise mix with proper T & A plan. Visiting production unit for inspection, taking care of the
merchandise and supervise, whether it is related to Quality Control, Paper Work-relevant to
Purchase order & dispatching order shipment to the respective client.

Educational Credentials

Bachelor in Fine Arts (Applied Art) from JamiaMilliaIslamiaUniversity,2009.

Diploma in Photography from Triveni Kala Sangam,New Delhi,2007.

Senior Sec.School class XII from JamiaMilliaIslamia with an aggregate of 65.8%.

Class X from CBSE board,DevSamajModernSchool with an aggregate of 59%.

Computer Skills Set

Fundamentals of Computer, MS Dos, MS Office including adobe photoshop, corel draw & all general
knowledge about computers .

Interests

Playing basketball.
Watching Sports.
Music.
Photography.

Activities
Have been a zonal level India player for basketball since 2005 & have represented Jamia University
consecutively for 4 yrs in the following tournaments:

Participated in north east zone inter-university basketball tournaments held at VishvaBharatiUniversity,ShantiNiketan,West Bengal in the year 2004-2005,Utkal University, Orissa
during 2005-2006,again at Utkal University in the year 2007-2008 & Represented as Captain at
GuruNanak Dev University,Amritsar,Punjab in the year 2009.

Awarded in Sportech-2006 held at Indian Institute Of Technology, Delhi by board for sports
activities for securing 3rd place in basketball.

Personal Details
Date of Birth

: 16- April-1987

Fathers Name

: Mr.Ahtisham Khan

Marital Status

: single

Nationality

: Indian

Languages Known

: English,Hindi,Urdu

Salary

: Negotiable

place: New Delhi

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