Our Strength

Sourcing, Product Development and Merchandising

Source and develop new supplier based on product nature and requirements.
Product development based on customer’s choice and requirement.
Ensure and build good relationship with existing and new suppliers.
Supplier allocation based on Product design and performance requirements, Factory that is specialist in the products, Supplier performance, Lead-times for development and production, Capacities available, Social & Technical compliance.
Create critical path and ensure adherence for all developments in terms of client’s orders and new product development.
Research and establish potential suppliers for new products.
Ensure pricing is negotiated to offer products at very competitive pricing to our customers.
Samples – prototype, salesman and Preproduction samples to ensure required quality as per buyer’s requirement.
Check and comment on samples (Proto, Sealing, Size Set, PP (Pre-Production) samples in terms of measurements, workmanship, style and fit in a written form to confirm before start of production in collaboration with customer and local team.
Ensure that the suppliers have technical capability to produce garments to the benchmark standards.

Planning

Reserve capacities with supplier’s based on forecasts from the Business Units in collaboration with merchandising team.
Monitor capacity utilization to ensure no overloading at any supplier.
Purchase order placement – CSD (confirmed shipment date) are inline with agreed dates.
Negotiate any deviations to optimum delivery.
Handover all confirmed orders to Production Manager for delivery follow-up.

Production and Quality Assurance

Responsible from order confirmation to final inspection of product, ensuring production plans are achieved.
Deviations to be highlighted to the Business Units accordingly.
Creating product files that allow QC to conduct final inspections at the supplier.
To schedule the QC’s to factories to conduct final inspection before the agreed delivery date.
Weekly regional production status recap and monitoring.
Conduct factory assessments based on minimum requirements for supplier. Agree action plans for improvement.
Implement company’s Quality standards and define AQL inspection methods.
Final AQL inspection orders to determine based on military standard AQL.

To ensure Business Units are fully aware of the status of their orders as follows: –

– Early shipment, on time shipment, late shipment.

– Out of tolerance + or – Quantity.

– Mode of shipment – Sea or Air.

– Receive any changes to confirmed orders, implement with supplier and provide feedback to the Business Units accordingly.

Receive, check and dispatch on a timely basis all shipment documents from the suppliers.
Working with freight forwarders to ensure logistics are without problems.