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Christopher Bates is listed as Actively seeking employment at ., based in Coventry, England, United Kingdom. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at btinternet.com, phone signal with area code 796, and a matched LinkedIn profile for Christopher Bates.
Christopher Bates previously worked as Unemployed at . and Product and Innovation Manager - Designer Brands at Headlam Group Plc. Christopher Bates studied at Online Course Via Headlam Plc.
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Skills and Expertise:-Operations:* Facilities, office & customer service management.* Sourcing & ongoing management of service providers & suppliers, including both domestic & international travel.* Creating & managing budgets - margin/P&L/budget control – invoice and payment management.* Full PO & bulk production management - In-line QC & CSR compliance - supplier performance reviews – analysing OTIF.* Pro-active firefighting & problem solving.* Strategic & general decision making - creating company policies and guidelines.* Road-mapping business growth/best practice/continual improvement – resource appraisals.* 1-2-1 liaison with global customers - chair global meetings & conferences - extensive global travel for on-site meetings.* Reporting at board level – upwards and downwards cascading of information.* Full ownership of daily business management.* ERP & PLM implementations & data management.* Event management, organise shows, photoshoots and PR events.* Cross functional communications via onsite meetings, presentations, email/phone correspondence and video meetings.People and Resource:* HR, rotas, recruitment & terminations.* Onboarding and initial training of staff.* Appraisals, continual training and coaching staff, applying best practice throughout.* Inclusive & constructive team leadership - direct reports from 1 to 30+* People growth, training & ongoing support.Business Development:* Developing product from concept to launch.* Assessing and streamlining work processes to maximise efficiency.* Creating effective workflow and new procedures, effectively implementing them. Change Management.* Product, legal and safety risk assessment, due diligence and best practice.* Analysing reports and spreadsheets, then acting on the data accordingly.* Creating and implementing critical path – managing critical path adherence.Achievement:* Have become a Mental Health First Aider.* Built functional, cohesive teams - robust people growth through mentoring & training – grown business via training teams.* Effectively influenced at all levels to effect change & meet KPIs.* Actively grown domestic, US, EU & global business - improved productivity, sales, cost prices & overheads.* Created and implemented new systems & processes - streamlined existing business models & processes.* Implemented company & vendor best practice policies - implemented full CSR, modern slavery & ethical sourcing policies.* Gained promotion throughout - taking on merging of numerous roles into one to meet economic climate & business needs.
Listed skills include Sourcing, Apparel, Retail, Merchandising, and 46 others.
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Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Took time out to care for ill parent and carry out home refurbishments.
Tamworth, England, United Kingdom
Product: Designer Carpeting/Natural Flooring/Rugs/Rug TrimsBrands: * Crucial Trading* Telenzo* Gaskell Wool Rich* Kersaint CobbDuties: * Full product development of all product groups, from 1st proto to bulk production.* Setting and managing cost prices/COGS/margin/P&L.* Intensive critical path management.* Management of daily internal and external.
Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Product: Men’s and Ladies:-* Trainingwear* Activewear* Lifestyle Apparel* Accessories* Headwear* Footwear* Boxing EquipmentDuties: * Full product development of all product groups, from 1st proto to bulk production.* Setting and managing cost prices/COGS/RRP/margin/P&L for all product.* Team management, training & growth.* Intensive critical path.
London, England, United Kingdom
Product: Ladies and Men’s luxury:-* Bags* Small Leather Goods (SLGs)* All Accessories* Footwear* Gifting* Licensed Luggage* Licensed Watches & Jewellery* Licensed Home FragranceDuties: * Full product development of all product groups, from 1st proto to bulk production, adhering to cost/margin/P&L throughout.* Team management, training & growth.* Intensive.
Farringdon - London
Product: Ladies and Men's, High Fashion:-Lost Ink - Ladies Footwear/Bags/All Accessories.Five Basics - Men's Apparel/Footwear/Bags/All Accessories.Senior role responsible for the management of development, sourcing, production, tech, fittings, risk assessment, legal/CSR/testing compliance, QC & QA and support/improve the supply chain.Duties: * Product.
London, United Kingdom
Product: Ladies and Men’s - High Street, Fast Fashion:-* Bags* All Accessories* Homeware* CeramicsSenior, leadership role, equally customer & supplier facing; responsible for the management & continual improvement to all compliance/QC/Tech, production & supply chain.Account Base: Debenhams:- Betty Jackson, Mathew Williamson, John Rocha, Julien MacDonald.
London, United Kingdom
Product: Ladies, Men's & Kids - TV Retail, Fast Fashion:-* All Apparel* Bags and SLGs* All Accessories* All Footwear* Watches & Jewellery (High Value & Costume)* Homewares & Soft Furnishings* Immediately streamlined Menswear/Ladies Wear/Kids Wear/all Footwear/Watches/Jewellery teams into one, consolidated and coherent Fashion Team. Also gained Homeware &.
London, United Kingdom
Technical & Supply Chain Manager:Kickers & KangaROOS: Fast Fashion Footwear/Apparel/AccessoriesTed Baker, Gio Goi & OneTrueSaxon: High Fashion Footwear/Accessories* Daily team lead for all product development, supply chain and customer service.* I technically developed the range through to salesman samples.* Implemented open costing/critical path.*.
London, United Kingdom
Sabbatical to recuperate from cancer treatment – all clear now, annual check-ups required.During this time I did 6 months voluntary work as Brand Start-Up/Ops Manager for Luta Sportswear, Clothing & Accessories.
London, England, United Kingdom
Product: Ladies Luxury and Runway Couture:-* All Apparel* Accessories* Jewellery (High Value & Costume)* Team lead on all technical, operation and retail areas for luxury designer providing ready to wear and couture, casual and tailored daywear/evening wear, denim, jersey, knitwear, bags, gloves, scarves and jewellery. 30+ account base including:-Harrods.
London, United Kingdom
Product: Men’s, Ladies and Kids Luxury:-* Footwear* Apparel* Accessories* This role was specifically created, it's main objective was to implement a complete operations/critical path, customer service & order management package; created as a direct result of the brand regaining the global license from Ben Sherman Plc.* Direct reports – 2.* Technically.
London, United Kingdom
Product: Branded:-Ben Sherman: Fast Fashion Footwear/Accessories/WatchesAcupuncture: Luxury Designer Footwear/AccessoriesEvisu: Designer Apparel/AccessoriesHard Yakka: Designer Apparel/Accessories* Managed team of 16. * Managed licensed brands.* Implemented QC system.* Increased turnover by 150%, exceeding month end targets.* Built customer service and.
London, United Kingdom
Product: Ladies High Street Fashion and Evening wear:-* All Apparel* All Accessories* Costume Jewelry* Managed team of 30+ working across Ladies Apparel/Accessories/Costume Jewellery. * Implemented and managed technical development, fit sessions, QC, Special Make Up systems and critical path.* Sourced & audited suppliers.* Implemented restructure, reducing.
Manchester, United Kingdom
Product: Men's & Ladies Wholesale/Retail/Mail Order High Street Fashion:-* All Apparel* All Accessories* Designed/developed rolling range of men’s & ladies apparel and accessories.* Implemented specs, costing and QC systems.* Improved in-house procedures.* Sourced Cut, Make and Trim suppliers & implemented pattern drafting and grading. * Increased.
Manchester & Worcester, United Kingdom
Restaurant Manager - 1 year - ManchesterMail Order Computer Dept - 3 years - Manchester/WorcesterJunior Retail Manager - 1 year - Worcester
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