Production Manager

• Aug 2022 - Present

DESIGN ROOM/PRODUCTION • Managing DIFOT, with an emphasis on quality product development, timely completion and hitting target margins • Managing and negotiating costings to maintain optimal margin • Developing, managing, and maintaining critical paths with suppliers and in-house team to facilitate timelines for design, development, SMS, sales, PPS, and bulk shipments • Identifying and resolving quality and delivery issues efficiently • Responsible for the scaling of supply chain and onboarding of new factories • Management of design and production team (4 FTE). • Fabric development based on designer's vision (knitwear/woven) • Coordinating with 3PL • Coordinating material testing and QC CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • Organisational data collection for GHG calculation • Coordinating sustainability programmes • Coordinating supplier audit reports and material certifications

Product Development and Production

• Jul 2019 - Jul 2022

DEVELOPMENT / PRODUCTION • Develop and deliver products and trims engineered to cost standards based on critical path in the most sustainable way possible • Product allocation • Negotiate with off-shore suppliers through product lifecycle and logistics (costing, time and action, problem solving) • Create and manage tech packs to process samples through accurate and timely updates. Both in PLM and Excel. • Material planning • Responsible for SMS and bulk production POs • Manage core, bulk and garment testing with off-shore third party lab CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY • Product, supply chain and governance sustainability research

Operations and Product Manager

• May 2017 - Jun 2019

Product Development and Production

• 2014 - 2014