Experienced Head of Design / Senior Product Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the apparel and fashion industry in France/China/Spain. Team leader. Recently trained with CLO 3D design. Skilled in Trend Analysis, Negotiation, Retail, Wholesale, and Textiles. Strong arts and design professional with a High School Diploma (BAC+3) focused in Textile Engineering from Institut E.F.Colbert.
NITEX is a rapidly growing fashion design and innovation company that helps fashion brands source and produce clothing. They offer unique designs and custom production with short lead times and no minimum order quantities. They also prioritize sustainability and social responsibility.
.Build full collections for several customers (Forever21 / one1000hugs / Spiral / Oquémono...), offering the best options / balance in terms of colors / shapes / price / trends .Sourcing .Selling Price structure / Margin definition
Market research for the launch of Manish Arora kids line .Brand DNA definition .Kids Design proposals for SS20 & FW20 collection .Collection structure (# of ref / selling price / margin) .First protos development .Competitors analysis .Fairs / Markets / Distribution / Communication/ retroplanning set up
.Trends Research (fabrics / colors / patterns), Shopping .Presentation of Mood boards .Design .Management of a team of 10 people (Designers / Graphic Designers / Pattern Makers) .Sales analysis with Product Managers in order to design a commercial collection .Presentation of the collections through intern conventions or worldwide fairs .Preparation of Catwalks and Booth during International fairs
.Kids Collection development (320 references/season) / Collection structure .Design inputs / Designers management .Trends Research (pattern / colors / prints) .Weekly Sales analysis / Retail - Wholesale .Production follow up (85M€ / year) .Price negotiation .Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator knowledge .Sourcing .Collection Presentation to Wholesale and Retail network .Pitti Bimbo Preparation (catwalk + show room) .Launch of Baby Line
FIXED TERM CONTRACT .Collection development .Price negotiation .Production follow up .Sourcing in Turkey
FIXED TERM CONTRACT Menswear and Womenswear .Collection set up (4 brands / 300 ref.) .Development follow up (volumes, colors, graphics) .Catalogue creation
OWN KIDSWEAR BRAND (Middle - High level) Collection Director : .Design inputs .Girl's and Boy's Collection development (60 ref.) .Eshop creation Buyer : .Price negotiation .Order-production-quality-shipment follow up .Sourcing Communication manager .Marketing concept (catalogue - image - logo) .Business connection on Exhibitions (Playtime Paris - Bubble NYC) .Contact with Medias (Elle Magazine - Milk...)
.China Collection development (110 ref.) .Trends research / Shopping in Asia (Japan / HK / Korea) .IKKS France Collection follow-up (100 ref.) .Fabric sourcing (180 hangers / season) .Factories evaluation .Design Team management
Buyer in charge of the following brands : KOOKAI / OXBOW / CATERPILLAR .Production follow up (330 000pcs / 220 ref. / season) in China, India, Turkey, Portugal .Price negotiation .Collection development
Streetwear May 2002 - Dec. 2002 In charge of China and Portugal production .Production follow up for Textile items (200 000pcs / 100 ref. / season) for Shoes (70 000 pairs / 30 ref. / season) .Price negotiation .Technical files approval .Size sets and fabric quality checking .Collection follow-up Jan. 2001 - May 2002 In charge of Bangladesh production .Production follow-up .Price negotiation .Technical files approval .Collection follow-up