Experience

Landes Global GmbH

• Country sourcing manager

  • Jan 2014 - Present

  Achievements and responsibilities: • Increased the company sales from 10k USD in 2014 to about 520k in 2015 and going on. • Services existing accounts, obtains orders, and establishes new accounts by planning and organizing daily work schedule to call on existing or potential customers. • Adjusts content of sales presentations by studying the type of customers. • Focuses sales efforts by studying existing and potential volume of customers. • Submits orders by referring to price lists and product literature. • Keeps management informed by submitting activity and results reports, such as daily call reports, weekly work plans, and monthly and annual analyses. • Monitors competition by gathering current marketplace information on pricing, products, new products, delivery schedules, merchandising techniques, etc. • Recommends changes in products, service, and policy by evaluating results and competitive developments. • Resolves customer complaints by investigating problems, developing solutions, preparing reports, making recommendations to management. • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, participating in professional societies. • Provides historical records by maintaining records on area and customer sales. • Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.



LACE International Inc. - Management Consultants

• Consultant

  • Jun 2009 - May 2012

  Achievements and responsibilities: • Developed a renowned companies in Egypt. • Conducting analysis and research. • Data collection. • Establishing Processes and procedures that provide new and existing contractor plants to be effectively transformed into performing and reliable sources in line with Brand's requirements. • Conducting interviews with clients, their employees, and their management team. • Facilitating workshops and assisting focus groups. • Organizing business presentation and business proposals. • Managing a highly motivated, results focused team. • Consolidation of metrics needed for planning and business reviews. • Identifying and isolating pressing issues. • Formulating and implementing solutions or recommendations. • Assisting clients in putting plans into action. • Managing programmers and existing projects.



GOODY'S Family Clothing Inc.

• Production and Quality Manager

  • Oct 2007 - May 2009

  Achievements and responsibilities: • Planning product ranges and preparing stock plans in conjunction with the company. • Ensuring quality of goods shipped out of region based on AQL 2.5. • Timely execution/ shipments of varied product range from basic to premium products. • Quality Audit Analysis, action plan & Vendor Performance Reviews and following improvement projects. • Pre-Production Management - Provide input during the proto/ new style development stage, Capacity planning, Product Review, etc. • Issuing inspection reports including in line, out of line, packing area & final inspection reports daily, weekly & monthly basis. • All new start-ups (new factory or new production for a new product line) in the region. • Maintaining a comprehensive library of appropriate data. • Planning for new season sampling and production orders. • Update the head quarter with the orders status at all stages. • Preparation of material requirement. • Costing and negotiation with trim & accessory suppliers. • Handle quality issues for sampling as well as production. • Maintaining files and Accounts. • Updating Time and Action calendar. • Advising and assisting production. • Advising quality department about quality level. • Giving shipping instructions and following shipping.



WARNACO Designer Holding Overseas Ltd.

• Senior QA

  • Jun 2006 - Sep 2007

  Achievements and responsibilities: • Developing new divisions & new products. • Responsible in accordance with the quality control manager of all new factories sourcing & compliance to international standards. • Ensuring quality of goods shipped out of region based on AQL 2.5 & AQL 1.0. • Timely execution/ shipments of varied product range from basic to premium products, woven to knits, tops to bottoms, etc • Quality Audit Analysis, action plan & Vendor Performance Reviews and following improvement projects. • Pre-Production Management - Provide input during the proto/ new style development stage, Capacity planning, Product Review, etc. • Issuing inspection reports including in line, out of line, packing area & final inspection reports daily, weekly & monthly basis. • Sourcing new factories. • Communicating with the head quarter by mail (mostly) for new queries as well as updates. • Meeting with vendors and explaining new development requirement to vendor team. • Follow up with vendors for samples. • Follow up with buyers for approvals and feedback. • Updating latest comments on particular styles or order to vendor representative. • Selection and finalizing of vendors for the upcoming orders based on vendor’s experience of making similar products.



United Colors of Benetton

• Retail Apparel and Fashion

• Production and Quality Manager

  • Feb 2005 - Jun 2006

  Achievements and responsibilities: • Developing Vendor Base with total robust process approach at each stage of production in line with product and quality requirements. • Execution of running orders (production). • Evaluate/ Analyze/ recommend potential vendors on production capacity and quality performance as per the business objectives. • Pre-Production Management - Provide input during the proto/ new style development stage, Capacity planning, Product Review, etc • All new start-ups (new factory or new production for a new product line) in the region. • Process based costing for sewing, dyeing fabric utilization. • Working closely with visual-display staff and department heads to decide how goods should be displayed to maximise sales. • Sourcing of materials for new development. • Controlling stock levels based on forecasts for the season. • Gathering information on customers' reactions to products. • Maintaining files and Accounts. • Updating Time and Action calendar.



World Trading Co. (WTC)

• Supervisor QA

  • Jun 2000 - Jan 2005

  Achievements and responsibilities: • Managing, training and supervising junior staff. • Developing new divisions & new products. • Handling customers & factories. Ensuring quality of goods shipped out of region based on AQL 2.5 & AQL 1.0. • Timely execution/ shipments of varied product range from basic to premium products, woven to knits, tops to bottoms, etc. • Quality Audit Analysis, action plan & Vendor Performance Reviews and following improvement projects. • Issuing inspection reports including in line, out of line, packing area audit & final inspection reports and the daily, weekly & monthly analysis reports. • Pre-Production Management - Provide input during the proto/ new style development stage, Capacity planning, Product Review, etc. • Responsible in accordance with the quality control manager of all new factories sourcing & compliance to international standards. • Atop every single detail & harmonize all information between customers, quality control team & factories.