How to become a class one apparel merchandiser

Apparel Merchandising is a superlative career in the current perspective of Bangladesh. Most of the young job-seekers of Bangladesh don’t know the features of this profession. It’s a matter of sorrow for us. If they would know the importance of the profession, it would be more beneficial for them to build up a dream career. On the other hand, many of those who are working as an Apparel Merchandiser don’t have a complete idea how to become a class one merchandiser. That’s why we are providing this guideline to promote them to a class one merchandiser.

Professional Skill: If you want to become a successful merchandiser, at first you have to learn your day to day jobs perfectly. If you are poor in professional knowledge, you have no chance to become a grade one merchandiser. You should be expert in all the topics of merchandising like Fiber, Yarn and Fabric, Knit, Woven, Sweater and Different Garments, Garments Accessories, Fabrications, Knitting, Weaving, Dyeing, Washing, Finishing, Testing, Printing, Embroidery, Correspondence and Follow-up (T&A, CP), Potential Searching of Buyers, Order Negotiation, Sourcing and Pricing of Raw Materials, Negotiation to Raw Material Sourcing, How to make a Booking Sheet/ Work-order, AQL, Consumption, Costing, Compliance, Carton, CBM and Freight Calculation, Knitting-dyeing Programming, and so on. These are the main areas through which you can focus yourself. If you know these correctly and completely, you will be advanced one step to become a powerful merchandiser.

English Competence: I have seen many merchandisers who are expert in the above professional aspects but very weak in English. They are not successful because of being poor in English. There is no alternative of being expert in English specifically in writing and speaking. Because this is a business with the foreign buyers and they can be contacted through English only. If you don’t know English, how will you contact them? And if you can’t contact your buyers, what is your necessity? If you have no necessity to your employer, why will he promote you? Why will he increase your remuneration? So, try to realize the importance of English skill in question of becoming a class one merchandiser.

Computer Skill: A merchandiser has to complete almost all of his jobs through computer. This is why, your earliest priority is to become skilled in computer. Basically, you have to be good at the followings:

MS Word

MS Excel

E-mail Correspondence

Internet Browsing

MS Power Point (Not so important)

Adobe Photoshop (Not so important) 

  

Hard Work Nerver Kills Anybody

Hard Working: This job is only for those who are hard working. If you are lazy, forget about your promotion. Even you won’t be able to save your job, you must be terminated. The jobs in other sectors require hard work; apparel merchandising also requires hard work. Then what is the difference between these two sectors? There is only one difference. Other sectors don’t pay the reasonable remuneration for the hard work, but apparel merchandising pays the reasonable remuneration for the hard work. This is why, you have to work hard to build up your dream career in this apparel industry.      

Dress Code: Dress Code is so important to emphasize your professionalism. Your colleagues may wear casual dress, but you shouldn’t do it. You should certainly wear official dress which demonstrates you as an executive or high official. Remember, you are working with garments or apparels, but your dress doesn’t beautify your outlook. How is it to think? Please, be reminded that you will never be special if your dress doesn’t say that you are special. So, never ignore the official get up in your office.      

Personality: In fact, personality can’t be defined in one sentence. Personality means the way of your expression of thinking, working, behavior and all of your lifestyle. Those who belong to the big posts, I think they should have a great personality. If you are a person without a great personality, the big post will never be ornamented by you after having all the qualities.     

Responsibility: Apparel Merchandising is a profession full of duties and responsibilities. Always you should take responsibilities and be responsible. The person, who takes responsibilities being ahead, is always considered as a leader and he must promote himself in a professional life. But the person, who doesn’t take responsibilities or can’t accomplish his job successfully after taking the responsibilities, is considered as an insensible, irresponsible, inefficient and unsuccessful. He is never awarded. So, take responsibilities as a leader and get your job done successfully. You must be promoted and awarded.    

Prudence: Prudence indicates a quality can predict the future considering the present situation. The more prudent people get more success in the world. You should always try to be prudent if you really want to be a great one.

Punctuality: It’s very difficult to become a class one merchandiser if you are not punctual. You have to do every thing timely. If your office time is 9 AM, you must enter into your office before 9 AM, not after 9 AM. This is a 100% export oriented business with foreign buyers and the foreigners never like lateness. They are very much punctual. So, you should be punctual as a powerful merchandiser.   

Pressure Taking: We don’t want to say more regarding the topic. You should always be ready to take a lot of mental pressure. If you don’t agree to do so, please forget the dream of becoming a class one merchandiser. Where there is no mental pressure, there is no apparel merchandising. Because, apparel merchandising can’t be separated from a lot of mental pressure.    

 

Popularity: Popularity is one of the most valuable assets in our lives. Popular men get their successes easily. Be careful, you should not have a single enemy in your colleagues. You should be very much popular among all of your colleagues and this popularity will help you touch the highest peak of your success. 

Please, follow the above points strictly and we are sure that you will certainly be a class one apparel merchandiser. There is no doubt about it.

If you need any professional help, please feel free to contact us or visit our website: http://www.pigft.com We are always alert about the betterment of our valued learners.  

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