Experience

Tharanco Group

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

• Director of Sourcing & Production

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  • Drive and implement production strategies to maximize or exceed required margins goals • Develop, source, and allocate programs in China, Vietnam, India, & Bangladesh to ensure all timelines are met • Create, maintain and manage the T&A calendars to ensure on time delivery’s • Work with merchants throughout the production process to review trends, key items, buys, and target prices • Partner with domestic vendors to fill open needs, market trends, and to react to best sellers • Travel for seasonal Product Development, Fabric Innovation and Raw materials • Effectively communicate with the overseas office on all aspect of development and production • Manage the pre-production approval process and analyze the sample placement strategy • Review costing strategy with Merchants and allocate order placement within sourcing channels • Identify high-risk areas which may impact on production and proposes solutions to negate risk • Monitor and ensure on-time delivery by troubleshooting issues with staff, sourcing channels, and logistics • Ensure that compliance and testing protocol (fabric and garment) are followed • Develop and maintain strong relationships with vendors and suppliers • Review and approve Inspection reports, QC and Shipping Document • Recruit, Train, Develop and manage the Production Team Show less



Hampshire Brands

• Greater New York City Area

• Senior Sourcing & Product Development Manager

  • 2012 - 2017

  • Managed and analyzed the costing process to elevate overall costing goals • Aligned brand with reliable and capable vendors and collaborated on processes to shorten lead-times of the production life cycle • Secured capacity and managed factory allocation in Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Indonesia, Turkey, Pakistan, Honduras, & Bangladesh • Analyzed projections to identify production placement, prioritize approvals, and understand delivery priorities • Managed and strategized the Sourcing & PD process from concept through completion and delivery • Negotiated all bulk costing strategy to ensure the margin goal requirements were met and/or exceeded • Collaborated with Design to research and source fabric innovation, treatments, washes, and dye techniques • Created and managed T&A Calendar to ensure key milestone dates are met to maintain on time deliveries • Influenced, managed, and facilitated timely approvals of lap dips, strike –off, PP, TOP, & shipment samples • Lead and actively participate in weekly WIP meetings and drive all items and milestones toward timely approvals • Managed Trim Development for all brands, included managing the calendar, sourcing, sampling, and tracking of trims • Established a nominated trim supplier for all marketing (h-tag, labels,) to ensure all vendor’s ordered from one supplier • Facilitated and managed ongoing communication with external partners to guide and direct sampling &bulk production process • Partnered with QC to review inspection reports and provide recommendation and solutions on quality issues • Evaluated and analyzed vendor’s performance for future allocation, development samples, and bulk placement • Provided input and monitor departments budgets • Trained, Developed, and managed the Sourcing & Product Development departments in NYO and Overseas • Reported directly into the COO Show less