Eric W. Email & Phone Number

广东, 东莞

* Skills Summary :Material sourcing & quality control in footwear PU synthetic leather, fabric, hardwares, accessories. * Experience :Hai Fong footwear 06/2003-present (A Taiwanese company with 30,000 employees, famous with its international trade in lady's shoe industry.)* Key customers :Payless, Caleres, H&M, Aldo, DSW, Deichmenn, Dynasty, Topline, JCPenny, Zara, GU, Isetan, Chiyoda...2009 - present Purchasing Assistant ManagerResponsibilities:• Reported to Purchasing VP, led a 25-staff team. • Responsible for material development & quality control in mass production for all customers. • Communicated closly with deigners, PD, technicians, QC teams.• Management of suppliers mills and improved their quality and development level. Achievements:• Developed 2,000+ items of materials per month.• Created a QC manual check list with more than 10 quality critical points.• Executed SOP of quality control for more than 10 major suppliers, focused on color, quality and abnormity of materials, lowered return rate below 1%.• Evaluated 50+ new suppliers, established a complete survey record.• Mentored 20+ trainee from Taiwan, Australia, America, Denmark...Cultivated and promoted 5 young team leaders.

Guangzhou

Responsibilities:• Reporting to Purchasing Manager/ General Manager, led a 20-staff team.• Responsible for development of new materials for US customers, worked closely with designers, PD, R&D/Sales Team.• Developed and managed 40+ suppliers mills in the South of China, daily contacted with owners to provide advice of quality (physical & chemical) and customer needs.• Provided customers professional consultancy about materials costs, delivery time, quality, etc.Achievements:• Analyzed market, costs, quality and fashion trends by methods of attending exhibitions in Italy, Hongkong, Shanghai, Wenzhou, Jinjiang..., and studying 50+ suppliers material production process.• Well kept key account relationship with Payless, Caleres, H&M, JC Penny, GU, Zara, etc.• Helped improve management level of suppliers to meet key account’s needs.• Facilitated business at 10% lower costs with high quality level by profession.

Taiwan/ Guangzhou

Responsibility：• Reported to Purchasing manager, led a 3-staffs team.• Responsible for new material development for Europe customer (Deichmenn), worked closly with sales team in Vietnam.• Travelled seasonally to Vietnam to review new materials with customers from German.Acheivement：• Developed over 200 items of materials per month.• Surveyed more than 20 PU and fabric suppliers in Taiwan.• Switched supplier chain from Taiwan to China, which lowered more than 30% cost and shortened lead time in mass production.• Developed 5 PU and 4 fabric new suppliers in China.