General Manager

Over 30 years  managing and operating large scale apparel companies as GM, VP, COO of operations, production, quality, technical, sourcing, marketing and merchandising working with multinationals in various countries including UK, Turkey, Bulgaria, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Cambodia and Bangladesh.

Background:   Industrial Engineering and Management science. University of Wales, UK.

Areas of Expertise:

• Significant and vast experience in woven and knits for the UK, EU, US and JP markets.
• Extensive experience in leading, training and developing large teams of merchandisers, designers and product developers.
• Produced tops and bottoms for men, women and children including formal tailored suits, trousers, skirts, denim, T-shirts, polo shirts, fleece shirts, fishing shirts, sweaters, swimwear and bras.
• Drive improvements in efficiencies and productivity of operations, quality, merchandising, customer satisfaction, cost control and re-structuring.
• Excellent commercial, marketing and merchandising experience with M&S, Next, Tesco, Walmart, Haggar, Uniqlo, Zara, VF and others in US, UK, HK, EU, JP and Turkey.    
• Examine and analyse the entire production and quality system to identify and implement improvements and re-alignment.
• Guide factories to achieve and maintain social and technical compliance for international clients.  

Current/Last Salary: $300 PD