Experience

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  United Way Of Calgary And Area

  • Canada
  • Non-profit Organizations
  • 200 - 300 Employee

  • Practicum Student

    • Sep 2022 - Sep 2022
    • Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    United Way of Calgary and Area (Automation and BI department) • Updated the glossary of terms to the Azure cloud platform • Reported the working progress on the weekly scrum meeting • Maintained the data entry tracking reports

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  Fanatics

  • United States
  • Software Development
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Sourcing Manager

    • Nov 2017 - Dec 2020
    • Hong Kong SAR

    American online retailer of licensed sportswear, equipment, and merchandise, operates an e-commerce business of licensing sports leagues apparel such as NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB, as well as hundreds of collegiate and professional team properties. • Responsible for the annual planning and coordinating of multinational sports league apparel brands to ensure all respective profit margins are met for the customers. • Capacity planning and material commitment booking with international vendors • Collaborated in setting up the Fanatics HK branch after the business acquisition from VF Inc. (a former company with long work history) all while maintaining a smooth business transition • Collaborated with different parties: US headquarter and vendors, customer focus on fulfilling and solving headquarters demands. • Monitored the whole product life cycle (from development to production) and ensured the lab dips, bulk dye lots, samples, and productions were approved & shipped on time by monitoring the seasonal calendar. • Resolved production and quality issues. • Constantly monitored the compliance status of strategic vendors. • Monitored the testing results on fabrics and apparels and ensured the testing requirements were met • Prepared weekly presentations on development and production progress to US headquarter. Key Successes • Coordinated the new vendor portal system with the provider to lay out the business needs on purchase order management. The purchase order system was successfully transited to a new platform. • Promoted to a Manager position in 2019.

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  Vf Corporation

  • United States
  • Retail Apparel and Fashion
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Sourcing Supervisor

    • Sep 2006 - Nov 2017
    • Hong Kong SAR

    Sourcing Supervisor in US-licensed team sportswear. Led a team of three merchandisers to source and develop products for NHL, MLB, NBA, and NFL. Obtained 3 employee star awards in 2012 and 2016 for collaborating in upgrading the PO management system, Swing IQ Innovative baseball shirt, and cost-saving projects. ● Led team at the Hong Kong branch and regional office for apparel production and R&D for 10+ years ● Advanced efficiency of trade for US counterpart by communicating suggestions on order allocation based on the capability and performance of international vendors ● Offered suggestions on good designs on account of cost efficiency ● Monitored the whole product life cycle (from development to production) and ensured the lab dips, bulk dye lots, samples, and productions were approved & shipped on time by monitoring the seasonal calendar. ● Promoted to a Supervisor position in 2012

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  Ic Group A/s

  • Denmark
  • Retail Apparel and Fashion
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Sourcing Merchandiser

    • Jun 2002 - Sep 2006
    • Hong Kong SAR

    IC Group A/S is a Denmark-based company primarily engaged in the development of casual clothing and sportswear. Its portfolio comprises three clothing brands: Tiger of Sweden, which offers clothing and accessories for men and women; By Malene Birger, which offers female fashion collections, and Saint Tropez, which belongs to the Fast Fashion market segment and focuses on collections for young women. The Company's distribution channels include wholesale, e-commerce, own retail, franchise and outlet stores. The Company operates mainly on the Nordic market. ● Monitored the whole product life cycle (from development to production) and ensured the lab dips, bulk dye lots, samples, and productions were approved & shipped on time by monitoring the seasonal calendar. ● Cost negotiation ● Sample fitting and Quality assurance ● Issued Purchase orders and tracked the production progress and ensured on-time delivery

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  New Allied Commercial Ltd.

  • Hong Kong SAR

  • Sourcing Merchandiser

    • Sep 1998 - Jun 2002
    • Hong Kong SAR

    A leading contract service provider and manufacturing company specializing in footwear. ● Sourcing with different footwear vendors and follow-up the sample orders ● Cost negotiation ● Issued Purchase orders and tracked the production progress