Sam Liao

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Footwear product development / Technical Department --manager/Senior manager/Director/VP @ Guangzhou Evergreen Industry Co.,Ltd
Sam Liao's Location
Guangzhou-Foshan Metropolitan Area, China
About Sam Liao

I have been in shoes business for more than 33 years , and I have been in charge of shoe development department, technical department,purchasing department and production department in factories. The below details are my speciality in footwear industrial:1. Expert in leather/Synthetic /cloth casual / fashion industry including footwear development, material and supplier sourcing, costing, fitting, grading and production management.2. Extensive knowledge of all aspects of the footwear technical product development process from concept to delivery.3. Expert in footwear manufacture, Ladie’s casual and dress shoes, children/men’s shoes..4. Ability to effectively prepare and present information and respond to questions from management, clients and other employees of the organization 5. Being good at team building, motivation and training as well as continually enhance work enthusiasm, quality and performance.6. Strong problem solving, negotiation, project planning and organizational skills.7. Very good to coordinate the communication and leadership skills, and able to build productive relationship at all levels8.Good Computer Skills, such as Microsoft Office, Power point, Photoshop… 9.ISO9000 back ground. AQL knowledge. Lab test knowledge.

Sam Liao's Current Company Details
Guangzhou Evergreen Industry Co.,Ltd

Guangzhou Evergreen Industry Co.,Ltd

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Footwear product development / Technical Department --manager/Senior manager/Director/VP
Sam Liao Work Experience Details
  • Guangzhou Evergreen Industry Co.,Ltd
    Senior Manager
    Guangzhou Evergreen Industry Co.,Ltd Aug 2017 - Present
    Panyu District Guangzhou City
    The production lines of this company are in Vietnam, the sample room is in Guangzhou, China. Making shoes for famous brands such as Coach(Men and Women), Kate Spade, Stuart Weitzman, Tory Burch, Aldo, Ninewest, Guess, Calvin Klein.My responsibilities: 1: Make the development schedule based on sample room capacity and factory production season plan.2: Take charge of translating the designers development sketches/ Sample spec sheets into Chinese for sample making. Checking all customers e-mail about samples passing the information to sample room for sample making too.3: Take charge of all samples (Prototype/ Photo/ SMS/ FITTING/ Wear-Test/ CFM) to be completed to meet strict deadlines and and make sure sample quality is qualified for customer’s standard. 4: Communicate with the designers to give alternative solutions to any potential issues that arise during sampling to alleviate production issues. (Outsole/ material/ lasting/ technical correction/ mold opening/ etc.)5: Provide the information of mould/tooling/special processes to costing department to avoid missing anything when cost.6: Communicate with customers’ technical department for fitting issue to speed up the fitting sample schedule and full size test schedule。7: Assist technical department to complete the technical package to transfer to production department in Vietnam so as to speed up the pattern trial and cutting die test.8: Communicate with the customers whom head offices are in China to solve the problems when production department have issues which the customer’s QA in the Vietnam can not make decision.
  • Foshan City Trendsetter Footwear  Inc.
    Vice General Manager Production Department
    Foshan City Trendsetter Footwear Inc. Jun 2015 - May 2017
    Lishuitown,Nanhai District,Foshan City,Guangdong
    There are more than 1000 employees, the main products are Ladies shoes including boots, Dress Pump and Casuals. The main customers are Nine West, Kenneth Cole, Camuo Group and Tendenda, shoe brands such as Nine West, Kenneth Cole Reaction/New York, Vionic, Jessica Simpson and BCBG etc. 1.Lead the technical team, material sourcing/purchasing team, schedule team, production team and Factory QA team.2.In charge of all production samples (FITTING/ Wear-Test/ CFM) to be completed to meet customer’s request.3.Responsible for the daily management and the department construction, and supervise the implementation department work plan.4.In order to ensure the factory works efficiently, continuously improve organizational structure and simplify institutions to reduce costs, endeavor to improve the management system., and train the management team by regular meeting.5. Analyze the financial report monthly and try to take any action to save money for the factory.6: Lead factory production team to fulfill the customers demands, details are as following: 1). Communicate with relative parties concerned for any pending issues once upon receipt from customer about tech/quality/schedule. 2). Give clear direction to the team and request the team to provide action plan. 3). Review and confirm all materials, color matching, outsoles, & mold openings before proceeding with mass production.4). Track down all sample size fit test result and any new material physical test and finished shoe test results .5). Check the production shoes randomly every morning to make sure the shoes made the day before are acceptable.6) Hold the training meeting with the factory manager to improve the management knowledge.7). Monitor the meeting hold for Tech hand over, figure out any potential issue for mass production.8). Manage Suppliers performance , improve the suppliers quality sense. Make risk assessment on material and components, pay attention to RSL(Restricted Substance List).
