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Colombo, Colombo, Lk

Leading the Global Technology teams at MAS, responsible for driving Digital Transformation across the organization.MAS is an innovation driven company founded on a perfect blend of daring and visionary thinking. Focusing on fashion and lifestyle, we are one of Asia’s largest manufacturers of intimate apparel, sportswear, performance wear and swimwear and provide Technology solutions to the apparel and footwear industry worldwide. MAS nurtures and drives a culture of excellence where over 114,000 global associates activate their full potential. Our identity, which goes beyond great products, is deeply embedded in community well-being and nurturing world-class teams.

Hk

The Hong Kong Jockey Club is one of Hong Kong's best known institutions, providing equine sport and wagering entertainment to the city. One of the largest organizations in Hong Kong, contributing significant tax income for the Government of Hong Kong, and as a non-profit organization, the single biggest community benefactor through our charities trust and the sixth largest Charity in the world.Responsible for leading the Digital Transformation of the Enterprise wide teams across Finance, Procurement, Human Resources, Charities and Properties, in our racecourses, training centers, off-course betting centers, member club houses and offices across Hong Kong and China.

Asia, Europe, Usa, Hk

Responsible for driving digital innovation and serve as a change agent throughout the global Meiyume teams. Establish and implement the global digital strategy by working with cross-functional partners to map and transition to a digital first business. An evangelist, championing the use of digital technology and practices to engender a digital mindset from the top down. Ensure collaboration, knowledge sharing, and digital best practices among partners and colleagues to help establish a robust digital ecosystem. Measure ROI for digital projects, fine-tuning approaches as needed to ensure that we’re investing in the appropriate tools and resources. Designated Chief Information Security Officer, elevating security awareness across the organization.

Asia, Europe, Usa, Hk

Global lead for the Meiyume portfolio of Consumer Brands, focused on personal care categories in the Americas. Responsible for business strategy and operations across Commercial, Marketing, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality and R&D teams, with overall P&L responsibility for the business.

Asia, Europe, Usa, Hk

Global Retail Solutions Strategic lead for Meiyume, part of the Li & Fung group, delivering products and services to the global beauty market. Driving technology innovation and digitalization for on premise interactive displays that deliver experiential retail experiences, connecting consumers and Brands to deliver insights and data that drive continuous growth.

Asia, Europe, Usa, Hk

Global technology lead for Meiyume, part of the Li & Fung group, delivering products and services to the global beauty market. Driving technology innovation and digitalization across product design and formulation, manufacturing and filling, primary and secondary packaging.

Asia, Europe, Usa, Hk

Head of Business for the Meiyume Americas business, with full P&L responsibility across Sales, Marketing and operations. Responsible to launching new business categories within our portfolio of offerings for our US based clients, building on-shore supply chain capabilities as well as strategic partnerships to drive growth.

Hong Kong, Hk

Global technology lead for the LF Beauty division of Li & Fung group, delivering products and services to the global beauty market. Driving technology innovation and digitalization across product design and formulation, manufacturing and filling, primary and secondary packaging, and on premise interactive displays that deliver insights to drive growth for brands.

New York, Us

Retail Systems and Operations, Workforce Management, Finance, ERP, Supply Chain Logistics, Business Intelligence, Procurement, HR, Merchandising and CRM technology lead for the Asia Pacific Region.• Supported 760 retail locations across the region, implemented a region wide Omni-channel solution, integrated to singular POS system.• Initiated the business case, RFP and selection of the regional Ecommerce platform, leading all aspects of the technology design, including infrastructure, security, payment integration and third-party solutions. Launched sites in Japan, Korea and Asia Pacific, delivering incremental double digit revenue growth.• Established platforms for new markets in Thailand and Vietnam, while leading the migration of the Australia and New Zealand license into the regional business. Delivering next generation POS, traffic and Work Force Management capabilities, driving double digit growth over previous year.• Established a Business Relationship team, separated from delivery and support activity, to focus on managing demand and governance around the regional portfolio, and ensuring alignment to global roadmaps.• Drove year on year OPEX reductions, establishing an offshore center able to support the region across multiple time zones and languages. SLA driven agreements have driven incident resolution up 400% while further reducing OPEX costs.• Implemented regional Customer engagement model, driving incremental revenue of 6% and growing the customer database by 200% year on year.

