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Barcelona, Cataluña, España

Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Hecho Por Nosotros is an independent non-profit NGO with consultative status in the United Nations. We work to promote sustainability through capacity-building programs, with a focus on research and education projects, to understand the industry and its problems in order to generate a systemic change that addresses social, economic and environmental issues linked to the fashion world.

Barcelona, Cataluña, España

Selection of the new main collection and drops looking at new trends for optical and sunglasses. Sales analysis per market. Vendor allocation and cost negotiation. • Planning of re-orders based on stock level and sales.• Implementation of new parameters at supplier and internal to the company to improve quality and deliveries of the frames for carry over and new styles.• Review of the branding and update of the Website and Seasonal Catalogues• Organization and management of new projects coming along in the season with internal and external resources (i.e.: new distributors necessities, advertising materials development etc.)

London, United Kingdom

Build Product Development calendar for each season with clear deadlines for the team following the company calendar main milestones.Organization of the daily job tasks for the PD representative in Italy and for the London team.Supplier allocation analysis for each season and research of new vendors according to the business needs.Improvement of the on time deliveries of salesman samples with costs and margin analysis.Negotiation of raw materials and finish goods to improve marginResponsible for the research and development of new techniques with Design Budget management and reporting for each seasonTop Line Management of any new projects coming along

London, United Kingdom

I took over the Production team managing Seasonal, Carry over, Runway, Corporate and Bespoke products. Main responsibilities were:Manage end to end supply chain flow and assuring the critical path dates were met from PD handover.Coordinate bulk raw materials pre buys and QC inspectionsResearch and implementation of new inspectors for raw materials and finished goodsSet up of the new Code of conduct and Vendor Compliance Agreement with COO.Implementation of Subcontractor’s inspections for each Production season with follow up reports.The Monitoring and improvement of the delivery dates across all categories.Introduction of new reporting system for Production to the businessNew supplier research and set up for new categories Set up of new processes to improve supplier performances and therefore turnaround of goodsResolving manufacturing issues to avoid potential financial losses downstream

London, United Kingdom

Managing Outerwear and Ties suppliers. Cost negotiation of finished products before and after sales to meet target margins, T&A setting with the vendors in order to develop their own critical path. Booking and negotiation of raw materials for bulk production, fitting and weekly reporting on vendor performances and on time deliveries. Cross-functional partnership with Planners, Merchants, PD and Technical Services to set the standards for production cooperating on the industrialization of the garments. Development of the junior staff in the team.

London, Uk

Management of the communication and production’s progress with the vendors, coordination of the raw materials orders and receipts, negotiation of costs, calculation of the supplier’s penalizations. Partnership with PD in counter-sourcing finished products and sign off of sealing samples. Reporting of production shipment’s status, review of supplier’s capacity and performance. Organization of the workloads and training of the Sourcing Assistants.

London, Uk

Supplier’s management, coordination of the raw materials, packaging and products commitments, monitoring of the production process to assure on time deliveries and coordination of the allocations worldwide. Analysis of the supplier’s performance and penalization of late deliveries. Contribute to build the forecast of continuity ranges, the discontinuations, pricing reviews and margins.

London, Uk

I moved to London in to improve my English language skills and to obtain a position within the fashion industry to widen my work experience and business knowledge within this sector. I took a short English language course and part time employment to fund my studies, then a full time position as Management Assistant in a shop. I took this position to extend my spoken English.

Parma, Italy

Management and planning of the seasonal production of clothing for luxury brands. Coordination of the internal and external laboratories/sub-contractors and the purchasing of the raw materials. I managed the relationships with the suppliers, with the sales office and the product development team in order to ensure the most effective delivery and allocation of products.

Parma, It

I used to draw up contracts for the maintenance of the chemistry laboratory equipments and looked for new potential suppliers.

Parma, It

I tested the functionality of the software ERP. I replicated and tested data processing information for client warehouse management and their supply chain (Canali, Loro Piana and Corneliani).

Parma, It

Coordination of the annual purchase of raw materials and control of the shipments in and out of Eastern European’s vendors with Production Manager to meet deliveries deadlines. Orders placement, communication with the raw material suppliers from Italy and Far East, negotiation of the costs of new materials and revision of prices with established suppliers.