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Summary
This Textile Product Development Consultant is a versatile and driven Operations and Product Development Leader with strengths in directing transformational initiatives and significantly enhancing operational efficiency in demanding environments. This Textile Product Development Consultant has deep experience across product development for multibillion-dollar organizations. They have a strategic approach to driving continuous improvement and change management efforts.
Highlights
- Process Improvement
- Customer Satisfaction
- Project Management
- Business Transformation
- Supplier Strategy
- Global Alignment
- Quality Improvement
- New Product Development
- Global Relationships
- Change Management
- Lean Manufacturing Collaboration
- Strategic Partnerships
- Staff Leadership
- Risk Management
- Supplier Performance
Relevant Accomplishments
- Worked with internal and external partners to design and execute the supply chain for a newly formed Smart Apparel business.
- Managed severe electronic supply chain constraints and semiconductor shortages, enabling the team to meet business-critical milestones and key deliverables.
- Established shared S&OP processes between Gore and partner companies for inventory burn aligned with sales projections and actual performance.
- Led the proposal and execution of a Supply Agreement, transitioning all E2E Supply Chain activities to W.L. Gore through a revenue share program.
- Partnered with an outside firm to design and implement a Partner Selection process and related tools for investment and acquisition targets.
- Conducted shop floor observational studies, workshops, value stream mapping, data analysis, cultural surveys, and interviews to provide clients with key findings and a roadmap for recommended paths forward.
- Improved key program delivery, increasing schedule conformance from 11% to 95% in 7 weeks and delivering the first on-time shipment after significant delays.
- Reduced PLT from 21.5 to 3 days, decreased reject rates from 50% to less than 5%, and increased production output from 100 to 300 pairs per day.
- Deployed a skill matrix for staff cross-training to boost productivity and identify strengths and areas of vulnerability.
- Created an organizational structure for the production team, enabling succession planning and segmenting critical production areas.
- Played an instrumental role in securing large private label orders, including the largest in company history, and launched U.S. production of key medical business styles.
- Led teams for men’s and women’s accessories, managing the commercialization of over 800 SKUs annually and regularly meeting or exceeding department target margins.
- Improved margins through allocation and sourcing strategies, created standard operating procedures for global partners, and partnered with Global Engineering to save approximately $1M annually.
- Managed product approval, costing negotiations, and compliance testing, ensuring timely workflow and resolving development bottlenecks.
- Guided communication with international factories to ensure timely project completion and resolve pre-production and production issues.
Roles
- Operations Leader
- Consultant
- Vice President
- Director
- Senior Manager
- Manager
- Assistant Manager
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