Wing Yee (Melinda) Yan

Business Development Manager - Lokyo

Newark-On-Trent, England, United Kingdom

About

I have a very solid experience on garment field of 27 years which cover below roles and service on below companies: - Sourcing and Costing Analyst - Project Coordinator - Quality control - Garment technologist - Product developer - Merchandiser / Supply Planner Covering on infants, kids, Men’s and Women Knit, woven and outerwear Disney wear, Sport wear, street fashion …. etc Company that I work before: - Nike (mainly work on Adult’s wear) - Sport Direct (mainly work on infants, toddlers, kids wear) - Jakks/ Disguise (mainly work on Disney store/ Primark/ George/ Morrisions / SBURY … etc) I am a: - very well organized person - eye on details - always meet the deadline to ensure the production on time - multi tasking - strong to communicate different function team such as designer / sales team/ factories partners in order to make a join effort decision - strong costing negotiation skills - good team player - excellent language skill set such as on English, Cantonese, Mandarin (speaking, listening and writing) - good skill set on Microsoft office such as excel, PowerPoint, Words, Teams , Zoom … etc - system would be: PLM, PDM, BOM, SAP … etc Please feel free to call me and have a short chat if necessary, many thanks

Experience

  • Business Development Manager at Lokyo Packaging UK LTD
    Feb 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Identified and pursued new sales opportunities to support business growth within the food packaging industry. • Built and maintained strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and business partners. • Conducted market research and competitor analysis to identify customer requirements and market trends. • Monitored inventory levels and sales patterns to ensure sufficient stock availability and minimise shortages. • Assisted with demand forecasting and stock planning to ensure timely purchase order placement and inventory replenishment. • Coordinated with suppliers regarding purchase orders, production schedules, and delivery timelines. • Processed customer orders, prepared quotations, and handled customer enquiries and after-sales support. • Utilised Microsoft Excel and Xero for inventory monitoring, reporting, and operational administration. • Performed daily administrative and operational duties to support smooth business processes and customer satisfaction. • Managed inventory planning and monitoring for 300+ product SKUs to support stock availability and purchasing decisions. • system use: Xero, Excel

  • Demand Planner at Gossard
    Jul 2025 - Feb 2026 · 8 mos

    • Responsibility for sales planning for the brand Gossard across international markets • Overall responsibility for procurement finished quantities based on the specifications of product management and general management • Monitoring and updating the sales and procurement plan (planned quantities) • Processing the ordering system (monitoring delivery dates, maintaining delivery date lists, controlling deliveries to the warehouse) • Recognising sales fluctuations for basics, deriving scheduling decisions • Preparing various statistics for sales and planning • Monitoring, communicating and controlling over- and under-deliveries • Coordinating various campaigns with sales (packaging, POS & sales campaigns) • Creation of a seasonal costing sheet and price lists for international markets • Managing freight, duty and transport costs • Managed inventory planning and monitoring for 1500+ product SKUs to support stock availability and purchasing decisions. • system use: BPCS, Bright pearl, Excel (v-lookup, pivot table)

  • COSTING COORDINATOR/ SOURCING SPECIALIST at JAKKS Pacific UK
    Feb 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

    - very well organised person - eye on details - always meet the deadline to ensure the production on time - multi tasking - strong to communicate different function team such as designer / sales team/ factories partners in order to make a join effort decision - strong costing negotiation skills - good team player - excellent language skill set such as on English, Cantonese, Mandarin (speaking, listening and writing) - good skill set on Microsoft office such as excel, PowerPoint, Words, Teams , Zoom … etc - system would be: PLM, PDM, BOM, SAP … etc

  • Product Developer & Quality control coordinator at Sportdirect.com
    Jan 2022 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

  • Senior Product Developer at 耐吉
    Jan 2006 - Dec 2020 · 15 yrs