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Colorado, United States

Colorado, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

Evolved operational strategy, providing improved global operations across the Company and supporting teams to execute and own critical operational processes including procurement, vendor management, Human Resources, reporting, employee technology, infrastructure (hardware and Office365), HubSpot CRM, systems migrations and enhancing employee proficiency with company tools.• Led HR, Procurement, and Provisioning functions while managing external IT team/CTO and collaborating closely with finance.• Analyzed and improved business processes to maximize efficiency and performance.• Established and maintained operational processes, technology solutions, and ownership structures.• Cultivated a culture of efficiency through standardized reporting, KPI monitoring, and vendor contract management.• Drove global operational improvements, including the migration of systems, to enhance company-wide performance.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Business Division Transformation • Offshoring • Finance Transformation• ERP Migration: SAP to Oracle JD Edwards E1 • Freight Strategy and Tracking: • Courier • Customs Compliance Services • First Sale• Customer / Vendor Agreement Matrix

New York, United States

Leveraged the best functional talent and resources globally to build a cost effective, reliable, and replicable model across Corporate Services, Finance, HR, IT, Logistics, Compliance and Communications• Managed $22.5m annual real-estate spend on office space in USA • Created framework for centralized US order fulfillment model and designed and validated a US center of excellence supporting imports, fulfillment, and replenishment. • Consolidated and Co-located all NYC Fung Group companies into one central location to reduce cost and drive synergy• Restructured key operational functions in the US and EU to optimize efficiency during COVID pandemic.• Developed global workplace strategy across Fung Group of companies to accommodate change in workplace needs.

Greater New York City Area

See BASHI experience below.Developed business model & business case for an innovative marketplace and crowdsourcing start-up focused on freelance product design and development. • Funded by Executive Director of the Americas, Group Chief Digital Officer and President of LF America’s with direct involvement from the Fung family to build the functional platform for BASHI.co.• Customer base and brands included companies such as Elle Décor, Wal-Mart, Dicks Sporting Goods, Spyder & Sean John. • Secured partnership with the YMA – Fashion Scholarship Fund;

Orange County, California Area

Relocated to establish the West Coast branch and further integrate the Furniture, Logistics acquisitions into the group• Oversaw operations to create structure and best practices for all functions: Finance, HR, IT, Procurement, CS, and Legal • Evaluated purchasing and procurement system applications to provide improved controls, tracking and monitoring of US category spend across all major operating expenses.• Coordinated activities with corporate offices to ensure all was in line with established company protocols.• Managed corporate real estate for US and Latin America including contract negotiation• Served as HR Business Partner (HRBP) for Furniture and Logistics businesses.

Greater New York City Area

Moved to New York to help establish and manage the new America hub – Previously US & LATAM hubs.• Created synergy between LATAM and United States Teams through cross-selling and shared resources.• Developed “Country/Branch Manager” role for West Coast Offices and integrated into OSG (office service group) model.• Led both domestic and global special projects and initiatives i.e. Project WoW (ways of working) lead for the Americas.• Managed and facilitated internal communication, Senior Management Meetings, Town Halls, and other Global Meetings• Evaluated established policies and implemented improved procedures associated with procurement for major spending categories such as travel, corporate services, facilities, courier services, supplies and other related categories.• Handled contract negotiations involving travel, courier, business equipment and other categories• Worked with Business Unit leaders to build strong relationships with smaller satellite offices to add value across entire Fung Group

Hong Kong

Global Operations: Key member of the team responsible for the operational alignment and coordination of the Li & Fung regional structure (Hubs & Branches). Buddy System: Directly responsible for Greater China (Incl.Hong Kong, Macau), Taiwan, Korea, Bangladesh, North America, LATAM & South America. Aligning corporate strategic initiatives with regional and local offices.Cross-Selling and Sharing. Worked with group Operating Directors formulating a framework to orchestrate sharing and cross-selling activities globally. Focusing on expanding colleague’s network and knowledge base.Travel: An integral function of this role required travel to global offices to expand the network of communication with the Headquarters and Hub/Branch offices. During these visits it was imperative to gain a high understanding of the activities within each local office. The platform is crucial for sharing best practices throughout the organizations and helping each office gain global visibility Communications: In an effort to enhance our communications and break-down silos the company leaders decided to look at communications. I was responsible for this project by forming focus group session with the Operations Directors, identifying the largest area for improvement and implementing at a local level. It was decided that bottom-up and peer-to-peer communications was the area of focus. We utilized Rapid Prototyping methodology locally to create a tailor-made solution for each location. Workspace Strategy: A key driver in today’s fast paced business environment is the ability to adapt to change and share information to leverage knowledge. As the project leader of our workspace strategy I worked with the CEO, CAO, Group Presidents, Operation Directors, Shanghai Management, Local Staff, outside consultant Jones Lang LaSalle and corporate designer B&Co to formulate our new office design and concept. This was piloted in an 11 story tower in Shanghai with 600+ staff.

