Menswear Product Developer - DUNHILL
(2023-01)
- Led end-to-end product development process for the luxury menswear brand, ensuring seamless execution from concept to final sample approval across multiple collections.
- Maintained meticulous BOM data entry and updates into PLM to ensure accuracy throughout each development stage.
- Managed the critical path for my category, adhering to strict timelines and ensuring final products were delivered on schedule.
- Regularly travelled across Europe to strengthen supplier and manufacturer relationships, resulting in a significant improvement in quality consistency and on-time delivery performance over a two year period.
- Successfully managed a £80,000 prototyping and sampling budget, that removed development bottlenecks and supported faster, more precise product creation.
- Specialised in luxury fabrics, garment dye processes, and fittings, ensuring design concepts were translated into production-ready pieces without compromising quality. Worked closely with technical teams to maintain design integrity throughout development.
- Systematically managed and archived swatches, trims, and development materials, supporting design and production teams with up-to-date product documentation, including spec sheets, color cards, and sample records. Assisted in administrative and logistical tasks to support smooth product operations.
- Managed purchase orders (POs) from creation to approval, ensuring timely issuance and tracking of orders in coordination with suppliers.
Product Development Assistant - PANGAIA
(2021-01 - 2023-01)
- Maintained daily communication with suppliers, providing clear and professional feedback on design revisions and fitting outcomes, while ensuring all cross-departmental comments were accurately conveyed.
- Managed and updated BOMs in PLM, delivering real-time updates to suppliers when changes occurred, and attending proto/pre-production fittings to ensure data accuracy across systems.
- Ensured timely delivery across multiple categories, including outerwear, wovens, accessories, and garment-dyed products, overseeing both CMT and FF processes.
- Took full ownership of updating critical paths, budget trackers, and sample delivery schedules, maintaining strict oversight to ensure on-time and within-budget execution.
Personal and Creative Project Assistant to Phoebe Philo - PHOEBE PHILO
(2019-01 - 2021-01)
- Provided essential administrative and operational support in a high-pressure, fast-paced environment, ensuring seamless workflow and efficient task management.
- Strategically managed and maintained Phoebe Philo's personal and professional calendar, coordinating complex scheduling, travel arrangements, and high-level meetings with precision.
- Led the planning and execution of special projects, events, and creative initiatives, consistently meeting tight deadlines while upholding the highest quality standards.
- Collaborated closely with artists, photographers, and furniture makers to conceptualize and deliver high-end interior design projects, ensuring artistic vision and functionality were seamlessly integrated.
- Served as head project manager for multiple properties, overseeing budgeting, invoicing, hiring, contract negotiations, and inventory tracking to maintain smooth and efficient operations.
Founder - Osmura
- Curate and organise high-profile electronic music events across London under the Osmura record label, showcasing international DJs and emerging talent.
- Oversee all aspects of event production, including venue selection, artist booking, logistics, marketing, and on-the-day coordination.
- Successfully grow brand presence and audience, increasing event attendance and record label visibility across London's nightlife scene.
Volunteer - Care4Calais
(2019-01)
- Volunteering with Care4Calais to provide essential aid and support to refugees and asylum seekers, including distributing food, clothing, and other supplies, and assisting with logistics and transportation, both in Calais and London.
