Rajnish Dadhwal

Experience

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  V&S International

  Jun 1995 - Jun 1998

  Management Trainee to Assistant Manager Production

  - Started my career in the industry as a Management trainee, learning production management & process. As I progressed from 1 dept to other understanding basics of production at a Production Factory level. Slowly progressed to a position of Assistant Manager Production & was responsible for production management & efficiency of the facility.- Managed customers like- Mango, Little woods, Chico’s & other leading European & American Fashion Brands.

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  Rubric India

  Jul 1998 - Mar 2001

  Merchandiser

  Managed sourcing for Monterey Club & other golf brands.

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  KSP India Pvt Ltd

  Mar 2001 - Mar 2002

  Merchandiser

  Managed women’s business for “CHICO’s”.

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  Linmark Inetrnational (Hk) Limited.

  Apr 2002 - Jul 2005

  Senior Merchandiser

  Managed Kids & Babies business for “MOTHERCARE - UK”.

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  Gap Inc.

  Aug 2005 - now

  Geographic lead for TSD and MWT Product Development Team (Brand-Old Navy). Responsible for Sourcing business placements & product development across all dept’s. Successful implementation & execution of Strategic Responsive Supply Chain initiatives. Managing & executing Sourcing & product development for $300 k business.Lead Process Improvement Project’s- TSD Plus cost Simplification, Duty calculator, PLM process improvement, Trade stone costing platform- opportunities of improvement & enhancement & multiple other system initiatives for process simplification and consistency. Show less - I was assigned responsibility for Global category sourcing. Where responsibilities included connect & support decision making for sourcing & placement strategies in alignment with leadership. - After 1 year in category sourcing, came back to main stream sourcing & Vendor development, responsible for Adult’s along with Kids & Babies, for all product categories (Shirts / TSD / Outerwear / Active / Lounge). Developed stronger & deeper strategic business partnerships by building existing Vendors partners for multi-product associations. Partnered to developed business opportunities / vendor partnerships in Jordan for Active business. Worked on a Project on Outerwear / Active business growth opportunities in China. Visited new Vendors in Shanghai / Nanjing. Show less

  • Divisional Merchandise Manager

    Apr 2016 - now

  • Merchandise Manager

    Apr 2011 - Apr 2016

  • Merchandiser to Sr. Merchandiser & Journey to Merchandise Manager

    Aug 2005 - Mar 2011