Hong Kong | Shanghai | New York

9 Month Management Development Program:The Program for Management Development (PMD) is a fast-track corporate management development program run by the Fung Group. Which recruits and selects talent from around the world to provide them with the international, management and business exposure necessary to rapidly develop and become future business leaders.4 Week Corporate Training - Hong Kong12 Week Rotation - LF Sourcing, General Merchandise - Shanghai, China- Developed and executed a supplier ranking system. Identified the top supplier in each of the five key categories; resulting in the ability to leverage excellent suppliers across all divisions to drive future growth.- Developed and implemented a platform for strategically assessing growth opportunities for each of the 5 key categories. By fully engaging and training the category teams, in this new strategic approach to growth we identified 5 million USD immediate incremental business and 58 million long term business opportunities.- Applied a team diagnostic model to analyze the team productivity continuum and positivity continuum; with the goal of developing high performing and sustainable teams within the division. Completed phase one to achieve team alignment, collaboration and performance through an extensive team building exercise. 2 Week Corporate Training - Shanghai, China12 Week Rotation - Trading Corporate - Group COO, Hong Kong- Evaluated and mapped the current Operations Support Group (OSG) Hub Structure. Created tools to establish a comprehensive view of the whole organization- Analyzed business activities on a corporate level by key stakeholders such as COO and Executive Director - Strategic Planning, to facilitate decision making in regard to the organizational structure - Utilized data analytic's to study the business' key activities from a sourcing, office space, head count, geographic and financial perspective2 Week Training - New York, New York

Greater New York City Area

Developed business model & business case for an innovative marketplace and crowdsourcing start-up focused on freelance product design and development. • Funded by Executive Director of the Americas, Group Chief Digital Officer and President of LF America’s with direct involvement from the Fung family to build the functional platform for BASHI.co.• Customer base and brands included companies such as Elle Décor, Wal-Mart, Dicks Sporting Goods, Spyder & Sean John. • Secured partnership with the YMA – Fashion Scholarship Fund;

Boulder Co Usa

• Responsible for all web and retail inventory management.• Manage all re-order work-in-progress reporting for all channels of sale • Reporting: Building systems and tools to ensure data is easily shared among teams; specifically Operations, Sales, Retail and Finance.• Manage return process with 3PL, Customer Service and Accounting to insure accurate and timely reintegration of useable returned stock & disposition of damage, non-returnable stock• Vendor management and compliance to insure our product is produced in an ethical and healthy manner, while being delivered on-time in first quality condition • Experienced contract negotiator, within transportation and vendor networks; Request For Quote (RFQ), Vendor Profiling, Vendor Performance Matrix’s• Coordinate logistics and product imports for multiple international manufactures and vendors.• Manage distribution and exports for all out-going product from two 3PL warehouses along with drop shipment product and Foreign to Foreign transactions. • Responsible for vendor management including refining processes, lead-time, product and resource optimization, define and establish sustainable minimum-order-quantity, on-time delivery and overall vendor performance.• Entrusted with all product purchasing. This includes manufactured and 3rd party goods. This process involves style/SKU creation, purchase order placement all the way through product delivery. • Utilize Microsoft Office with a heavy reliance and competency in Excel for reporting, tracking, sourcing and inventory planning.• Assist in corporate compliance and product safety; Prop 65, CPSIA, European EN-71 product safety and CCPSA.• Assist in product line review including apparel and toys. Classify product in the Harmonize Tariff Schedule and Schedule B for proper import and export declaration.• Responsible for key account vendor compliance and routing to understand and fulfill the customer’s product and supply chain needs.

Adams & Weld Counties Co; Usa

• Developed and implemented a business model which expanded the territory to reach a larger client base.• Established a product delivery route to fit individual business need and schedule. • Increased sales by over 50% in a 6 month time frame.• Implemented a client directory and distribution list to effectively communicate with the customer and increase sales.

Denver Co Usa

• Supervised employee day-to-day work load and performance.• Managed and updated our digital and physical inventory.• Negotiated price points with customers and distributors/wholesalers.• Responsible for day-to-day store operations.

Bachelor'S, Entrepreneurship

Activities and Societies: Minor: Leadership

Associate'S Degree, Business Administration And Management, General