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Hop Lun Group

Head of Sourcing (GM of Shenzhen Sourcing Office) | 08/2017 - 04/2020

Company nature: Sourcing & Production Office Company size: 70 staff in Shenzhen Products: Woven, cut-and-sewn knit, sweater, denim , lingerie, underwear, swimwear, shoes & accessories Market: China, Hong Kong, Korea, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, other Asia countries Brands: 6ixty 8ight Reported to: CEO Job duties: 1. General management (Merchandising, Production, R&D, QA, Technical, HRA) of brand production and sourcing office in Shenzhen 2. Management of P/L of the sourcing office 3. Execution of Fast Fashion business model 4. Supplier base management and capacity planning 5. Drive the production processes forward 6. Identify business opportunity and execute 7. Quality Assurance (including each sales countries regulation) 8. Ensure best possible lead time for each product category 9. Sourcing of new supplier and manage relationship of existing ones 10. Sourcing of materials in best price 11. Setting the production timeline and communicate to Hong Kong head office 12. Develop team members and develop great place to work 13. Identify and mitigate risks and propose solutions Current Salary: RMB165,900 before tax (~RMB110,000 after tax) x 12 month + bonus Achievements: 1. Establishment of new Shenzhen office - starting from zero 2. Apply Fast Fashion business model into 6ixty8ight 3. Average FOB decreased by 15% by re-established new supply and material base 4. Sample lead time reduced to 12 to 14 days for casualwear and 18 to 20 days for underwear 5. Total production lead time reduced to 45 to 70 days (regular orders) and 15 to 18 days (repeated orders) 6. On time delivery increased to more than 98% 7. People development and motivation - staff turnover rate below 2% in 2018 8. Established comprehensive and commercial organizational standard requirements 9. Explored off-shore sourcing (Bangladesh and Myanmar)
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Hong Kong Productivity Council

Contractual Speaker (part time) | 07/2016 - 07/2016

Professor of training course of "Decoding of the Garment Washing Processing Equation"
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Azona (HK) Limited

Merchandising Director | 07/2015 - 08/2015

Company nature: Buying Office Company size: 40 staff in Hong Kong, 240 Staff in Zhuhai Products: Woven tops, bottoms, denim , outerwear, shoes & accessories Market: China Mainland Brands: Azona & A02 Reported to: CEO Supervising: Supply Chain Job duties: 14. Lead merchandising /materials/fabric/R&D/QA/technical/in-house sample room teams of 48 staff in Zhuhai office 15. Vendor sourcing and management 16. Evaluate suppliers' performance based on desired KPI targets and educate 17. Set up buying, sourcing, pricing strategies with other cross functional teams 18. Educate/ train up suppliers and work out corrective action plans with new and existing suppliers in order to achieve company goals 19. Price negotiation 20. Monitoring all merchandising and production activities 21. Developing tailor made fast fashion model in order to cope with rapid changing fashion market (14 days replenishment & 30 days ad hoc design program) Last Salary: HK$83,952 x 13 months + bonus Reasons of leaving: 1. Re-location from Zhuhai to Shenzhen where is closed to HK 2. Taking Doctor degree in Hong Kong PolyU Achievements: 1. Apply Smart Fashion (Fast Fashion) business model to the company 2. Developed material commitment strategies and processes 3. Repeated orders - 14 days 4. Merging merchandising, sourcing, quality and sample room in one team 5. Re-establishment of supplier base 6. Develop material library
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C&A Sourcing Limited

