Customer portfolio: NIKE, Patagonia, ODLO, CK, Calia, BR, Second skin, Puma, 2XU. Areas of Expertise• Liaise with suppliers and lead the development of yarns & Fabrics, taking into consideration of innovative technologies and customer requirements, in order to maintain and sustain the competitive advantage.• Select appropriate and alternative yarns for production by evaluating the technical costing sheets with specifications and price ensuring the required standards are… Show more Customer portfolio: NIKE, Patagonia, ODLO, CK, Calia, BR, Second skin, Puma, 2XU. Areas of Expertise• Liaise with suppliers and lead the development of yarns & Fabrics, taking into consideration of innovative technologies and customer requirements, in order to maintain and sustain the competitive advantage.• Select appropriate and alternative yarns for production by evaluating the technical costing sheets with specifications and price ensuring the required standards are maintained.• Coordinate with suppliers on a timely basis to ensure all technical requirements are adhered whilst resolving any issue in a timely basis and providing constructive feedback on constraints to the suppliers.• Monitor supplier performance on parameters such as innovations, price, quality and suggest improvements to suppliers in order to build and sustain good business relationships in the longer term.• Follow up on yarn testing at the internal lab/accredited external laboratories and ensure consistency with the required technical specifications.• Assess resource requirements, provide information for the preparation of monthly / annual budgets and monitor/ control departmental overheads in order to ensure expenditure is within budget. Show less

• Monitor the daily production progress, track variations and conduct weekly planning meeting making necessary amendments to the plan considering delivery dates, efficiencies, sold hour targets, etc.• Check the monthly shipment schedule to ensure monthly sales targets are achieved, in the event if there are any deviations, look for possible shipment advances and coordinate with relevant parties to ensure the target are met.• Place orders with offsite plants as and when there is an… Show more • Monitor the daily production progress, track variations and conduct weekly planning meeting making necessary amendments to the plan considering delivery dates, efficiencies, sold hour targets, etc.• Check the monthly shipment schedule to ensure monthly sales targets are achieved, in the event if there are any deviations, look for possible shipment advances and coordinate with relevant parties to ensure the target are met.• Place orders with offsite plants as and when there is an overcapacity situation at the plant and follow up orders and coordinate all the requirements till the delivery. • Check embellishment (Internal & External)/ special requirements of the planned styles, coordinate with embellishment teams / Plants to secure embellishment capacities whilst monitoring the embellishment loading plan and output plan in order to provide an uninterrupted input flow to production• Follow up the weekly Pre production meeting plan and ensure all the pre-production requirements including samples, trim cards, approvals etc.… are in place before the PPM and keep PPM on time• Follow-up on the weekly RM availability with the aid of the RM stability report and proactively addressing deviations with respective personal.• Check the RM pull plan to ensure that RM requirements for the daily cut plan is called out in a timely manner whilst ensuring RM DTD is maintained within the stipulated levels.• Monitor the RM optimization and follow up to ensure maximum quantities are shipped out by attending to the following:• Lead, direct and motivate the team, monitor performance/ provide feedback whilst taking steps to develop the skill levels of subordinates.• Assess resource requirements, provide information for the preparation of annual budgets and monitor/ control departmental expenditure ensuring it is in line with the budget. Show less

• Prepare the style wise weekly cut plan, ensuring the plan is aligned with the factory production plan and the style-wise embellishment requirement.• Prepare supporting plans for the production plan and cut plan, so as to facilitate the cutting/ production process. • Attend the daily operations/ Merchandizing meeting and participate in discussing and resolving any cutting / RM related issues in order to ensure the achievement of the daily cut/Production requirement.• Prepare the… Show more • Prepare the style wise weekly cut plan, ensuring the plan is aligned with the factory production plan and the style-wise embellishment requirement.• Prepare supporting plans for the production plan and cut plan, so as to facilitate the cutting/ production process. • Attend the daily operations/ Merchandizing meeting and participate in discussing and resolving any cutting / RM related issues in order to ensure the achievement of the daily cut/Production requirement.• Prepare the Pre-Production meeting schedule for the plant ensuring the timely conduct of meetings on the scheduled dates.• Check the raw materials in-house status against committed in-house dates, informing any delays to the merchants, identifying possible action plans so as to ensure such delays affecting the production process are addressed. Show less