Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

Introduction

The Himachal Pradesh Skill Development Project (HPSDP) is an Asian Development Bank (ADB) supported program, for assistance to reinforce Himachal Pradesh's efforts at modernizing and reforming its technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions and scaling up training capacity. The project reflects the priorities of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) country partnership strategy for India, 2018-2020, which aims to support India's efforts in facilitating inclusive growth. Skills development is a major priority of the Government of India, and a key instrument for empowering people. It is aligned with ADB's Midterm Review of Strategy 2020, which emphasized the need for ADB to focus on post-basic education and TVET to promote human capital development. The experience gained from ADB's two on-going loans in the education sector in India has been reflected in the design of the project.

The project is envisaged to achieve the following outputs:

• Output 1: TVET in Himachal Pradesh improved and aligned to national standards

• Output 2: Market-aligned skills ecosystem created

• Output 3: Access to quality training institutes improved

• Output 4: TVET institutional structure improved

About the job role- Merchandiser

Merchandiser is a resource which is suitable for both exports led company and for the domestic fashion or non-fashion companies. Typically, Merchandisers help a company optimize their sales and profits by ensuring that retail stores and online stores are stocked with the right products in the right quantities. This may include stocking shelves, arranging and maintaining product displays, pricing products, and monitoring the store inventory. Some merchandisers also analyse sales data to identify best-selling lines and to develop promotional strategies. In the exports parlance, a merchandiser is the key connect between the buyer/customer and the manufacturing. The merchandiser is responsible for the smooth flow of communication while ensuring the product delivery is planned on time. The Merchandiser is also responsible for all planning/ sourcing all the direct resources required for the product and ensuring that the planning being proposed/ followed meets the requirement of the buyer/customer. He/ she is responsible for the overall execution and hence the profitability of the business being executed.

The key role for the domestic merchandiser can be described, as follows:

• Ensure that stores, shelves or websites are stocked with the right types and quantities of products

• Display, arrange, price, and rotate products in store

• Maintain store shelves by removing dated or damaged products

• Monitor store inventory based on sales and intake

• Optimize sales volume and profitability by identifying profitable lines and bestsellers

• Make recommendations for promotional strategies using sales and pricing data

• Work and communicate with buyers, suppliers, stores, and distributors Course Outcome

Assess the market trend.

Determine key criteria for the design brief.

Identify the vendors/Suppliers Evaluate and prepare the bill of materials.

Supervise prototype preparation. Confirm the merchandise plan. Follow the Time and Action calendar (TNA).

Prepare pre-production file and address important issues in pre-production meeting.

Perform coordination and management of shipment.

Maintain health, safety and security at workplace.

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