Emma O'Connor Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

The Mentor Program is designed for a period of between 6 to 12 months of one-to-one support from professionals and the objective is simple – provide support to women from a positive role model and empower mentees to develop, succeed and grow.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

A for-profit social enterprise and one of Australia’s top job-search sites for the not-for-profit sector and beyond, the EthicalJobs.com.au platform supports the work of more than 7,000 for-purpose organisations around the country and has a passionate community of 380,000 unique users using the site each month. A broad executive level role within the business leading an engaged and talented team with key accountabilities including:• Business Development, Relationship Management & Customer Service – drive strategic growth and partnerships to meet commercial outcomes, exceeding budgeted growth targets• Finance – manage Finance Officer to deliver successful financial outcomes for the business • Strategic Planning and execution – led annual strategic planning with a specific focus on BDRM, Customer Service, People and Culture, Marketing and finance – ensuring successful execution through collaboration with teams• People & Culture – successful recruitment in line with projected growth, increasing engagement by facilitating onboarding, professional development and employee wellbeing initiatives and increasing the impact of the company via corporate volunteering and Reconciliation Action Plan development • Office & Operations - streamlining business optimisation and risk management

212 Johnston Street, Collingwood Vic 3066 Australia

Mission Brown was a leading Australian fashion wholesaler, specialising in Contemporary Fashion and Juniors markets. Committed to delivering outstanding service and results for clients, our offices in Melbourne and Shanghai enabled the agency to have full control over production quality and provide a significant competitive advantage to customers, both in Australia and internationally. Built on values such as quality, consistency and adaptability, Mission Brown offered a full design service – from trend forecasting and range design to production, fit, QA through to final delivery, sales strategy and analysis. • Responsible for all areas of company operations – driving the business to profit in its first year of operation into a multi-million-dollar business • Negotiated all contracts; with clients and suppliers developed sales and marketing strategies• Controlled financials: Developed pricing models, forecasting and budgeting with full P&L responsibility• Built exceptional long-term relationships with key stakeholders: existing and new accounts, buyers, suppliers and investors.• Client base included - Target (recognised as Target’s preferred supplier), Kmart, Forever 21(USA), NastyGal (USA), Country Road Farmers(NZ)and Harris Scarfe.• Brand Management and development and execution of two internal eCommerce Retail brands to drive and diversify revenue - OnceWas and Sleep’n’Round, providing in-depth knowledge of the retail market and brand development to further demonstrate the agency’s exceptional design service capabilities.• Developed and managed highly skilled teams in Mission Brown’s Melbourne and Shanghai offices.• Managed large volume businesses delivering over 1 million units p.a. on time in full• Achieved Quality Assurance and Ethical Accreditation for Mission Brown in Australia and Golden Jasmine in Myanmar

Myanmar

With more than 20 years’ experience in the fashion industry, Golden Jasmine was established to provide an ethical garment manufacturing solution in Myanmar - challenging the retail and wholesale industry to approach manufacturing with a considered approach, transparency, and ethical practises over fast fashion. Questions such as: Where did my clothes come from? Who made them? Are they happy and safe? Golden Jasmine sponsored education programs and essential services for local schools to ensure our mark was made not just in the vast employment opportunities provided, but also in the advancement and enrichment of the community.• Team development and training• Quality Assurance implementation• Ethical standards implementation• OH&S implementation• Quality Assurance Compliance and accreditation• Ethical standards accreditation

Melbourne, Australia

• Developed & maintained strong and sustainable relationships with retail partners• Built existing relationships with supply base & sourced new vendors for new categories• Maintained margin through overseeing costings from supply base & engineering product to fit pricing architecture• I was employed to establish and grow the company’s China manufacturing arm• Using my experience in establishing exceptional off-shore manufacture supply bases I was able to position Best Corp as a leading Australian wholesaler in the Contemporary market.• Managed and grew major retail accounts Target and Kmart• Improved and maintained quality systems to ensure production consistency in a changing fabric and sourcing market.

Melbourne, Australia

• Key buying for contemporary ranges• All product/range development• Managed change as production went off-shore - secured quality manufacturers in China, Hong Kong & Shanghai• Managed sales, production and QA teams• Increased annual turnover from 7 million to 38 million• Improved quality, communication, logistics and sourcing systems to deal with the shift to off-shore manufacture

Melbourne, Australia

• Successfully developed and launched the MOOKS womenswear category in Australia and New Zealand• Designed seasonal ranges for Mooks women’s• Production Management for men’s and women’s ranges• Sales Management for men’s and women’s ranges• Worked closely with marketing teams to develop campaign images and catalogues for seasonal ranges• Financial reporting to Management