Michael C. Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Australia

Sydney, Australia

- Planning and management of production capacity and vendor plans across footwear divisions, in conjunction with Production team; Execution and implementation of brand sourcing, development & production strategy; - Provide inputs into new products from Pre-production sample to shipment sample on engineering/production;- Working with team to make sure that margin targets are met by category, working closely with Merchandise, and Production to identify leverage opportunities- Seasonal supplier capacity &capability review, product allocation to suppliers based on the review result to take advantage of the suppliers according the category request;- Footwear product manual set up(manufacturing standard/product specification/QC manual/bill of material standard, etc) and release to all suppliers, manual review and update on a quarterly basis;- Daily basis interact with team and suppliers on product delivery updates, provide support to meet the schedule;- Liaising with freight forwarders and shippers on inventory control to meet all store sales request;- Manage vendor invoices and payments, overseas couriers sending and invoices, etc;- Managing all agreed product critical paths to ensure on time delivery of samples& product handover, lead weekly production status review meeting with overseas team, interact with suppliers to solve any potential delay issues;- Management of product failures or complaints with QC team and resolution of claim with Vendors; - Monthly travel into the Vendor base to support execution of sourcing & production strategy;- Building strong and good relationship with offshore vendors by interacting with supplier management team;

Perth, Australia

Custom Made shoes and Offshelf shoes makingResponsible for the custom made shoes, off-shelf shoes making including- customer foot size measuring, checking, material selection and confirmation, material treatment;- shoe style recommendation/confirmation, color confirmation;- Placing orders for customers;- Do the fitting test with customer, and make the according adjustment to have a perfect fitting;- Hand making the orders including upper cutting, upper roughing, sole buffing to meet the right size, upper stitching, lasting and assebly, etc to meet the due fitting date;- Solve all the customers complaints about the product issues regarding fitting/comforts received from telephone, on site and emails;China Shoe sourcing- Responsible for the shoe sourcing from China suppliers;- Looking for suppliers in China for shoes sourcing including causal/sports/leather/fashion, school kids, sandals;- Check with supplier about style information, negotiate and confirm FOB price, negotiate with suppliers on product quantities request, material selection, color confirmation;- Check with suppliers on sample schedule, production order schedule arrangement and confirmation, payment method, etc;- Follow up with suppliers on the production orders and do the on line quality and process control, do the final production inspection, and make sure that the delivery date could be met according to the confirmation shipment schedule;Online product updates/management- Upload new products into company website on a weekly basis;- Maintain and update product information on website on a weekly basis;- Deal with the online orders for online customers and handle all the inquiries from online customers, online product shipment ,etc;

Fujian, China

- Oversee the overall operation of Diadora/Amarni brand in Asian region(China/Vietnam/Taiwan) including new vendors sourcing, product development, FOB price negotiation, production, quality control/delivery, supplier management and performance review; Support Italy team executing production and vendor management strategy;- Working with team to make sure that margin targets are achieved, working closely with Italy Merchandise, Design and Production team to identify leverage opportunities;- New product designs allocation to suppliers, New Cost break down process set up&application to all suppliers;- Material library(leather/non leather) set up and raw materials stock management with all suppliers;- Lead a team to confirm patterns, development samples, product specification, material color swatch and SOP from early development stage to mass production;- Managing all agreed product critical paths to ensure on time delivery of samples& production, weekly production status meeting with team and suppliers, interact with suppliers to solve any potential quality&delay issues;- Liaising with freight forwarders and shippers on inventory control to meet all store sales request;- Manage vendor invoices and payments, overseas couriers sending and invoices, etc;- Collaborate with Italy production team to track production status in system on a weekly basis;- Liaising with overseas warehouse team, keep all product inventory accuracy up to date on a weekly basis;- Liaising with freight forwarders and shippers regarding the timely movement of inventory to all global warehouse locations;- Lead QA/QC team to manage and direct the specific quality standard with factories, to ensure Brands quality standards are being maintained and improved during development/production stages;- Maintain strong and good relationship with suppliers to ensure products are supplied with high quality, competitive price and on time delivery;

Guangdong, China

- To be responsible for the overall operation of Columbia footwear development/ commercialization/production in Columbia Fujian area, ensure shoes are fully developed/ commercialized/manufactured according to product schedule and quality request in Contract factory;- Tech-package review and discussion with factory; to be responsible for all the footwear development/commercialization tasks from samples making, extreme size/full size run trials, support US teams to make early recommendations on upper materials selection, pattern revision, tooling solutions, etc;- To confirm extreme size/full size run tooling/ upper patterns with suppliers and solve technical problems before sign-off;- Day to day communicating with factory for development revision and production technical issues, and solve technical problems for all development/commercialization/production stages;- To oversee the entire development/commercialization/production process and the quality of products, including: Supervising all development/commercialization/production processes and procedures involved in upper pattern grading, upper stitching, material selection and bottom grading, bottom design/revision, drawing confirmation with the contract factories;- To lead a team to carry out daily quality control tasks, waterproof test follow up with ITS; And review monthly production reports including test results, defective return rates, on-time delivery, B-grades, etc;- To manage team/review team member business goals quarterly, and provide training and learning opportunities for staff to ensure that the appropriate skills are developed;

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

- To be responsible for Nike Lifestyle, sandals, Running, ACG category development/production and ensure shoes are fully developed and produced according to product schedule and quality request in contract vendors;- Managing all agreed product critical paths to ensure on time delivery of samples& product handover, weekly team critical path review meeting, and interact with suppliers to solve any potential delay issues;- Support HQ team executing production and vendor management strategy; Working with team to make sure that margin targets are met by category, working closely with HQ sourcing, design and Production teams to identify leverage opportunities- Vendor performance reviews and completion on a seasonal basis, follow up with suppliers on action plan to improve the performance on a monthly basis; - To lead a team on production trials and support US design teams to make early recommendations on upper grading/ upper materials processing/last making, tooling solutions, etc; Support costing/supply chain team on costing reduction and product lead time/shipment performance improvement;- Work with supplier management team, maintain strong and good working relationship with them to ensure products are supplied with high quality, competitive price and on time delivery;- Management of product failures or complaints with QC team and resolution of claim with Agent/Vendor; - To oversee the entire production process and product quality control, cost reduction, including: monitoring the complete production process, production schedule report review according to PO delivery schedule- Management of product failures or complaints with QC team and resolution of claim with Agent/Vendor;