Santosh Bandari
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About
Business development & Sales oriented Design personal with 11 years of specialized experince in the Fashion/ Clothing Industry with experience in Domestic Retail segment & Exports. Dedicated to achieving company’s sales targets while providing excellent customer service by virtue of Design, R +D & Product development. Superior records of surpassing expectations on design front with Key fashion brands. Keep up to date with new technology & Trends to cater to Fashion forward customers. Widely traveled—especially North America, Europe, and Far East—and with a larger cognizance of the global fashion and lifestyle business realm.
Specialties
Specialties: Specialties
-Product Strategy, Design Mgmt, costing and negotiations.
-Indian Consumer Psycho graphics, Emerging Possibilities in Consumer Discourse
-Range Architecture, Product Design & Dev
-Merchandising Strategy, Volume-Value-Pricing Framework,
-Fashion Buying, Demand Forecast,
-Retail Identity, Visual Merchandising
-Apparel Marketing, Brand Semiotics
-Fashion Advertising, Communication Strategy, Publicity Initiatives
-Sourcing, Vendor Mgmt, Costing & Price Negotiations -
Education
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PG knitwear design and techonologyNational Institute of Fashion Technology2000 - 2002
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Bachelors of commerce AccountsPragati mahavidyalaya, hyderabad1996 - 1999
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Experience
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DGMBengaluru, IndiaJun 2014 - Present (12 years)Heading Arrow sports
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Global Manager for Product Development& Design , R&DQuiksilverMay 2011 - Apr 2014 (2 years 11 months)Trend analysis, product development , vendor management, costing
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Design mangerJCPenneyJul 2006 - Apr 2011 (4 years 9 months)working closely with Design directors and Textile mangers on the trend, colors and fabric information - to incorporate the same for development of design concepts.
1. Work closely with design team (Dallas) throughout product development processes
2. Research, develop and recommend graphic, styling concepts encompassing fabric, color.
3. Prepare the line and presentation material for trend concept work session for assigned brand
4. Interpret the seasonal fashion direction & trend shopping (national –international ) research in perspective of brand profile and share the same with suppliers to achieve the maximum out in design development for the season
5. Worked on the technical aspects of the print designs like repeats, techniques and washes.
6. Working with factory on different wash -
Sr DesignerNumero unoFeb 2003 - Jun 2006 (3 years 4 months)1. Deciding colors for different seasons according to color forecast, market research and self-research,
2. Trends study and forecasting, conceptualizing design range planning
3. Range planning in view of exclusive stores and retail stores and MBO’s
4. Flash ranges for different region and seasons.
5. Regional presentations, and catalog presentation for the fashion shows
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Awards
Most creative collection awarded 2002
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Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@sixthfold, member since 2008
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