  • Foshan City Yatai Foot Wear Co.,Ltd
    Vice General Manager Development Department
    Foshan City Yatai Foot Wear Co.,Ltd Aug 2012 - Feb 2015
    Lishui Town, Nanhai District, Fo Shan City, Guangdong
    This factory makes lady’s dress/casual shoes, boots and children shoes. The main customers are Marlboro Group,Camuto Group, Brown Pacific, IMPO, Michel Meynard, L&F Shubiz division .My main responsibilities are below:1. Take charge of all samples making(Prototype/ Photo/ SMS/ FITTING/ Wear-Test/ CFM) and costing.2.Communicate with designers to give alternative solutions to any potential issues to alleviate production issues.3.Responsible for all direct communication with customers to ensure clear understanding on a daily basis, and sample & material tracking reports to be updated daily.4. Responsible for the daily work as following: 1). Communicate with relative parties concerned for any pending issues once upon receipt design/tech packages from designers or customer; 2). Review lasts, shell patterns, blue prints ,wood molds with designers/customers & factory technicians together then confirm for pullover/proto sample making.3). Review and confirm all materials, color matching, outsoles, & mold openings before proceeding with samples.4). Samples (Proto/ Salesman / Fitting/advertising/confirmation)inspection before sending to the customers.5). Work with engineers with active ideal to get better designs and achieve better cost on projects 6). Track down all sample size fit test result and new material physical test and finished shoe test results 7). Hold tech hand over meeting together with commercialization team of each proto stage, discuss any potential issue for mass production.8). Develop the company's materials supply chain system, Manage Suppliers performance9). Source new suppliers and develop existing suppliers ; Collect prices of raw materials, monitor competitor activities/ benchmark prices on materials; Make risk assessment on material and components. Pay attention to RSL(Restricted Substances List) 10). Check the costing breakdown sheet before reporting to the GM, and negotiate the price issue with the customers to get the target price.
  • Foshan City Nanhai Golden Step Shoes Co.,Ltd
    Vice General Manager
    Foshan City Nanhai Golden Step Shoes Co.,Ltd Apr 1991 - Jun 2012
    Lishuitown,Nanhai District,Foshan City,Guangdong Province
    This is factory owned by Taiwanese, who is expert at making genuine leather casual shoes, especially in making polishing two-tone finishing shoes. The main customers are Brown shoe company, Jcpenny,Sears, Sperry, Stride rite, Novi, Wolverine, Marks & Spencer, Pikolinos.1, I was the Manager Assistance from 1991-1994, and prompted to be the factory manager in 1995. Having had taken charge of the production department for 7 years, I was appointed to be the Vice President in 2002.2. From 2002-2012, I assisted the president to response for the operation of the factory, making the strategy, setting the management system. I took charge of the purchasing department, technical transfer department, schedule department, production department and quality controlling department. The specific content of my work are followed:1. Assist the General Manager to establish the factory strategy and production plan.2. Monitor the implementation of the daily operation for ISO 9000.3. Establish and develop SOP (Standard Operation Procedure) for factory management.4. Establish and control the production big plan, check daily report to ensure the schedule under-controlled.5. Set up the quality control target and track quality improvement result.6. Take part in the cutting die test to ensure the technical transfer is well –prepared and can be well –followed in production.7. Meet with the core material supplier to ensure the material on time delivery and good quality.8. Have meeting with management every week to review weekly work, motivate and develop center management team to ensure they achieve their target; and meeting with all the employees in the factory every month to emphasize the factory policy, strategy.9. Implement the performance management, conduct the regular performance review for the senior management.10. Take charge of the factory's fire safety,social ethical performance. Assist the General Manager to improve the management's safety and social ethical sense.
  • Dongguang Donglang Shoes Factory
    Management Trainee
    Dongguang Donglang Shoes Factory Jul 1989 - Mar 1991
    Liwuwei Village, Guancheng, Dongguan, Guangdong
    1. Joined shoe factory, trained by Taiwanese to learn material,paper patterns, tools, machineries, process(Cutting, stitching, lasting,packing, shipping......,)everything about shoes business. 2. After 3 months training, started from assistant line chief to manage production, I was the section chief of production line when I left this company at March,1991.

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Sam Liao works for Guangzhou Evergreen Industry Co.,ltd

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Sam Liao's current role is Footwear product development / Technical Department --manager/Senior manager/Director/VP.

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Sam Liao attended Xia Men University 厦门大学.

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