New York, Us

E-Commerce, Retail Operations, Finance, ERP, Supply Chain Logistics, Business Intelligence, Procurement, HR, Workforce Management, Merchandising and CRM technology lead for the Asia Pacific Region.

New York, Us

Joining Ralph Lauren as Technology lead for the transition team at the start of the APAC licensee buyback, my role was to setup a team to facilitate the migration of the legacy business to the new organization, aligned with global best practices and solutions.

New York, Us

Joining Ralph Lauren as Technology lead for the transition team at the start of the APAC licensee buyback, my role was to setup a team to facilitate the migration of the legacy business to the new organization, aligned with global best practices and solutions.• Implemented in-store scanning solution for 400 stores, integrated to data warehouse and reporting platform, providing next day visibility to key business metrics.• Initiated and drove RFP for regional ERP, selecting MS Dynamics AX, then lead the implementation for the core business functions across Finance, Merchandising, Supply Chain, Sales Management and HR. Completed project in 6 months, bringing the Japan business onto a single platform.• Lead technology stream to consolidate from 4 warehouses into a single location, implementing and integrated WMS in parallel to the ERP project.• Migrated the Retail business onto global POS solution• Established governance and policy, controls for SOX compliance, passing all subsequent audits.• Lead due diligence for technology streams for 7 other license transitions, and drove migration of the businesses onto the core platforms.• Supported migration of Greater China and South East Asia license businesses

Joined the largest producer of Ready Mixed Concrete and Concrete products in Northern Japan to drive the expansion of their business through digitalization and connected technology.• Implemented One employee; One PC policy, establishing internal email, file sharing and printing capabilities across 18 locations. Launched web site with searchable online product catalog of over 120,000 items.• Developed integrated network of autonomous concrete plants, with orders being taken through a web front end, mobile application or call center. Two dispatchers managed the network of 10 plants and 50 vehicles using i-mode messaging and GPS real-time tracking.• Pioneered an offshore partnership with Infosys Technologies to create a full J2EE web application, running on IBM Websphere, with a DB2 back end on Linux. The application managed 22 full scale batcher plants from a central location, using RFID to track allocation, deliveries and pitch speeds on site.• Established region’s largest private IP-Sec VPN network over FTTH, connecting 64 locations across northern Japan, implemented Cisco VOIP Call Manager with QOS, virtual phone, call routing etc, reducing communications costs by 80%.• Drove the implementation of SAP R3 across the organization, including finance, human capital, procurement, sales management, production planning and logistics with optimization. Extended platform to group companies including China and Vietnam.• Led initiative to bring mobile batcher plant technology from Italy, establishing facilities in Russia and Mongolia.

Established a creative and technical services company with a local entrepreneur, specializing in digital design. Built a successful career as a DJ and producer in the local Club circuit, playing many of Japan’s biggest venues.• Proficient skills and design abilities across digital and printed matter using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash, After Effects, InDesign and Apple Final Cut Pro.• Developed corporate image and branding through web sites, kiosks and printed materials for local businesses, governmental offices and several major Japan organizations.• Established offshore hosting services, providing low cost web, email and application hosting based on Microsoft and Apache server technologies.

Greater Manchester, Gb

Responsible for the day to day planning, management and operation of several production lines, having started on the line originally, working my way through several positions to the Senior Supervisor role.• Managed a team of over 350 employees across 3 production lines to achieve daily production quotas, maintaining quality standards within fiscal budget goals.• Continually drove improvement in quality, achieving zero defects, selected to represent the company at the 1990 National Quality conference in Japan, winning best overseas team award.• Graduated Toyota Kaizen Academy in Japan, seconded to global Brother Kaizen team for 6 months.• Certified as a Fellow of the Institute of Management services, lead and drove a 10% year on year reduction of production times and operational cost.• Supported the design of AX series word-processor, enabling a 20% reduction in parts, lowering assembly time by 40%, delivering a 25% increase in per unit profitability.

Beauty Industry Essentials, Product Development, Packaging, The Business Of Fragrance, Marketing And Merchandising And Media.

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Ba ( Hons ), International Business

Ba ( Hons ), International Business

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