Matthew Patrick Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Edgewood, New York, US

New York, NY, US

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Oversee product development & manufacturing (in-house and third party), as well as logistics and distribution – Wholesale B2B and Retail B2C for three personal care brands.
• Manage supplier relations for long term planning, contracts and partnership benefiting both parties.
• Lead ESG, QA, Regulatory efforts for all brands to ensure current best-practice processes and standards are in place.
• Deliver pertinent Operations data and presentations for Executive Board communications.
• Oversee personnel hiring & process management to meet requirements of brands and retail partners.
• Chair regular interdepartmental meetings with relative reporting to ensure brand growth and improved KPIs are achieved. Set and manage short and long term goals for employees and departments within the Operations.

• Oversee the following areas of global business:
• Forecasting and Purchasing for supply chain operations
• Logistics and distribution for B2B & B2C business
• Supplier sourcing and contract negotiations
• 3PL global services
• Inventory Management

IT

- Manage Sales & Operations teams with responsibility for client retention and business development as well as communication of sales goals with global executive team, delivery of client programs on time, in full, and division P&L. - Responsible for Supply Chain management for all client product launches. - Modify and manage complex supply chain solutions.

• DIRECTOR OF GLOBAL OPERATIONS for fast growing cosmetics company.
• Streamlined product launch processes to save significant time and development costs.
• Manage all supply chain, logistics and forecasting decisions as well as on-hand finished goods and materials inventory.
• Formalized new retailer launch systems allowing more efficient purchasing and increased Press exposure.
• Reduced production and material costs for existing products through vendor negotiations and consistently ensure new products meet target cost parameters.
• Chair regular interdepartmental meetings to drive development process.

• SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE for cosmetics industry supplier of packaging components and turnkey finished goods – most items developed with partner factories in Asia.
• Increased sales for leading accounts through development of new products and packages.
• Brought new customers to Wormser through lead follow-up and new product sales presentations.
• Managed critical development timetables for customers of all sizes.

• DIRECTOR–GLOBAL MARKETING SERVICES for cosmetics company with sales approaching $2B.
• Managed development of new marketing programs in Travel Retail distribution (net sales over $100 million).
• Managed team that increased sales in order to become leader in corporate organization.
• Improved on-time launches of products by revitalizing sense of teamwork within corporate groups including Product Development, Creative Design, Sourcing, Package Engineering, Forecasting, Production, Quality Assurance.
• Mitigated future liabilities, thus successfully preventing delays of product launches.
• Worked as close partner with Legal and R&D teams to ensure compliance of packaging and raw materials in respect to local jurisdiction.

• PLANNING MANAGER FOR BATH & BODY WORKS AND VICTORIA’S SECRET BRANDS.
• Worked in both Body Care and Makeup divisions to produce new items for national launches.
• Oversaw development of new items with Marketing, Packaging and Research & Development groups.
• Built critical relationships with outside suppliers of packaging components and filling services ensuring timely product availability and delivery of products to brand distribution sights

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT for Japanese cosmetics company with sales of $400M. Responsible for international and domestic new product development and existing product reorders.Worked closely with US-based contract fillers and corporate factories in Japan.

Bachelor Of Arts, With; International Business Management

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