PINAR BURAK

• Sourcing and selecting textile materials, fabrics, and accessories from suppliers based on quality, cost, and client requirements.
• Finding best supplier with checking portfolio in different markets such as Portugal, Morocco, Romania.
• Collaborating with buying and production teams to ensure materials are procured in a timely manner and meet production specifications.
• Negotiating prices, contracts, and delivery timelines with suppliers to achieve favorable terms and maintain profitability.
• Tracking and managing production timelines, ensuring on-time delivery of products while maintaining quality standards.
• Communicating and coordinating with clients, providing regular updates on production progress, addressing concerns, and offering solutions to meet their specific requirements.
• Adept at building and nurturing relationships with suppliers, negotiating favourable terms, and consistently exceeding sales targets
• Managed sourcing, developing collaborative relationships with new suppliers and maintaining long-term relationships with existing suppliers
• Analyzed the sales and customer portfolio to provide recommendations for optimizing sales strategies

Treadler was an initiative of H&M group for B2B business. Working with different external brands from USA and Europe markets with focus of sustainable production. Worked with many external brands such as Arlen , Aday, Nordstorm , Kroger, Edited..etc.

Our focus was understand brand needs (DNA) very well, find solutions and give best service in sustainable way.

• Coordinating with suppliers and manufacturers, managing inventory and ensuring that the right textile products are produced at the right time with best price.
• Worked with suppliers in different regions such as Morocco, Portugal , Romania and Turkey for all product types (woven,jersey, suits, outwear,sportswear..etc)
• Having close communication with brands from different regions (NY, UK, Sweden, DE..etc) and team members in different locations (Bangladesh ,HK and Shanghai).
• Supported our Bangladesh production team during pandemic and work with BD suppliers for sportswear products of one of our French client. it was super challenging working with suppliers ın different culture and time zone. This part was great opportunity to learn about their challenges, capabilities, price level,..etc and strengthen our relationship/ team work with BD team.

Worked as Quotation Merchandiser for different brands under H&M group. I had experience for denim , woven and jersey products of ladies/mens/kids.

• Follow up all designs from development stage to shipment stage
• Placement of orders to right supplier with best price and quality level.
• Having strong negotiation with suppliers and fabric mills to achieve price targets
• Risk assessment of all styles and fabrics to achieve qlty std
• Considering company goals in every stage of process such as sustainability targets.
• Capacity management of suppliers and place orders to best supplier considering their capabilities, capacities and quality levels.
• Solving problems during production and keep ontime targets with agreed quality level.
• Supplier and mill visits to improve their servise and quality understandings
• Close communication with buying team and suppliers

Worked with womenswear team as a development and production merchandiser. I was responsible for development and productions of jersey, woven, denim and knitwear products of Debenhams’ various brands

KIPAS is one of the biggest denim fabric manufacturer and I worked at İstanbul office for 4 years as R&D and customer service represantative.

Main focus was developing new denim fabrics for denim fabric collection with factory R&D team acc to customer and seasonal fashion demands.

Prepearing Kipas Denim garment collection sets according to seasonal trends (including fabric type, styling, fit and washing ) and representing them to brands.

• Determining the tests and test methods for different type of fabric and/or garment according to customer requirement .
• Checking the test results which is coming from laboratory.
• Sending test results to customer as a report.
• Providing technical support about test methods and results to customers.

The joint-venture company was working on “weaving-knitting wear” for Marks And Spencer, Zara and Benetton

• implement and Follow up ISO9001 std all over factory
• Applying AQL standards to all prodcution lınes according to Marks and Spencer quality standards
• Applying Statistical Process Control System in the production lines to ıncrease qlty level
• Applying Product Safety System effectively
• Solving quality problems in the production lines with production team.
• Training employees about producing qualified garments
• sending weekly quality reports to management team and customers.