Sourcing Product Manager (Woven) | 11/2013 - 03/2015

Products: Woven bottoms (80%), Shirt & Blouse (10%), Outerwear & Formalwear (10%) Market: Europe (90%), Brazil, Mexico & China (10%) Brands: Yessica, Clockhouse, Your 6th Sense, Rodeo, Westbury Reported to: Unit Leader of Global Sourcing in Europe Supervising: Woven Division Job Duties: - 1. To manage and review the activities in each supply market to ensure the right mix of suppliers and an optimum number of sourcing options 2. To enhance and assure the competency of suppliers in order to maximize the in-house market share and increase and improve operating margins 3. To maintain regular contact with respective business unit in order to share and to input into strategies/plans 4. To explore possibilities of introducing new and innovative business practices 5. To manage the cost development and profitability control of own business unit in line with company policy 6. To maintain regular contacts with Regional Quality Management and Fabric Department to ensure produced merchandise meets the company quality standards 7. To have regular contact with Product Manager and Sourcing Product Management colleague within region and across region, to ensure optimal sourcing options for the Company 8. To monitor the whole business conversion line being smooth from product development to order shipment, from sourcing to production merchandising as well as with the other functional teams Last Salary: HK$70,410 x 12 months + bonus Reasons of leaving: HK office re-structure and moved the whole division to Shanghai office Achievement: 1. Develop Cambodia merchandising and production team in Cambodia office 2. Increased the business of HK office by 12% 3. Applying H&M business model to the company 4. Material out-sourcing beyond China (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan)
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H&M Hennes & Mauritz (Far East) Limited

Product Manager | 03/2011 - 11/2013

Company nature: Buying office Company size: 200 staff in Hong Kong Products: Denim bottoms (60%), Non-denim bottoms (5%), Jersey (20%), Knitwear (3%), Underwear (2%). Swimwear (2%), Accessories (8%) Market: Global Brand: Cheap Monday Reported to: Global Product Manager Supervising: Cheap Monday Division (R&D, Merchandising, Technical & Shipping) Job Duties: - 1. Head of Cheap Monday R&D, Merchandising, Technical and Shipping 2. Strategic planning and goal setting of sourcing, buying and production 3. Maintain effective and efficient supplier base 4. Setting budget and cost control 5. Coordinate with buying organization in order to make sure correct product with correct price to be delivered to the market Last Salary: HK$61,510 x 13 months + bonus Reasons of leaving: 1. Better opportunities and offers by C&A 2. Company re-structured - moved portions of business from HK office to Guangzhou and Shanghai office 3. Refused to be re-located to Shanghai Achievements: 1. Developed wholesaling business processes (Cheap Monday) under retailing organization 2. Established sourcing, merchandising and production teams in Bangladesh 3. Re-established supplier base beyond south China 4. Developed new operational system for Cheap Monday specifically (e.g. KPIs, logistics, fitting, capacity planning, cost negotiation, compliance and sustainability)
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Li & Fung (Trading) Limited

Divisional Merchandising Manager | 08/2009 - 02/2011

Company nature: Trading Company size: over 3,000 staff globally Products: Denim (95%), Non-denim (5%) Market: USA Brand: American Eagle Outfitter Reported to: General Manager Supervising: Denim Division Job Duties: 1. Monitoring product R&D 2. Monitoring merchandising team 3. Price negotiation and cost control 4. Close communication with buyers and suppliers Last Salary: HK$49,000 x 13 months + bonus Reasons of leaving: Better opportunities and offers by H&M Achievements: 1. Moving denim sourcing base to Bangladesh, Philippines, Indonesia 2. Established in-house washing lab 3. Established in-house denim showroom
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Tailor Denim Studio Company Limited

Executive Director | 03/2005 - 06/2009

Company nature: Trading and Manufacturing Company size: 18 staff in Hong Kong Products: Denim (70%), Non-denim (30%) Market: Europe (65%), USA (30%), Hong Kong/China (5%) Brands: Evisu, Paul Smith, DVB, Next, All Saints, Agnes B, Hugo Boss, Guess, Christopher Blue, 5CM Reported to: Board of Directors Supervising: Hong Kong office Job Duties: - 1. General administration and management of Hong Kong office operations 2. In-charge of product development 3. Monitoring merchandising team 4. Sustainable business control and maintain good communication with clients and factory 5. Cost and budget control Last Salary: HK$48,600 x 13 months + bonus Reasons of leaving: 1. Due to economic tsunami in 2008, the company has lost over HK7M due to 2 US customers being Chapter 11. 2. Eventually, decided to quit from the partnership business Achievements: 1. Established HK office (starting from zero) by myself 2. Developed all business functions in HK office 3. Salesmanship - by using own development and knock-the-door to US and EU premium brand directly 4. Generated sales business from zero to HK100M monthly
Education history
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Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Doctor of Business Administration | 2017 - 2020

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Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Master of Business Administration | 2008 - 2010

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Hong Kong Polytechnic University

BA (Hons) | 1991 - 1994

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Six Sigma Institute

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