Expert Details
Textile & Apparel Manufacturing
ID: 732370
United Kingdom
Expert spent a decade as VP of Operations for a Textile Manufacturing consulting group, where he was responsible for marketing, sales, recruiting, training, installation scheduling, service quality, after-sales support and product development.
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 1989 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: President/Director | Department: (All) |
Responsibilities:At this eponymous productivity service, Expert handles managerial assignments with a focus on major corporate projects and change management. This work takes place both in the UK and offshore, principally involved in raising corporate profile, improving efficiency and quality, and effecting and managing change. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2011 to 2014 | Employer: Fashion Product Group (Bangladesh) | Title: Project Director | Department: (All): Casual wear / Knits / Wovens Manufacturing |
Responsibilities:Expert was responsible for all functional departments in manufacturing, finance, administration, and merchandising. Achievements to date include significant improvements in production performance, quality, on-time delivery, implementation of integrated computerized planning, production control and reporting, payroll, supply chain management, and inventory control procedures. Other engagements included fixed asset register, (plant & equipment), planned preventative maintenance, and mechanics call procedures. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2008 to 2011 | Employer: Yesim Tekstil (Turkey) | Title: Country Manager | Department: (All): Casual wear / Knits / Wovens Manufacturing |
Responsibilities:He was appointed to redress shortcomings in critical performance areas. Over three years, he and his team transformed and strengthened manufacturing, operational, and administrative functions. Positive results of change included a two-thirds reduction in order turn-time, improved productivity, a significant improvement in manager and supervisor skills, the implementation of a computerized production planning and stock control database, the consolidation and optimization of factory resource utilization, the leveling of employee incentives and remuneration, and the introduction of planned preventive maintenance. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2004 to 2008 | Employer: Aragon Ltd. (Thailand) | Title: General Manager | Department: (All): Casual wear / Knits / Wovens Manufacturing |
Responsibilities:Expert was accountable for all divisional functions, from sampling to delivery. During his tenure he cultivated a more positive attitude to continuous improvement, particularly quality, productivity, and safety. Using process mapping, methods analysis, and line balancing techniques, his team achieved across-the-board unit cost reductions and shorter lead times from the design process through to delivery to the customer. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2001 to 2004 | Employer: Grasshoppper Ltd. (India) | Title: Operations Manager | Department: (All): Baby wear / Knits / Wovens Manufacturing |
Responsibilities:Expert was appointed to establish and consolidate the raw material supply chain, control manufacturing and quality performance, planning and logistics. His approach included: (1) Managing multi-functional project teams, tasked with improving performance and reducing costs, (2) identifying, assessing, and selecting raw material suppliers, (3) streamlining supply chain logistics and procedures, (4) strengthening the priority of total quality management, (5) the implementation of computerized production planning and stock control, (6) training supervisors in dynamic line balancing techniques, (7) setting up an Industrial Engineering department and training engineers in data collection and analysis techniques. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1995 to 2000 | Employer: Komar Textil Kft Tiszalök (Hungary) | Title: Director of Operations | Department: (All): Sleepwear & Baby-wear / Knits & Wovens Manufacturing |
Responsibilities:He introduced IE (including GSD), QA procedures, and led production planning and supply logistics process improvements. For our high volume, fast moving production lines, he installed CAD/CAM with two cutters, modern spreading equipment and dye cutting. In addition, he and his team designed and installed a rail-based material handling system, from bundling through to packing. These and other operational changes saw the Hungarian division increase output from two million units annually, to over five million quality units, on schedule. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1989 to 1995 | Employer: Corbin Ltd. Ashland (U.S.) | Title: Operations Director | Department: (All): Tailored Outerwear / Wools / Wovens Manufacturing |
Responsibilities:Expert was responsible for installing a GerberMover® for tailored skirt production and storage, integrated with operator performance monitoring and motivational feedback, and a company-wide material requirement planning system. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 1979 to 1989 | Employer: Methods Technologies Ltd. (U.S.) | Title: VP of Operations | Department: (All): Textile Manufacturing Consulting |
Responsibilities:He was responsible for the successful introduction of General Sewing Data (GSD) into North and South America. Areas of responsibility and authority included marketing, sales, recruiting, training, installation scheduling, service quality, after-sales support and product development. Today GSD is the world’s foremost sewn product industries’ methods evaluation and product costing system for both buyers and manufacturers. Among others, clients included Higgins Slacks, Corbin Ltd, Sara Lee, Blue Bell, Farah, Wrangler, and others. Expert also introduced the systems to companies in Canada, Jamaica, Finland, Iceland, UK, Ireland, and Costas Rica. |
Fields of Expertise
apparel, clothing manufacturing, project management, compliance, auditing, merchandising, sales management, yield optimization, database design, corporate costing, corporate compliance, fiscal management, management systems, supply chain, supply chain management, supply chain optimization, materials handling, textiles, sales