Fashion

Product Development and Sourcing Manager

Engineering & Production

I am a highly motivated, resourceful and aggressive individual who enjoy challenges
and able to work under pressure, excellent in goal setting and achievement in
addition to working with people at all levels. Good communicator with strong
negotiation skills.

Very familiar with sourcing out of China. Specialise in apparel with strong technical
knowledge. Armed with more than 20years experience. Versatile to handle a wide
range of apparel and apparel related products with excellent skills on product
development. I am confident and sharp on sourcing decisions.

For the recent years of my career I have been working on footwear.

Nature of Business: Sourcing company providing 1 stop service from development and sourcing to finished products.
Position: Product Development and Sourcing Manager
Reporting Staff: 2 Staffs
Product Specialization: Apparel
Achievement:
• Provide competitive sourcing services
• Lent my technical expertise to improve the finished products.
• Streamline vendor base

Nature of Business: Retailer specialising in comfort shoes
Position: Product Development and Merchandising Manager
Reporting Staff: 1 Staff
Product Specialization:
• Comfort Shoes
Achievement:
•   Started the development process of private label shoes
•   Oversee buying of comfort shoes from Principal Brands

Product Development and Merchandising Manager

Reporting Staff: 4 Staff
Product Specialization:
• Men's/ladies/junior Sports apparel in both knits and woven categories
• Sports guards and supporters
• Footwear
• Grips
Achievement: (Sunrise & Co Private Limited)
• Streamline vendor sourcing base.
• Maintain strong communication relationships with all working counterparts.
• Set-up operational merchandising protocol to ensure effective workflow.
• Organize technical department and set-up fitting and measurement standards to improve apparel products.
• Work with China office to improve merchandising and quality inspection process.
• Develop new product category for Sports guards and supporters
• Involve in apparel, footwear sourcing.
• Extensive sourcing contacts in China.

Apparel Manager

Nature of Business: Sourcing Office
Reporting Staff: 1 Staff
Product Specialization:
• Knits and woven Men's/ladies/junior apparel. Handled Aeropostale label.

Achievement:
• Contributed substantially to business volume growth by maintaining good rapport
with the buyers.
• Propose innovative ideas to lower production cost and increase bulk productivity
while achieving designer's original idea and look.
• Set-up development protocol. Actively involved in product development and sourcing
for materials and accessories.

Merchandiser

Reporting Staff: 1 Staff
Product Specialization:
• Men's apparel in both knits and woven.

Responsibilities and Achievement:
• Costing and Development.
• Order placement and management
• Production control and problem solving.
• Sourcing for new vendors.
• Adaptable to working in a face pace and highly stressed environment.

Reporting Staff: 1 Staff

Product Specialization:
• Woven and knits apparel in all categories of Men's, Ladies and kids.
• Towels.

Responsibilities and Achievement:
• Grew and developed the Wal-Mart Canada account from an initial US$2million to US$8million within a year.
• Trained and developed vendors from India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
• Travel with buyers on buying trips.

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Gracie Chan: Product Development and Sourcing Manager in singapore, X1

Gracie Chan

Lasalle International Fashion School