Experience

Favoland

• Canada
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  How do you manage your favorites? Favoland is an online database aimed at the beauty industry. We help people with real-time information, insights, and intelligence about their favorite brands, products, features, ingredients, textures, and more. Favoland strives to bring transparency and product authenticity to the supply chain. We will connect consumers to their favorite brands/retailers to; shop, compare prices, find similar products, track sales history (promotions), authenticate products, and ingredients well connecting and bringing intelligence (discontinued styles, replacement products, recalls, warranties) regards to brands and products, along with brand or product news information. We will allow brands to connect to their products, update information, list ingredients, ethics, policies, and provide transparency to the consumer. Brands will also have the ability to engage with their consumers through feedback, questionnaires, polling, product concept or service validation, customer satisfaction, marketing, and advertising.



JeffreyLiving

• Publishing Director

  • Oct 2008 - Present

  I started publishing to share my insights, expertise, and experience in Mainland China and Asia well building an online B2B Apparel Sourcing Platform and Managing operations for fortune 500, specialty retailers, and startups. Since 2008, I have published over 175 articles around the globe (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Hanoi, HCMC, New York, Miami, London, Mexico City, and Vancouver) about business and consumer goods, with an emphasis on fashion; I am also the future author of the upcoming book called "The Constant Battle, How to stop participating and love yourself more". I continue to share my industry knowledge and insights via various writing mediums, some of which I post on LinkedIn. I have a passion for athletics, the outdoors, exploring, and giving back to the world around me.



Reuse Bag .co

• Hong Kong
• Manufacturing

• Head Of Operations

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  Reuse Bag .co provides you with environmental and sustainable options to replace single-use and disposable bags. We are a collective of factories providing you with transparency from fiber to finished product. We have the largest range of products at factory direct pricing. Anything and everything is possible, please let us know your needs? Reuse Bag .co provides you with environmental and sustainable options to replace single-use and disposable bags. We are a collective of factories providing you with transparency from fiber to finished product. We have the largest range of products at factory direct pricing. Anything and everything is possible, please let us know your needs?



Source the Globe Limited

• China
• Retail Apparel and Fashion

• Director (Consultant)

  • Sep 2008 - Present

  Support companies with their Supply Chain (raw materials and manufacturing), Sourcing, Product Development, Procurement, Process Optimization, Operations, and Management needs throughout Asia. Working with fortune 100 and specialty brands on product and people (internal/external) Management in Asia.Providing hands-on expertise, process development, optimization, quality management systems, operational management, and problem-solving in the early stages. Improving the ROI by building supply chain transparency, reducing costs, improving quality assurance, and late deliveries. Elevating the product and people with ownership through Kaizen initiatives, to develop, hire, coach, educate, train, and mentor staff and suppliers well creating innovative products through a collaborative work environment. Providing the team with support, understanding of the company, brand, product, design, and personal integrity, with direction, vision, values, and leadership to support and improve key business initiatives to deliver premium products in a lean environment by continually evolving the product, people, processes, and results. Full ownership, leadership, management, and mentorship of the raw materials processes and specification documentation requirements to provide sufficient detail to efficiently and accurately produce the best products, while maintaining an accurate list of BOM, supply chain, and quality assurance documentation.Continually source, develop, vet, validate, leverage, and train external partners (suppliers) with a clear road map, product timelines, and cross-functional partnerships. Deliverables for multiple brands and categories simultaneously with the success that drives accuracy, efficiency, expertise and supports the ongoing business opportunities.



PSW Pty Ltd.

• Australia
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interim General Manager (Consultant)

  • Jul 2015 - Dec 2015

  A 25 year old school uniform business, with manufacturing and support offices in Ningbo, China. Motivate, lead, direct, and inspired a team of 150 employees, pushed for greater culture and community in the company. Established an online portal for internal/external communication with customers. Evaluated the performance of company/departments/individuals, established, implemented, and managed the structure, systems, processes, procedures, created department orgs (flow charts), and job descriptions. Reviewed or created documents, forms, and reports to drive accountability, job satisfaction, and ensure their was a streamline process in place. Worked closely with Human Resources, Finance Dept., and product teams on accountability, processes, and performance measures. With HR, I established job description creation, posting, and placement structure with a supportive interview methodology to look at basic, job specific, and technical questions to qualify candidates. In Finance, I created and established projections and reporting (P/L, CF) structure to the Western CFO to ensure consistency and transparency between the Western organization and Chinese operations. Operational and manufacturing excellence, I analyzed the corporate dysfunctions, provided solutions within the physical space, operations, and manufacturing to help the business with future challenges, growth, and opportunities. Defined the vision, values, and business strategy by developing and improving business processes, determining the weakest links, redundancies, inefficiencies, writing a business plan, and action plan.



