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Chicago, Il, Us

Vancouver, Bc, Ca

Launched a luxury lifestyle brand in North America. Makers of bedding & sleepwear made from Australian Merino wool, the world’s only source for tonight’s best sleep and an even happier and healthier tomorrow.More Info:shleepwell.co

Us

Direct and manage the global sourcing, production, raw materials, product development and quality assurance functions for handbag/accessory division. • Manage both NY and overseas offices. Successfully introduced and directed various global process and system improvements• Work alongside cross functional teams of Sales, Planning, and Design on speed to market opportunities to support the major re branding and elevation strategy • Built and established a quality assurance team in Asia to partner with all factories • Manage long/short term capacity & financial plans based on corporate projections• Manage factory matrix of 25 factories, communicating annual projections and allocations• Support and manage quality product flow that ships to major US department stores, mass markets, over 75 international countries and E-commerce channels

New York, New York, Us

Built and led the Factory Outlet team to achieve creative aesthetics, margin objectives, and quality standards. Led new collection architecture, major re-branding project and product elevation strategy implementation for $2.9B outlet division.• Achieved margin improvement in collaboration with Design and Merchandising through raw material evaluation and value engineering to support brand elevation strategy • Adjusted and enhanced communication and development process to support diversified sourcing from China to Vietnam to achieve a 40% production volume• Spearheaded Costing and PD organizational merger, providing improved communication and information flow to global cross-functional teams

New York, New York, Us

Led a product development, engineering and technical design team focused on commercialization of handbag innovation for product pipeline.• Transformed regional engineering function to a unified global function by creating leadership team, identifying best practices and process improvements• Developed and launched a new training curriculum for hybrid product development and engineering role

New York, New York, Us

Developed and managed team responsible for 45% of brand innovation.• Partnered with Design and Merchandising integrating PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) to development process providing synergistic transition.

Led apparel design and product development resulting in sales growth.• Directed apparel sourcing, development and production in 9 countries to ensure on time deliveries, margin expectations and quality standards• Established and managed a denim design team to support silhouette and wash innovation

Hong Kong, Hk

Managed the development, costing and production of a multi category apparel wholesale organization.

Us

Forecasted trends, created line, developed leather and fabric outwear for key wholesale clients.