James Chen Email & Phone Number

Auckland, NZ

Huddersfield, England, United Kingdom

• Manage and create seasonal collections and long-lasting staples into our ever-expanding offering. Daily communications with teams across the globe across all time zones to address problems and offer solutions and plan.
• Communicate across departments and agencies to shape production requirements tailored to each region/country's needs.
• Set and meet sales targets with each region.
• Scope projects, identify resources and maintain budgets
• Explore, integrate and capitalise on technology to continuously improve customer support and experience in both B2B and D2C.
• Leading a team to provide ongoing direction for each area including trade shows, bespoke events and large launch functions.

Auckland, New Zealand

• Developed and created James Loft, first as a curated multi-brand menswear store which was one of the first to offer a complete collection of Calvin Klein Jeans in New Zealand with a store featuring the “jean wall”.
• Identify brands not offered in NZ that would have potential in the market
• Approach brands to collaborate with and buy from
• Develop exclusive offerings and brand collaborations/collections
• Develop our own training course to develop a confident brand-focused sale team. The 2 concept stores were later sold and rebranded while the “James Loft” brand was retained to open a multi-level stand-alone store in.
• Developed collections to wholesale into overseas department stores

Auckland, New Zealand

• Identified two businesses with commercial potential but on the decline and without successions, the skills which it retains would have been lost on the closure of these businesses. The two businesses were a garment.
• Train and develop the missing areas of service needed, cutting, pattern making, press/pack and tag
• Offer consultation to people looking to start their own brand and clothing line which include budgeting and direction.
• Source cloth, trims and applications.
• Advice on volumes and forecast expectations
• Help bring designs into reality but more importantly ensure economic success which will yield in returning and ongoing business.

Auckland, New Zealand

Working in a small team between two stores, I was mainly based in the New Market store working the sales floor and assisting the owner in budgeting, marketing and buying. Later I would help develop our own branded line of core products of which we were able to produce/sell in volume and maximise margin in our top tier area of sales.Evaluate supplier.

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Fashion/Apparel Design

Certificate In Textile Design