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Guotai Group, is a $5 billion apparel conglomerate with vertical manufacturing operations spanning the globe, also holds licenses for several apparel brands for distribution in the US.In my role, I drive strategic growth and innovation for Winway Global Apparel by spearheading the following initiatives:Marketing Strategy: Crafting data-driven marketing plans, and developing compelling product narratives to engage with US activewear brands effectively.Product Innovation Pipeline: Collaborating with designers and cross-functional teams to translate market trends into innovative activewear products featuring cutting-edge materials and functionalities.Material Research: Leading efforts to remain at the forefront of sustainable and high-performance fabric innovations, establishing partnerships with suppliers to integrate these advancements into our product lines.Collaboration: Cultivating strong relationships with key stakeholders, including brands, designers, and suppliers, to facilitate success and navigate the dynamic landscape of the US active wear market.

Led the US marketing efforts for YMT Holding, a dynamic tech-agile apparel and textile group based in Southeast Asia. Operating across Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia, I contributed to the success of diverse product lines, which encompass performance activewear, yoga wear, athleisure, and team sports apparel. The group's unique vertical integration includes a fabric mill in Indonesia.In addition, I was spearheading the development of multi-country sourcing model. YMT Holding is committed to sustainability, championing the use of NTX Cooltrans, recognized as the most sustainable coloration system globally.

ACP is a textile mill in Indonesia with a focus on sustainable fabrics.• Managed turnaround strategy for the textile mill to create a strong positioning in the home and apparel industry with a focus on global brands.• Driven extremely fast paced change management towards product diversification, technology changes, quality management to cater to global brands.• Managed all aspects of the operations, including Production, Engineering, Planning & Control, HR/People Management, Finance, R&D/Product Development.• Provided the vision and created the strategy to build the company with best world class customer service as number one mill in Indonesia. • Mostly focused on technology, speed, innovation, quick product solutions through reverse engineering, new developments towards sustainable materials and process innovation.

MGF Sourcing, owned by Sycamore Funds, is one of the largest global apparel sourcing companies with 750 associates across China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Korea, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, and the United States. • Lead cross functional team of 65 associates across product development, costing, materials, fit tech, quality and compliance to manage supply base.• Scaled up sourced volume from Indonesia from $80 million to $200 million, as responsible for P&L across multiple product categories including woven, knits & denim.• Built and implemented the right sourcing strategy in line with company’s global vision and brands’ needs while cultivating strategic partnerships with vendors of Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia origin with production facilities in Indonesia. • Identified new vendors and built capabilities within the supply base by always pushing the boundaries on speed, cost optimization and innovation (such as 3D modeling, fabric research, product design).• Worked on future of manufacturing, e.g. automation, product engineering to cost, product development iterations through 3D and sustainability.

• Scaled up the sourced volume from 30 million units to 90 million units at $800 million FOB value in 3 years, making the South Asia Region & Thailand as the second largest apparel source base• Hands-on experience in manufacturing excellence, innovation, automation, sustainability, and speed. Efficiencies were up by 40% across all suppliers in the first 3 years. • Implemented global initiatives such as SMV based costing framework, speed programs such as in-season creation, never out of stock & planned responsiveness, reduced lead time to 60 days across 90% of total volume.• Responsible for building the South Asia region in terms of ME & speed capabilities and scaling up through verticality and factory acquisitions.• Managed end-to-end product creation process for India market for both the brands, adidas and Reebok, scaled up local sourcing from 40% to 90% of total sales. • Received Best Office award twice, for performance turnaround and people motivation, and India MD award for sourcing excellence for improved delivery performance from 55% to 95% within one year of joining.

Shoppeconnect.com was an early stage e commerce discovery platform curating products across various product categories from off line brands. Concept was to provide on-line presence to off-line brands and curate products.

Sol Design and Sourcing was an independent apparel sourcing consulting firm providing services in product development, material research, sourcing, quality control and social compliance management. - An entrepreneurial venture building the operation from ground up, setting up various functions of product development and tech/quality teams.

- Helped change brand positioning from a generalist zipper company to a specialist in technical zippers targeting active sportswear and outdoor industry.- Led global sales & marketing team of 80 employees spread across US, Europe, and Asia with revenue of 150 million USD.

Busana Apparel Group is one the largest apparel manufacturers out of Indonesia. · Managed 3 manufacturing units producing for Nike· Built diverse product portfolio of active wear & outerwear.· Clear focus on manufacturing excellence and supporting product innovation

Triburg is one of the leading apparel sourcing organizations. Led sourcing team for managing men’s shirts sourcing for various brands of PVH with sourced value of 50 million USD