Suning Susie Feng

An innovative, performance-driven leader with significant experience in product development and production system leadership.

• Partner with Sourcing & Merchandise Director to set product development schedule & follow through the design/development process. Ensure financial goals are being met & aesthetic/quality is in line with brand goals.
• Champion of communication between all apparel team members. Provide transparency on timeline conflicts, risks, changes and action items day-to-day. Build key processes & tools that work cross-functionally and deliver status updates on apparel.
• Schedule & lead key development meetings to ensure milestones are met.
• Partner with merchandising and the executive team on target pricing to ensure margin goals are being met. Build processes to promote cost reduction and efficiency.
• Negotiate costing and timing with vendors and bring creative solutions to the merchandising and design teams when a costing or development challenge arises.
• Champion the line plan each season and partner with merchandising to thoughtfully build the line. Partner with merchandising and development to maintain sku count throughout development.
• Partner with sales and merchandising for quantities to inform production PO’s with apparel vendors. Communicate and facilitate sample ordering and tracking. Place reorders and track to in DC date, keeping everyone aware of changes along the way.
• Be ears on the ground for apparel quality control issues, bringing them to the team and suggesting solutions. Partner with customer service & merchandising to react to consumer feedback as we see fit.
• Alert the team when new development materials arrive, including but not limited to lab dips, strikeoffs, and prototypes. Follow up with the team for timely comments.
• Oversee all fittings and partner with Technical Designer to schedule in the most financially efficient cadence.
• Partner with sourcing on research and development of techniques & quality
• Adhere to all policies and procedures outlined in ban.do’s employee handbook.
• Any other tasks that may be assigned to meet company goals.

Bacherlor's degree in Engineer of Suzhou university

Certificate of Donghua university textile construction major complete