Experience

Subli Inc.

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Operating Officer

  • Oct 2021 - Present

  In this role I oversee day-to-day operations, including sourcing, supply chain, marketing and sales, drive sustainable growth and minimize losses. In this role I oversee day-to-day operations, including sourcing, supply chain, marketing and sales, drive sustainable growth and minimize losses.



PFS

• United States
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Product & Channel manager at PFS

  • Jul 2020 - Oct 2021

  Product Channel Manager whom brings to market Fulfillment-as-a-Service (FAAS) products and specialized packaged products as a service. In this role I work closely with the AVP to identify new product needs in the market and match those with adaptations of PFS services and technology, develop a go to market plan and budget, manage the offering to market, I am the primary focal point for developing partner relationships and delivering sales enablement to both the PFS sales force and partner sales force. Show less



Freeman Company

• United States
• Events Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of core Product Management - Furloughed due to COVID19

  • Oct 2019 - Jun 2020

  Responsible for category & product management of the furniture, fixtures, flooring product category within the Freeman organization with a focus on product lifecycle and consistently phasing in newly developed products. Responsible for category & product management of the furniture, fixtures, flooring product category within the Freeman organization with a focus on product lifecycle and consistently phasing in newly developed products.



SML Group Limited

• Hong Kong
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Director of Operations Central America

  • Feb 2017 - Oct 2019

  Responsible for packaging product development & product management, Innovation and operations in the Americas including P&L managing 5 production locations (packaging + RFID), Product Development, (out) Sourcing, brand protection, sustainability, Production, Quality, Customer Service, Marketing, Design & Product Innovation.

• Director of Product Development & Business development

  • 2009 - Feb 2017

  At SML I am Responsible for the day to day management of our Key Account Management, Product Development & Graphic design teams wile overseeing Global Product Development projects related to all packaging related products such as packaging, RFID, woven's, printed fabric labels, printed paper items, leather patches and heat transfer products which are developed for USA based retailers (top 50) and Global brand owners working closely with our global development and Sourcing teams in Asia, the America's and Europe wile supporting our global sales team with on site customer visits, presentations which can be linked directly with business development.The Key Account Management aspect of my function is to ensure that the needs of our key accounts are understood and executed with the highest attention to detail, these responsibilities cross various segments such as Customer service, on time delivery, customer care, business development and innovation.Within this role I am managing a team and being responsible for USA based development and Key account management teams making sure work flow procedures are developed, implemented and followed on a day to day basis resulting into error free product developments making sure lead time, Quality of product and costing are in line with both internal and customers expectation, at the same time I am directly involved in trouble shooting, continuous process and production improvements and innovative & creative re-design, Brand protection, sustainability and re-development projects working directly with brand owners Show less



DoubleDutch Bikes

• New York City Metropolitan Area

• Owner

  • Mar 2007 - Feb 2017

  Owner, Designer and importer of Dutch bicycles into the USA & Canada. Owner, Designer and importer of Dutch bicycles into the USA & Canada.



Shore to Shore

• Sri Lanka
• Import & Export
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of global product development

  • Feb 2001 - Mar 2009

  Responsible for global product development workflows related to trims and labels as well as for packaging for both Soft lines and Hard lines, At Shore2Shore I was responsible for the start up and management of their European HQ Office located in Amsterdam the Netherlands, late 2007 the company made a business decision to pull out of Europe to focus on the America's, I was challenged to wrap up our entire operation before I was given the opportunity to transfer from Amsterdam to New York to head up the USA Product development & Art department. Show less



Nike

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graphic Design Artist & screen print color separations

  • 1996 - 2001

  Responsible for screen print color separations and graphic design support.

• Screen print production manager

  • Jan 1990 - Jan 1996

  Screen print Shift manager, responsibilities included planning, pre-press, set-up, production, QC and packing. From 1991 till 1995 Nike EMEA produced all of their European Graphic T-shirt volumes in the Netherlands.