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.
.Designing full collections for several customers (Forever21 / Vilet / 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
Buying office for Hypermarkets / www.carrefour.com In charge of Men’s and Women’s items & Shoes .Quality forms development .Quality inspections organisation (900 per season) .Size specifications development .Size sets checking .Customer claims follow up