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New York, New York, US

New York, New York, US

New York, New York, US

New York, NY, US

Planning and Allocation of all materials for Coach Inc, Leather, Fabric and Hardware

New York, NY, US

Plan and allocate leather demands to various international suppliers based on monthly planned orders. Work within supply chain to allocate orders based on suppliers current capacities and raw material base to ensure timely delivery of leather to Coach's service providers facilities within the time constrains.

New York, NY, US

• Responsible for the global sourcing, development and commercialization of leathers for Coach's Reed Krakoff elevated band then transferred to manage Women’s Outlet and Men’s Retail and Outlet divisions.
• Development and implement new leather articles in collaboration with design; understanding their needs during the development cycle through to production. Ensuring materials introduced, maintain the company’s margin.
• Responsible for driving and source suitable materials to support the growth of business.
• Bring to design’s attention leather fashion trends and new materials based on current market. Accomplished by visiting trade shows internationally and through extensive tannery networking.
• Maintaining design budgets.
• Work cross functionally teams such as Product Development, Costing and Merchandising.

Exeter, NH, US

• Responsible for PrimeAsia’s environmental efficiencies throughout their Global facilities as well as key suppliers.
• Set individual target reductions for energy and water though management and innovative technologies.
• A key member of the Leather Working Group, an industry wide group of brands, leather suppliers and chemical companies in a collaborative effort to reduce environmental impact in leather manufacturing and steering.
• LWG compliance officer overseeing all facilities adhere to the LWG standards.
• Restricted Substance (RSL) officer, ensuring PrimeAsia compliance to all Brand RSL policies. Development and implemented companies own policy based incoming raw materials include wet blue hides.
• Product development of new leather collections to present to brands based on fashion trends utilizing diverse raw material base. New collections focused on reduced energy and water with a focus on RSL compliance.

Rheinfelden, Baden-Württemberg, DE

• Directing a group of Account Mangers located nationwide in strategies, sales and promotion. This required providing direction to the managers, overseeing there performance on a weekly basis, planning ways to maintain.
• Responsible for promoting a product range of chemicals specific to the manufacturing of leather from Beamhouse through to Wet End, thus implementing strategies to increase market share.
• Maintaining an individual budget of $4.5 million by implementing creative techniques to fulfill customer needs through innovative ways to develop new leather articles and by understanding the potential of customers.
• Duties include continuously investigating customer needs, for systematic and focused promotion of TFL products and determining market-adequate prices within competencies.
• Provide technical support to customers using focused trials and demonstration of new processes, as well as, implementing existing products specific to customer needs.
• Monitoring customer order patterns to forecast production requirements, and monitoring invoices for correct prices and quantities.

• Product Support Manager - Responsible for coordinating customers with manufacturing. Dealing with technical issues, customer complaints, quality and grade issues. Position included traveling to discuss show lines and.
• R & D Technician - Responsible for color matching, redevelopment of existing products and New Product Development, as well as, troubleshooting within the factory. The position also included monitoring transfers between.
• Samples Wet End Manager - Responsible for running the department, which ran in excess of 1 Million sq. ft. per annum. Duties included verifying process formulas for stability, allocation of work and employee issues.

• Assistant Technical Manager responsible for the tanning of Raw Hides through to Wet Blue for the largest wet blue tannery in North America which had a capacity to produce 2 million sq/ft leather per week..
• Lead R & D Manager working on new process, mechanical and chemical technologies to improve process efficiency and environmental improvements.
• Project leader for the implementation of ISO 9002, first US tannery to achieve the classification. Trained all staff within the facility as well as set up the process controls and outlining the job functions to ensure.

Production Technician responsible for production of a mid sized goat skin tannery, ensuring a consistent flow of production through the various stages of operations from crust tanned leather through final inspection and shipping.Managed the retanning and dying department responsible for color matching of customer requests on the variety of articles the.

Leather Apprentice, worked in a medium sized tannery in Africa to gain leather management experience prior to attending Leather Sellers College in the United Kingdom. Worked in all leather departments from hide receiving through final inspection for set periods under the General Managers guidance. Work included understanding job functions and operation of.

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