Roberto Cipriani Email & Phone Number

Firenze - Paris

• Serve as an integral executive leader, maintaining a budget of $50M over the last 3 years, for a luxury international brand, leveraging expertise to build, train, and develop 3 global teams in France and Italy with a total of 20 direct reports, including developers, RTW, and knitwear, specialized in fabrics (woven, jersey), bags, shoes, accessories, and hardware, and production.• Managed the company budget, saving 10-15% on product development costs annually and reducing production costs by 28% in the first 6 months of assignment.• Oversaw the complete collection development, from the first sketch handover to the delivery schedule, ensuring that any project roadblocks were addressed and resolved quickly to maintain alignment with customer expectations.• Functioned as research director concerning materials, processes, and methodologies, supporting the successful delivery of 2 collections each year, 2 catwalks each year, and 2 pre-collections.• Developed and cultivated relationships with high-performing suppliers and leveraged those relationships to create a luxury supply chain, ensuring the highest quality of products at the lowest price.• Vetter resources and established quality chain and outsourcing logistic services, ensuring the ability to deliver and receive products promptly to meet critical timelines.• Collaborate with the CEO/CFO, creative designer, coordination studio, merchandising, product team, and supply chain, communicating regularly to provide updates and ensure performance aligns with established schedules.• Facilitate additional hiring as needed, including PD, assistants, and extra teams for unexpected situations such as sewer ateliers for catwalks, showroom staff, etc.• Leverage expertise to develop detailed seasonal timing, collection development schedules, production process plans, and global delivery plans, ensuring production aligns with customer-specific needs.• Provide coaching and mentoring to individuals and teams

• As Co-Founder of 2 luxury fashion companies and Fashion Consultant, led teams from 20 to 50 resources and over 90 collections while working on collaborations with brands such as S. Ferragamo, Hermes, J. Abboud, Moschino, Ralph Lauren, Cloe, Versace, Celine, Wolfgang Joop, Altuzarra, and R. Cavalli.• Collaborated with creative designers and studios, merchandising and PD teams, creation and management of supply and quality chains, and production, communicating regularly to ensure performance aligned with expectations.• Assisted a young, highly talented designer who became a well-known designer, leveraging expertise to assist in selling the brand/collection and contributing to that success.• Partnered with multiple high-profile actors, designing and producing dresses to be worn in various movie scenes worldwide.• Monitored budget spending weekly, ensuring continuous alignment with established organizational expectations.

• Functioned as Production Director and provided strategic direction and guidance while working with brands such as Ralph Lauren, Etro, Altuzarra, Chloe, Salvatore Ferragamo, Celine, Givenchy, John Galliano, and Gucci.• Oversaw teams from 20 to 80 resources and led collection development from the first sketch handover to the delivery schedule for 18 collections.

• Performed as Co-founder and CEO and led the development of 4 teams with 55 resources, collaborating closely with creative designers and studios on the development of the collections J. Abboud FW2013 and SS2014 Men and Women in Cipriani from the first sketch handover to the delivery schedule.• Led in creating and managing the dedicated luxury supply and quality chains (Made in Italy & International) and coordinated the studio and PD teams while performing as the Production Director, delivering products with an approximate annual WHS 35-million-euro turnover per year.

• Co-founded the organization and oversaw the day-to-day operations, establishing 5 teams of 55 resources, including developers, RTW, and knitwearteam, specializing in woven, jersey, jeans, and embroideries fabrics, a team of furs, a team specialized in bags, shoes, accessories, and hardware, and a team of production.• Worked closely with creative directors and designers on the research and development of innovative materials and complex processes, utilizing traditional techniques and cutting-edge technologies• As a co-founder and sole licensee of the Ermanno Scervino brand for 16 years, built and managed entire supply chain and quality control processes, as well as coordinated development teams and designers while overseeing an annual revenue of approximately 30-million-euro.• Functioned as research director, performing deep dives on materials, processes, and methodologies and establishing best practices.• Performed as the production director, overseeing and coordinating the manufacturing process, ensuring efficiency, quality, and timely delivery of all categories and alignment with established cost and timeline expectationsADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE: Licensee of the Emerging Brand ERMANNO DAELLI – Head of Product Development / SC / Production• Developed and led 2 teams in creating all collections for the emerging brand Ermanno Daelli, including 2 collections each year, 2 catwalks each year, and 2 pre-collections, delivering an annual turnover of 8-million-euro.• Established processes and procedures and streamlined them to ensure efficiency and created and managed dedicated supply and quality chains, maintaining the highest level of products available as needed.