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?	Over 15 years’ experience of apparel, sourcing and developing  in large, global fashion retail enterprises including Banana Republic, Gap, Target and Myer

?	Over 5 years’ experience of retail production, enhancing product quality, product compliance and  integrity; chosen as a member of China Textile Rules and Regulation Writing Committee

?	Excellent problem solving skills: 

o	extended global vendor resources and implemented 82% products made out of China
o	made proposals and led projects such as  “In China, For China” to improve landed cost and production lead-time for greater China market; teamed up with global designers and tech team for Greater China Exclusive assortments to improve sales
o	teamed up with design, production, inbound logistic and vendors to improve and potential unit cost and capacity, and create pre-booking calendar to secure production line and inStore date
o	collaborated with global labs to help vendors to build their own in-house labs to mitigate quality challenge 
o	proactively worked with designers, mills and vendors for new materials, technique and innovative products to improve sales,  unit cost, production lead-time

?	visited, approved and on-boarded key manufacturers globally including India, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Haiti; recorded and analyzed vendor performance for further action
?	more than 15 years’ management experience across multiple countries and regions including Qingdao, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hongkong, Taiwan, Japan and  Vietnam, with less than 1% team member yearly turnover 


•	Built up, trained and maintained units:	sourcing & developing, production, product quality & compliance in Shanghai, Taiwan & Hong Kong for Greater China Market including Ecommerce covering all products from apparel to accessories, softline to hardgoods
•	Studied company strategy and created designated goals to each units, direct reports and global vendors; proposed and implemented seasonal sourcing strategy and buying plan; reviewed and analyzed daily sales report to balance inventory level and order shipment plan; partnership with design team and global vendors for pre-booking and trigger calendar to ensure on-time inStore rate 
•	Worked with global designers for innovative products; proposed and led “in China for China” projects to improve sales margin, on-time inStore rate and generated China exclusive assortments seasonally to improve sales by 20%
•	Sourced, developed and on-boarded new vendors following each brand’s criteria and market trend
•	Maintained strong relationships with industry partners for competitive unit prices and on time delivery; collaborated with vendors and design team to improve productivity and cost
•	Created product and vendor performance list; recorded, reviewed and analyzed vendors’  performances for corrective action plan or further solution; reviewed QC report against approved samples, tech pack and lab testing reports to release, reject, repair & reroute a shipment
•	Performed product strategy & in-market inspection process to manage and mitigate product quality challenges; rapport with global and domestic labs and key dying stuff enterprises including BASF for quality solutions
•	Assisted vendors to build up in-house laboratories to manage quality at very early stage; set up mandatory testing items to improve product quality consistency and cost effectiveness, reduced 53% global testing expense(2011 vs2016)
•	Collaborated with global product integrity team to reconcile and harmonize vendor manual to ensure the consistency of product quality, compliance and integrity  
•	Proposed and accomplished integrated global labels to improve vendors’ productivity, unit cost and implement global inventory re-allocation strategy, reduced 90% label issues (2011 vs 2016)
•	Teamed up with global IT team to make sure a user-friendly system,  improve systems’(ACT, PLM and etc) effectiveness& efficiency


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Hongying Hao

Gap

China Textile University

Melborne University