Baby Bounce - Bounce Industries Ltd.

• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder/CEO

  • Dec 2013 - Jun 2015

  Baby Bounce is an exciting new line of clothing created out of a passion for designing fun products and the desire of proud parents, siblings, grandparents and friends who wish to express support for their favorite countries and sports. Created a story, a brand, and a image to inspire the youngest generation from concept to development for a 170 sku infant collection. Meeting a need in the industry for standardized quality products, focusing on a theme of national pride and sports clothing for infants, toddlers, and kids. Established international sizing by height, weight, and months, will adhering to strict compliance, ethical standards and international regulations. Sourced products from top Asian vendors at best prices, practices, and quality while ensuring compliance for CPSIA standards were met or exceeded. Baby Bounce is a business to show my expression and passion for innovating cool and fun products in a short period of time (6 months).



Mondetta Clothing

• Canada
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director (Consultant)

  • Aug 2011 - Nov 2013

  Responsible for the Asia apparel supply chain of MPG and Mondetta Clothing (Branded and Private Label), active, cycle, sportswear and outdoor which is sold to fortune 500 and specialty retailers in North America and the United Kingdom. Set up Shanghai office to compete with their established 13-year-old Hong Kong office, competing on programs, pricing, and keeping the product supply chain honest and transparent. Grew and managed new office from zero to $100 million (retail) within two years. Established lean manufacturing, staff and factory level training, coaching, and mentoring which improved overall costing, margins, quality and meet deliveries. Overhauled the infrastructure, process optimization, and manufacturing excellence, by establishing lean and Kaizen systems, procedures, overall costing (TCO), quality, and deliveries. Industrial Engineering - Created, implemented and managed lean initiatives/activities/systems, procedures, and policies to ensure quality management. Improved operational efficiencies, deliveries, and ROI. Played an important role in global performance management, to ensure data accuracy and integrity to proactively monitor the business health. Extensive travel to suppliers, factories throughout Asia and strategy meetings in North America. Direct business ownership for over fifty suppliers, a hundred factories throughout China and Vietnam with production from thousands to hundreds of thousands of units managing hundreds of SKUs. Hands-on expertise providing solutions to supply chain optimization, processes, people, product, production, quality and delivery issues. Quick resolution, management, and corrective action, to ensure product quality, on-time delivery, budget, planning, and lean manufacturing issues. An integral part of the team that contributed to revenue growth of 250% in two years, focusing on product integrity, customer satisfaction, so that repeat customers increased their future orders up to 500%.



SPINEXPO™

• China
• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tradeshow Manager (Consultant)

  • Jan 2011 - Jul 2011

  Knitwear intelligence in Greater Asia, reporting on trends at retail and in manufacturing. Work with exhibitors on new and emerging trends and forums to be featured. Established a trend report for the fair. Establish an Asia Zone at the fair highlighting strengths and opportunities. Explore other complementary platforms (fashion shows) and product (categories and types) to promote Spin Expo during the fair. Newsletter and Show report, daily (during show), weekly, monthly and overview with attendees and trade show intelligence written in multiple languages. Exhibitor and exhibitor quality, focus on missing regions/markets/segments and establish a presence. Establish a concierge service for VIP's, attendees and exhibitors, establish complementary partners and programs. Provide show, Shanghai, and China assistance, translation services, internet, and business services. Validate, introduce, and manage qualified legal, translation, web, and design services to assist with Mainland China business.



J Logic Holdings Ltd.

