Independent Sourcing & Production Specialist — Knit & Woven

A ground-level buying office, in one person.

I identify the right factory for your product and manage sampling, price negotiation, quality control and order follow-up through to delivery — across Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Turkey.

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21+years in apparel sourcing & operations
~20Mgarments per year managed at peak
14years based in Dhaka, Bangladesh
3–4%late-delivery rate achieved, from double digits

Who I am

Until June 2026 I was Head of Global Sourcing & Operations at Original Marines, an Italian retailer producing around 20 million garments a year across South Asia and Turkey.

I built and ran the company's liaison office in Dhaka — a team of 27 handling vendor management, merchandising, quality assurance and compliance — after fourteen years living and working on the ground in Bangladesh. Today I bring that same operational structure to brands as an independent specialist: the standards and discipline of a large buying organisation, with the speed of a single point of contact.

Mario Scotellaro
Mario Scotellaro

Product expertise

Circular knitting machine

Circular knit

Jersey, t-shirts, polos, fleece, sweatshirts, basics and loungewear — high-volume programmes as well as mid-sized runs.

Ribbed sweaters in a range of colours

Fully-fashioned knitwear

Sweaters, pullovers and cardigans in cotton, blends and fine gauges, from a vetted flat-knit factory base.

Denim finishing treatment

Woven

Shirts, dresses, trousers and outerwear — denim and non-denim — with full development and wash capabilities.

What I do for a brand

Factory selectionMatching your product, price point and volumes to the right factory — not the other way around.
Sampling & developmentFrom first proto to sales-sample sets, with realistic calendars and follow-through.
Price negotiationCostings built from fabric, trims and minutes — negotiated with the leverage of someone who knows the numbers.
Quality controlInline and final inspections to AQL 2.5, with root-cause follow-up rather than box-ticking.
Order follow-upProduction monitoring from fabric booking to vessel, so problems surface early enough to fix.
ComplianceFactories screened on social and ethical standards, with documentation kept current.
Garments on a sample rail

Notes from the field

Stat graphic: Pakistan readymade garment exports reach $4.18 billion in FY26

Pakistan's garment exports just hit a record. Its textile sector didn't move.

Diagram of EU GSP Group III material sources flowing into Sri Lanka

How Sri Lanka keeps its EU duty-free access

Circular knitting machine in operation

Bangladesh is automating ahead of a deadline that just moved

Aerial view of a container terminal

The new US forced-labour tariffs are widening South Asia's edge

EU flag over folded garments

The EU ban on destroying unsold stock — and what it doesn't fix

EU and India trade route illustration

The EU–India trade deal is about to change sourcing math

Where I work

A supplier base built over two decades, matched to each brand's segment and price point.

Bangladesh
India
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Turkey

Contact

If there's a product where you'd like to explore alternative sourcing, it's fifteen minutes of a call well spent.