Tapan Kumar Mohanty is seeking managerial roles in sourcing. He has over 10 years of experience in sourcing, merchandising, and product development. Currently he is the Sourcing Manager at Zivene Design & Development Pvt Ltd, sourcing kidswear aged 4-16 years. He is proficient in knits, wovens, and denims. His responsibilities include identifying and evaluating vendors, negotiating costs, ensuring quality standards, and managing product development from samples to bulk orders. Previously he held merchandising roles at Arvind Ltd and Sunrise Exports, handling major international brands. He has a B.Tech in Textile Technology and is based in Ahmedabad.

1. TAPAN KUMAR MOHANTY
Mobile: 08980650642~ E-Mail:ttapan_mohanty@yahoo.co.in
In quest of managerial assignments in Sourcing with a high growth oriented organization.
Professional Abridgement
• B.Tech. (Textile Technology) professional with over 10 years of proven abilities in Sourcing,
Merchandising & Product Development.
• Currently associated with Zivene Design & Development Pvt Ltd. Ahmedabad as Sourcing
Manager.
• Presently looking after the kids wear segment of age group 4 yrs to 16 yrs for all categories.
• Proficient in Knits , Wovens & Denims .
• Demonstrated abilities in creating kids wear ,men’s wear & women’s wear and also possess strong
exposure about high fashions garments and other product knowledge.
• Strong vendor network across India, who are producing premium range of kids wear /men’s and
womens wear.
• An effective communicator with excellent relationship & interpersonal skills.
• Have been a part of various Trade show in india to evaluate possible market source for good quality
products , Trims from potential vendors.
• Proven track record to pull down the product cost within the Margin by various options keeping in
mind not affecting the looks and quality of products.
• Successful track record of sourcing of good quality of product in all categories at right cost within
the time frame.
• Good relationship with the business partners by ensuring their payments , approvals etc happens on
time.
• Effectively lead a team and at the same time synchronised with internal customers ( Design ,Product ,
Quality ,) to get the approval on time .
• Experties :-Sourcing ,Costing ,Products , Merchandising , Quality ,Commercial, Business Term &
Conditions , etc.
Core Competencies
- Identifying potential vendors category wise & perform the vendor appointment
process after proper vendor evaluation.
- Verifying the vendor details and documents.
- Sharing the vendor SOPs, Quality & child safety manual and quality
parameters with the appointed vendors.
- Finalising the ‘Terms of Trade’ with the vendors.
- Allocation of vendors & place order to them accordingly based upon their forte.
- Ensuring that the sampling cost is within the budget & negotiate/renegotiate
with the vendors.
- Obtaining the salesman sample from the vendors within the stipulated time
frame and get the same duly approved by the product and designing team.
- Participating in Brand Commercial Design Sourcing meeting for finalising the
Inward plan after the completion of trade shows & order compilation.
- Performing vendor audits from time to time and ensure that the safety &
regulatory compliance are conducted and prepare report on the same.
- Handling the costing, negotiating with vendor for bulk inward as well as
sampling ensuring the gross margin should be maintained.
- Issuing the Purchase Order to all the vendors once the costing is closed.
- Arranging meetings of different mills across India with the product & design
team.
- Liaise with fabric suppliers for finalising the price & lead time & suggesting our
vendors to obtain fabrics & trims from our nominated suppliers.
- Administering the sample development (Protos, Fit, Size Set, Pre Production,
TOP)
Vendor Management
Merchandising
Costing
Fabric Selection
Business Development
Product Developments
(salesman sample)

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Career Contour
Since 1st
Feb 2014 till date
Zivene Design & Development Pvt Ltd. , Ahmedabad as Sourcing Manager
15th
jan 2008- 31st
Jan 2014
Arvind Limited, Ahmedabad as Manager Merchandising.
Labels Handled: Brands (Adidas, Reebok, Blackberry, Chicoo ,IZOD, PARX, ARROW, Ruggers, Cherokee,
Jade Blue, Indus league, Rig Anthony, Allen sholly, LP etc ), Private Labels( Karigari, Tru, Shristi,Diya.Gili
etc), Pantaloons (Umm , Rig , Lee cooper etc )
Significant Highlights
• Handled a team of 4 personnel.
• Having capability to work in a extreme pressure.
• Finalised the costing with cus.
• Excellent Exposer on all kinds of products in (knits/woven/denims).
• End to end follow-ups with on order for all customer.( Getting order form customer to till receiving
payment)
• Managing the order in new ERP system (NOW).
• Associated as a part of the LEAN Management team as implemented by the company.
• Distinction of making the department on top for implementing 6S in the company.
Jan’06- Dec’07
Sunrise Exports,Tirupur as Assistant Merchandiser
A Garment Expoter
Labels Handled: C & A, FRUIT OF THE LOOM (USA), BENETTON(ITALY), NEXT(UK),S.OLIVER(GERMENY)
Significant Highlights
• Improved the delivery performance from 75% to 99.4% (99.4% quantity on time by sea) without any
shortage in the Q3 ,FY(2006-2007)
• Ensured that all the samples/submissions sent to buyer were correct (right at first time) and got
approved or with minimal comments.
• Created a standardized format with status for all incoming orders (including fabric development, artwork
development and also sample development) and forwarded it to the management for a weekly review.
• Adhered to all the processes of garment making (cutting, printing, embroidery, sewing, packing) and
flashed the status to management and buyer at correct time.
• Created a standardized format with status for all incoming orders (including fabric development, artwork
development and also sample development) and forwarded it to the management for a weekly review.
Training Attended
Organisation : Sunrise Exports (100% Exports on knitted garments across all segments),
Tirupur(Tamilnadu) Sept’05 - Dec’05
Title : Systemised Merchandising Techniques.
Scholastics
B.Tech. (Textile Technology) 2006Institute of Textile Technology (Utkal University), Orissa with 74%.
Extramural Engagements: Associated as a volunteer at the 36th
IIGF 2006 in Delhi through AEPC.

3. Personal Snippet
Date of Birth : 9th
feb. 1978.
Present Address : C1/34, Nirman Complex ,RC Technical Road ,Ghatlodia
Ahmedabad- 380061, Gujarat.
Permanent Address : S/o Mr. Ratnakar Mohanty, At:-Mulida/Po:-Haladiapada, Via:-Basta, Balasore –
756029, Orissa.
Linguistic Abilities : English, Hindi, Oriya, Gujarati
Passport No : G7362335