• President (Consultant)

  • Oct 2005 - Dec 2008

  Providing brands and retailers with apparel intelligence in global sourcing, developments and manufacturing. Established and maintained the critical path, production calendars, and daily communication with vendors. Traveled overseas to manage suppliers and production. Traveled to El Salvador, Central America for Ginch Gonch, to ensure there was manufacturing excellence, process optimization, quality assurance, and manage the shipping/delivery issues, worked with suppliers on internal/external needs to get products back on schedule. Wrote a detailed report with recommendations of future operations and strategies in regards to current business issues. Responsible for new top collection creation for an established $200m denim brand (Silver Jeans) and premium denim brand (1921). Exceeded the objectives by creating a top collection for both brands that complemented the denim bottoms, brand philosophy, story, and customer needs. For both collections I was responsible for the concept through delivery, design, development, sourcing, purchasing, management, and logistics. Hired a key designer to work with me on the vision, story boards, and collection development, we travelled to suppliers in Asia and Europe to seek, source, secure, and develop new techniques, processes in regards to raw materials, natural dyes, prints, and finishing. Successfully delivered a great top collection that was applauded by the industry and team. Worked with the premium denim brand Rock and Republic on responsible sourcing, development and sampling for outerwear and accessories (cashmere hats, scarves, and gloves). Looked at the "Disconnect" in the apparel supply chain, and started to write a strategy and action plan to provide management and intelligence to users globally.



Product One Concepts

• Director (Consultant)

  • Aug 2000 - Sep 2005

  Led start-up of private label business targeted at manufacturers, retailers, and wholesalers with direct management responsibility for process optimization, manufacturing excellence, operations, budgets, cashflow, global sourcing, product development, merchandising, quality assurance (management), production, business development, and strategic planning.Worked with a leading junior retail store (Off the Wall) on the development of their private label denim collections. Sourced and developed a collection of young ladies jeans, traveled to Turkey to oversee sourcing, developments, and production to ensure product integrity, quality management, and delivery assurance. Created from concept to delivery a young women's streetwear collection with 100+ seasonal SKUs called Honeydrop that was sold successfully to hundreds of retail doors across Canada. Created the BUM pant which made everyone's butt look fabulous. Responsible for seasonal design direction for all collections looked after the development, sourcing, purchasing, and production for hundreds of SKUs. Held regular line reviews (sales, planning, management) and meetings with designers (in-house, outsourced), provided direction and guidance with line development, designs, colors, and the collection story. Lead the catalog design and development with a hands-on approach, working with designers (internal/external) on print layout, print house on materials, photographers, models, make-up staff, stylist on locations, photoshoot, makeup timelines, dates, and budgets.



Aritzia

• Canada
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Production, Private Label

  • 1998 - 2000

  Recruited by CEO to play a key role in improving top and bottom-line performance of the company’s private label divisions (Talula Babaton, Talula, and TNA). Responsible for and directed, motivated a strong product development and design team (10 people); added in-house pattern making/sample development staff. Lead and collaborate with the team on current and projected product and line releases with up to 10 turns a year.Responsible for all sourcing, purchasing, design, development, production, costing, and ensuring enough product inventory (demand planning) for the selling season for over 200 silhouettes.Liaison between global sourcing, design, production, marketing, product allocation, and management. The private label increased from 25% to 55% of total sales. Established retail pricing strategies that exceeded the gross margin pricing targets (70% private label).



Planet X Clothing

• VP Design & Merchandising

  • 1991 - 1997

  Developed, marketed, and sold branded product line of snowboard outerwear and streetwear in Canada, Japan, Germany, and the U.S called Planet X and Planet Y.Directed all stages of product development, design, and merchandising processes to ensure a cohesive and diversified line that would penetrate a broad segment of the market with up to 90 pieces per season (tops, bottoms, and outerwear); managed all fit sessions; made corrections.Managed all global sourcing, purchasing, production, and deliveries. Built a team of professional athletes, customers, and consumers for regular feedback sessions with design, development, and marketing.



Premier Trade

• Wholesale Import and Export
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • 1988 - 1991

  Created a collection of leather fanny bags (hip packs) and leather luggage. Oversaw the sourcing and production of the fanny bags (accessories), manufactured in Korea and China. Sold ten's of thousands of bags to 500 retailers across Canada. Created a collection of leggings sold to contemporary womens market across Canada.Worked with corporations such as Blackcomb, Whistler, Molson Canadian, California Cooler, Corona, Kraft Canada, and the NFL on custom clothing. Sourced products from Asia and manufactured products in Canada.