Jun Barrar Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pa, Us

• Owning sourcing of Gravity, MiHIGH, QALO and ROQ under WIN portfolio, covering core product categories of Weighted Blankets and other home textiles, Infrared Sauna Blanket, Cold Plunge and other tech wellness products, Silicone jewelry and other molded silicone products.• Intensive support with Gravity expanding into new product categories and successfully launching rush offense brand-new products. • Overseeing costing activities with suppliers, including negotiations, cost breakdown analysis. • Managing supply chain compliance audit and product integrity required by licensing partners, including Disney, Walmart.• Managing and support product development, T&A tracking, sample approvals and finalization, and providing solutions to ensure deadlines are met.• Production planning and management from PO placement to delivery in DC, ensuring stringent quality standards are being met, and clear communication of any changes are passed to internal teams. Coordinate PP, TOPs, product testing, and 3rd party QC inspections, shipping booking and inventory receiving.• Effective relation maintenance with all cross-functional partners, internal stakeholders, and external vendors. • Constantly monitor and assess the supply chain entities for efficiencies, blockers, and cost savings. Identify bottlenecks and issues early on and work with partners to troubleshoot.• Constant support in reviewing current and navigating new sourcing strategies, owning the identification and assessment of new products and suppliers, domestically and internationally. • Identifying counter-sourcing needs and managing counter-sourcing initiatives to diversify core products for better IMU and actively work to expand vendor database.

Media, Pennsylvania

• Provided sales team with production lead time and order deadlines.• Worked with PD and packaging department on product developing and sample approving.• Worked with the company’s overseas office on testing, inspection, quality issues and shipping documents.• Reviewing pricing, timeline, product details and order requirements at finalization meetings and providing callouts and order confirmation from production standpoint. • In-depth knowledge of each retailer customer’s vendor manual and guidelines, such as ROSS, Boscovs, At Home, Stage Stores, Belk, Kohls, Target, Walmart, requirements including but not limited to product testing, labelling, packing and shipping etc. Reassuring all are precisely followed by vendors. • Production planning and order allocations among various factories throughout Asia (China, India, Indonesia and Vietnam). • Responsible for creating official PO, vendor guideline sheet, domestic and direct shipping document templates. • Day to day communication with factories to follow up on – pricing varication, delivery window confirmation, testing reports, packing and labeling approval, production inspection report reviewing, shipping approval.• Routinely checking on production status and ensuring on-time delivery. • Problem solving and troubleshooting throughout the whole production and shipping process.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Management of full product life cycle from concept to in store, 6 seasons on hands at all times, including - Sourcing, Product Development, Production, QC and Shipping.• Maintained seasonal calendar and alerted team to calendar deadlines. Managed sample approval priorities to execute determined timeline of development and production.• Worked with designers and buyers on seasonal plan and provided vendors sourcing inspirations. • Created and reviewed all development tech packs with designer and buyer, sent comments to vendors, addressed questions and tracked sample ETA. • Daily communication with overseas vendors on costing confirmation and negotiation, PO management, bulk fabric and trim approvals, proto, PP and TOP samples tracking, comments and approval, testing reports, production issues, quality issues, production timeline maintenance and delivery maintenance. • Tracked and checked production WIP management reports to ensure production is on schedule and on-time delivery. • Weekly combing through orders to check PO deliveries, communicating with vendor and traffic team for consolidating shipments and identifying potential delays. • Costing breakdown analysis and negotiations to meet initial markup goal. • Provided buying team with material options, product construction options and cost options to meet target prices. • Production meetings with buyers and design to raise awareness on changes that will impact delivery and the effect on merchandising plan.• Monthly customs line review with internal customs team to cross check duties and HTS code.• Trained vendors to follow correct routine and communication methods to improve efficiency and avoid misunderstanding. • Built and managed material and trims library.

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

• As a team leader, overseeing the entire operation on all projects and orders.• Managed product life cycle from concept to delivery, including product design, sourcing, development, sampling tracking and management, production planning and management, quality control, shipping and delivery. • Daily communication with overseas clients on sourcing update, pricing confirmation, sampling status, production and shipping update, managing multiple customers’ orders and seasons at the same time. • Routinely material and sellouts sourcing, keeping clients updated with new and novelty fabrics and techniques from open market and mills at a timely manner. • Streamlined designs with customers; tech pack creation and translation to factories; addressed questions; sample review, tweak and approval on overseas clients’ behalf. • Factory visits regularly to monitor sampling and manufacturing; checked bulk material, cutting, printing, in-production, quality control and packing, addressing and fixing issues.• Maintained close vendor relations, knowing factories capacity change to ensure correct project allocation.• Precise grasp and understanding of each client’s standard and brand positioning. • Negotiated costing and provided cost options to meet clients' targets. • Worked with forwarders and brokers to compare costs and timeline; provided clients’ shipping options. Shipping coordination from ex-factory to clients’ door.• Personally guided and assisted on clients’ visits to markets and factories in South China. • Frequent travels through Pacific Asia and USA for product presentation and production meetings.