Winnie Luk: in Torrance, CA

Hong Kong COSTING • Negotiate & Analyze cost with suppliers to achieve target AUC. • Partner with cross-functional teams: Design, Tech Design, Sourcing, QA, and Raw Material Team to cost engineer products that meet or exceed financial targets. • Manage cost MCQ issues and drive for solutions. • Report style costing for key meeting milestones: Line Reviews, Assortment Review, and Buy Meeting and additionally as requested. Responsible for costing data integrity across multiple systems such as PLM, Spreadsheet, Intranet CAPACITY/ LEADTIME • Lead one direct report Assistant Sourcing Specialist daily follow up/ approval process. Review accuracy of Proto samples, Salesman samples, Fit samples, PP samples, TOP samples and ensure samples deliver on time correctly to meet production calendar. • Process pre-production changes to vendors, communicate liability, quality, and delivery impact • Responsible for gathering and negotiating lead-times, commit timing, and capacity. • Track progress from Development to Production cycle against key milestone dates through daily maintenance of the Development Tracking Report, WIP, and Global Retail Plans. Ensure all products are shipped on time to support buy meeting to in-store and online launch dates. • Prepare standard and/or any ad-hoc reports as requested (time and action calendars, production timelines, status updates, etc.). • Travel to Asia garment factories for production process assurance. • Travel to New Jersey Headquarter for buy meeting.

Hong Kong • Responsible in factory/ mill capacity and projection planning. • Ensure product meets quality standard test requirements and solve related issues. • Negotiate & Analyze cost with suppliers to achieve target AUC. • Process from fabric sourcing, development sample, production samples to bulk shipment. • Prepare standard reports, Time and Action Plan, Production Recap, SKU reports, fabric price comparison reports. • Sourcing for new fabrication and concepts. • Lead one direct report to follow through approval process.

• Responsible in proceed and following development/ production with factories according to design/ sales request. • Arrange development on trim accessories, work with design on understanding and executing sourcing products. • Handles production order and issue PO to vendors. • Work with cross-functional team in sales, designers and oversea vendors.

• Worked with technical design and product management to provide accurate and complete design packages. • Supported designer with mockups, material searches and specifications for designs. • Responsible in sourcing/ ordering fabric, trims and appliques. • Provide garment sample request and cost sheets to buyers. • Manage detail sample information records and develop trim and sample library.