Hong Kong SAR
Over 30 years of experience in apparel and footwear manufacturing and managing Sourcing and product development organisations globally (US, Asia and Europe). Experienced leader in building multicultural teams, with a focus on operational efficiency, performance management and collaboration. Very strong in organisational development, building resilient supply chain strategies, contract negotiation, and problem-solving.
• Consulting – Weave Consulting – Director SME o Support the development of AI enabled proprietary supply chain tools (Should be Costing and Embedding Sustainability into strategic sourcing decision making process) o Provide support on projects related to Sustainability, Supply Chain Optimization and Organizational development. • Advisory o Market intelligence / Business Development support o Sourcing support services to smaller niche brands (Brazil, Europe and US)
• Responsible for all product development, sourcing and sourcing operations that support the retail markets globally (Europe, Brazil and Mexico) with Hub / Office structure in Europe / Turkey / Asia Total FOB Value 2.2 Bn US$ with 12 Direct reports globally • Developed and implemented the vision for C&A Product Development and Souring org. structure. Reducing the overall structural and organizational complexity (cost) through integration of functions, automation (Tools) • Moved towards strategic supplier relationships and performance management. • Created the business analytics function responsible for all dashboards, technical costing database (Including FOB forecasting analytics) and full data transparency across E2E Milestones through PowerBI o Raw Material Management (Price forecast, bundling, costing and negotiations) Direct Cotton Farm, Viscose and Polyester direct relationships o Supplier / CoO Management Engagement, target setting, capacity planning and should-be cost negotiations • Sourcing operations 2017 2023 (end) o HC 640 ppl 280 ppl o T/O (FOB) 2.5 B 2.2 B o Units Sourced 500 Mio 350 Mio o Expense to ship 2.25% 1.7% • Cross functional communication and relationship management.
• Responsible for all sourcing operations and technical product development worldwide that support the global markets and license holders. • Created the vision for QAS and re-organized to Integrated Sourcing and Offshore Operations. • Reduced operating costs from 18 Mio to 9 Mio and Total HC from 330 to 150 ppl. o Total Volume sourced 50M units / 400M US$ (Apparel, Accessories and Hardgoods). • Managed supplier relationships through Chapter11 • Increased performance KPI’s on On-Time Delivery, Quality, Product Integrity and Compliance, through implementation of performance culture, data analysis, tools (Pivot 88) and a focus on production management.