Supply chain advising

I think that supply chain goes hand in hand with sourcing. And as I was going to factories and auditing them, it became apparent that not only could I work with researching the fabrics, I could also secure and develop a close and constructive cooperation with key-suppliers, and trace the life of a fabric or garment, step by step.

As I am a highly organised and analytical person, this comes in handy with contract negotiations and the optimisation of category related supply chain issues, to reduce and balance out complexity, time-to-market, quality, risks and costs, and alignment between forecasts/business plans and available production capacity and inventory levels.

I have been responsible for a vendor engagement strategy across divisions and categories for both seasonal and fast pipelines, and made sure of product availability at a product category level.

On a personal note I also really enjoy the aspect identifying potential opportunities to enhance the efficiency of the supply chain, as well as potential threats, as well as helping brands that wanted to have more transparency in their Supply Chain, but didn’t know how.