Bill Xian

Experience

• 

  Kasmen Ltd

  Apr 2003 - Apr 2009

  Senior Merchandiser & QA

  ** Work closely with the overseas buyers and the factories to ensure the quality and delivery of samples and bulk goods.** Monitoring the production of total FOB value more than $4 million per year.** handling the following accounts on both development and production.1) ROXY ( for USA market)- Boardshorts (including the sub-brands of Leilani & Raisins)- woven bottoms- woven outerwears- woven tops - woven dresses & skirts- knit tops and dresses- sweatersweb: www.roxy.comwww.raisins.com2) Paul Frank - men's boardshortsweb: www.paulfrank.com3) Californian Manufacturing Co. (Outerwear importer) - outerwears under CMC's own labels like CMC, Canyon Guide - Cintas outerwears imported by CMCweb:www.cmcbrands.comwww.cintas.com4) Young Stuff ( importer for Wal-mart, Meijer, Target... )- ladies knitwears, most are produced out of Thailand Show less

• 

  Li & Fung Trading

  Apr 2009 - Oct 2009

  Senior Merchandiser

  handling mens wear (woven bottoms & sweaters) for Rocawear, monitoring both development and production.

• 

  KASMEN LTD (previously the Sourcing Branch of Edison Brothers Stores Inc.)

  Nov 2009 - Apr 2011

  Assistant Merchandising Manager

  Apparel sourcing agency.Responsible for soucing and merchandising on :1) Product category:- Woven outerwears- Woven shirt- Boardshort- Woven dresses & blouses- Woven bottoms (pants & shorts)- Knitted shirts (polo, crew neck, henley...)2) Clients:- Roxy- Nautica (Korea)- Cavi (outerwear)- Zumiez 3) Job duty:- new vendor sourcing & development- product development: proto, salesman sample.- bulk production : PP sample, bulk production, shipment.- Material (fabric & trim) sourcing & development: new vendors, quality sourcing, lab dips, strikeoffs, handlooms, counter samples... Show less

• 

  Quiksilver Asia Sourcing (Shanghai)

  May 2011 - Aug 2013

  Senior Merchandier

  Responsible for...1) US Boardshort for both brands of Quiksilver and Roxy.Handling both development and production.Trained up new factories to meet US Boardshort standards and established steady factory base in northern China for US Boardshort production.2) SMU order coordinating between all QAS officers (Honking, Shanghai, Dongguan, Vietnam, Indonesia and India) for US Roxy, covering all categories of both apparel and accessories.3) Work on R&D for new material sourcing and development. Show less

• 

  Li & Fung Limited

  Aug 2013 - Sept 2017

  Senior merchandiser

  * Customer: Tommy Hilfiger* Handling the development and bulk production of EU menswear, USA children’s wear, EU women’s wear and special styles international markets (including China);* Conducting market research and data analysis, source materials and preparing style collections of relative categories for design team’s reference according to the market trend, previous order data from the customer, market information of competitors & bench mark brands and the inspiration from the customer; Keeping communication with the design team;* Making time & action plans of sample making and bulk production in advance to ensure all samples and bulk shipments are on time, and to help the customer to achieve the new retailing model of “See now and buy now”;* Follow up the sample of each stage and bulk production and collaborating with QA team to strictly monitor the delivery dates and quality;* Check all tech packs of all styles and bulk purchase orders before passing them to the vendors to proceed samples and bulk production; Input order data into our own system and prepare order reports to the management regularly;* Negotiating prices with the vendors, controlling the costs, ensuring our customer has good margin;* Sourcing and selecting proper vendors, keeping good relationship with the vendors, ensuring the supply chain is working well by coordinating with technical team, QA team, vendors and logistic team;* Organize “Style Review” meeting, reviewing the fabrics, trims and each sample with technical team, QA team, testing team and vendors to analyze the potential issues on workmanship, techniques, fabrics and trims, and provide suggestions to help resolve the issues.* Follow up photo shooting of salesman samples;* In addition to the regular duties as a senior merchandiser, I was also responsible on the development of those special outerwear styles for Tommy Hilfiger FALL 2017 Fashion Show. * Business turnover is USD 10 millions annually. Show less

• 

  JD.COM

  Dec 2017 - Mar 2018

  采购经理(Sourcing & Purchasing Manager)

  Be responsible on all apparel sourcing and purchasing for JD's private label - Interight.Vendor sourcing to help enlarge product category range.Vendor evaluation and management to help keep smooth purchasing and keep products in decent quality.Price negotiation to keep satisfactory margin.Merchandise planning for each season.Visiting vendors to select suitable styles.Follow-up product development from proto till order is confirmed.Placing orders and Follow-up production till goods are in house and ready for selling.Monitor inventory level to determine how to re-allocate the goods and place re-orders.Sourcing fabrics and trims.Monitor testing issues to ensure all testing results meet Chinese GB requirements.Resolve quality issues together with quality control team. Show less

• 

  利丰有限公司

  Aug 2018 - now

  Moved back to Shanghai office after the closure of Changshu office, built a new team in Shanghai to continue handling the same customer Aeropostale.On top of Woven category, my responsibility is expanded to cover the other 2 categories Denim and Knits, managing from development (fabric sourcing, costing and sample development) to production.10 direct reports. Production of all woven categories, including woven pants, shorts, woven shirts, women's woven tops & dresses & skirts, and outerwears.Built up a new team of 11 persons at Changshu office.

  • Manager - Merchandising

    Jun 2020 - now

  • Manager - Merchandising

    Aug 2018 - Jun 2020