JOB RESPONSIBILITY OF MERCHANDISER

1. Q.1 What is merchandising?
Ans. The word merchandising is taken from
merchant. The work of merchant is to buy and
sell. So merchandising is to buy and sell
products in reasonable profit. i.e.
Merchandising means trading.
Q2. Who is merchandisers?
Ans. The person who deals with trade, is a
merchandiser.

2. Q3.Quality of a merchandiser should have?
Ans. Should be technically should having clear
conception about:
•Textile fiber, yarn & fabric.
•Dyeing, printing finishing.
•Garment manufacturing, washing and dyeing.
•Garment and other testing.
•Should have knowledge about collection of order.
•Should have knowledge about sourcing of material.
•Self –motivated and working ability, smart with fluent
speaking and writing ability in English.
•Should have knowledge about costing & commercial
activities and so on.
•Should have knowledge about fabric and thread
consumption.

3. Q4. What are responsibility of a merchandiser?
•Sample development.
•Price negotiation.
•Order confirmation.
•L.C. opening.
•Sourcing Of material.
•Material collection.
•Quality checking.
•Production Planning and control.
•Arranging final inspection.
•Arranging shipment.

4. Q. What are responsibility of a junior merchandiser?
Ans. Quantity:-He should check supplied goods quantity from
inventory report.
Quality:- Should check quality of supplied goods and get
approval from concern buying office.
PP(pre production/meeting):-The scheduling is done and target
is also fixed up. Meeting is arranged by junior merchandiser but
headed by Senior merchandiser. Quality manager, maintenance
manager etc. may be present in this meeting.
Supplying order sheet to individual production Unit:-After
checking Quantity ,quality and after the pre production meeting
,the junior merchandiser prepares & supplies the order sheet to
production units.
Production monitoring as per target & report to senior
merchandiser.
Arranging final inspection.
Arranging shipment.

5. Works involved in merchandising:-Practically a merchandiser
should do the following works.
•Searching the buyer ,showing him company profile and
convince him to place order with merchandiser’s factory.
•If buyer shows interest ,then collect PDM(product development
manual)from him.
•Prepare costing according to PDM and submit with consent of
higher authority.
•Make sample and try to get approval.
•When costing and samples are approved ,request the buyer to
confirm the order and confirm the total order qty. per style
along with lead time.
•Prepare TNA (time and action)plan with buyer to meet the
shipment without any problem.
•If everything is OK , then place order with fabric and
accessories supplier.
•Request the suppliers to submit sample to get approval from
buyers .Issue B/B, L/c in favor of buyer against sales contract.

6. •Request the buyer to provide color and size
breakdown and request the supplier to produce
as per this breakdown.
•After getting approval,request the supplier for
bulk production and in house for material
according the TNA.
•Submit the sample according to sample TNA
provided by buyer and approve them.
•Arrange PP meet meeting and go to bulk
production.
•Request the buyer to provide PO and to open
master L/c and adjust the sales contract against
master L/c.
•Make packing list and get approval.

7. •Submit all documents to commercial depts.
Before at least one week of shipment.
•Arrange final inspection as per consent of
buyer .Final inspection may be done by buyer’s
representative or any third party organization.
•If goods pass inspection then inform the
commercial dept. and dispatch goods to the
port to hand over to CNF(clearer and
forwarder).
•CNF will forward the goods to vessel.
•After receiving goods, if buyer provides
acceptance , collect payment as per L/c terms
and condition.