Elizabeth B.

Responsibilities: • Brands: Samson Men's and Boy’s • Samson Work Wear • Dickies Men's and Boy’s • Mille Men's and Boy’s MTN Golden Arrows Soccer Team uniforms • Cutrite • Bentwood • Converse Men's Boys Ladies and Girls • Footwear and accessories for Fifa • Accessories for all brands • Liaise with store personnel to ensure product/collection supply meets demands and customers to obtain merchandise feedback. • Analyse and interpret information pertaining to strategic sourcing of merchandise through local and international information for the Company Group, on fashion trends and graphics, to labelling and trim design and development. •Liaising with Brand Managers after their buying trips on fabric, styling and overall production requirements. • Developing concepts, design changes, with adjustments made to come into price as well as make the garment unique to the brands styling for that season. • Buying trip for the company, with accurate recon of all expenses submitted. • Construction of Tech-Packs. • Liaising with Q.A department on fit and quality for approval. • Maintaining and Building long term, successful supplier relationships, dealing with supplier queries. • Confirmation of delivery date/cost. •Experience of developing marketing plans, advertising and promotions. •Assisted on the marketing side of the company involved in advertisement photo shoots as stylist and introducing of new concepts. Develop Brand Image and awareness, Coordinates with brand and operations teams to support the launch / implementation / feedback of marketing initiatives. • Design of advertisement booklets and catalogues from graphics to layout, illustration of Clothing and Photographing garments for catalogues, for buyers to sell from as well as reduce volumes of no Sales as well as redundant stock. Technologies: Excel, Corel Draw Suite X4, Adobe Photoshop Suite CS4, Power Point Presentation, Microsoft Word