Vishal Bhatnagar

About Vishal Bhatnagar

A textile and apparel sourcing professional with experience of 20 years in sourcing…

Experience

1. Senior Sourcing and Production Manager

   JCPenney

   Apr 2013 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Heading the Sourcing, Pre-Production and Production in the New York City office and responsible for seven brands (all categories in knits & woven) including Ted Baker Boys & Girls, Sally Miller for Tween Girls (knits & woven) and Liz Claiborne, ANA, Worthington, Decree, Lamoure, Bisou Bisou, I Heart Ronson, Nicole Miller (woven) and denim for Women. • Facilitate the corporate initiative for global work shift in support of international expansion.• Facilitate the team to maintain and manage the pre-production time and action and production work-in-process.• Manage brand initiatives and goals. • Create and manage monthly forecast for factories and annual mill strategy.• Control final allocations.• Develop and maintain relationships with vendors to ensure successful business partnerships.• Analyze industry trends to proactively identify supply base issues to reduce cost, minimize risk, protect continuity of supply, and exploit emerging opportunities that benefit the brand.• Book fabrics and manage deliveries and liabilities. • Initiate and book early fabric commitments.• Collaborate with stakeholders to create calendar and meet deadlines measured by season.• Travel overseas to evaluate vendors, find opportunities and determine areas of improvement.• Outline and communicate brand and category strategies based on annual and seasonal brand initiatives.• Manage commitments and order placements.• Manage rolling IMUs against brand goals.• Strategize brand business opportunities including freight modes for distribution center receipt, flow and margin opportunity.• Responsible for on-time delivery of shipments/samples and timely meetings with cross-functional teams.• Supervise work of subordinates to ensure accomplishment of department goals and deadlines.

Education

• National Institute of Fashion Technology

  Certificate in Production Technology, International Business and Production

  1995 — 1996

• Delhi Public School - R. K. Puram

  High School, Business/Commerce

• Delhi University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Commerce

  1991 — 1994

Skills

• Trend
• Teamwork
• Project Planning
• Supply Chain
• Trend Analysis
• Pricing
• Global Sourcing
• Retail
• Apparel Sourcing
• Product Management
• Apparel
• Inventory Control
• China Business Development
• Product Development
• Textiles
• Fashion
• Denim
• Management
• Merchandising
• Wovens
• Sourcing
• Supply Chain Management