Kate Greening

Experience

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  ANGELO VASINO S.P.A.

  Nov 2004 - Nov 2005

  Woven Textile Designer

  Founded in Italy in 1955, Angelo Vasino s.p.a. embodies the “Made in Italy” label, supplying luxury fabrics to famous couturiers including Nina Ricci, Pierre Cardin, Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Lacroix, among others. Utilizing the skill sets gained during my Master of Arts in Constructed Textiles, I had my first opportunity to design and develop collections. Using my deep, technical knowledge of textiles, I liaised with clients to translate their needs into beautiful finished fabrics.

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  Next Group PLC

  Jun 2006 - Jul 2009

  Assistant Fabric Sourcer, Womenswear & Girlswear

  Next Retail Plc is a British multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer and the largest clothing retailer by sales in the United Kingdom. I was part of the womenswear product development team and worked closely with buyers and designers to source competitively priced and on-trend fabrics. I traveled the world, attending trade fairs, visiting production bases and establishing supplier relationships in Paris, Milan, Munich, New York, Florence, Hong Kong, China, Sri Lanka and Turkey. Show less

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  Fenn Wright Manson

  Aug 2009 - Mar 2012

  Company Fabric Sourcer and Developer, Womenswear

  Established in 1974, Fenn Wright & Manson is a leading British fashionwear brand in the retail and wholesale market with an emphasis on premium fabrications like silk, linen, cashmere and fine wool. I established the fabric sourcing and buying department, covering woven and cut/sew fabric and yarn. This was a complex undertaking that included designing end-to-end processes for sourcing, production and buying including collection strategy for the season, critical path and back-schedule planning, bulk price negotiations and strike-off sample approval. I helped the team hit several critical milestones to save costs, including a 40% reduction in average freight costs and a 30% reduction in core fabric prices. Show less

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  Next Sourcing Limited

  Mar 2012 - Jul 2017

  NEXT Sourcing is a wholly owned subsidiary of UK-headquartered, NEXT plc. NEXT Sourcing provides ~40% of NEXT stock from a global, mid-range supplier base in 18 countries. As my responsibilities expanded in my Fabric Sourcing Manager role, I was promoted to Global Head of Fabric Sourcing and Development, managing a team of 15 across fabric sourcing and development in Hong Kong, China, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Turkey. This role was both broad and deep; a few key accomplishments include:*Doubled team size and developed infrastructure and SOP’s for the global fabric sourcing departments*Achieved multi-million USD in sales by changing sourcing routes to duty-free garment production routes*Generated new business worth multi-million USD in garment sales by spearheading seasonal fabric development projects*Team lead for product development of womenswear woven programme worth multi-million USD, resulting in more than doubling of the fabric volume Show less

  • Global Head of Fabric Sourcing and Development

    Jan 2017 - Jul 2017

  • Fabric Sourcing Manager (Asia)

    Mar 2012 - Dec 2016
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  KG Consulting Limited

  Jul 2017 - now

  Director

  I founded KG Consulting in 2017 in Hong Kong and later expanded to Singapore. We are an independent sourcing and production consultancy that provides fabric trend prediction and analysis services to a bespoke group of high-profile clients in Hong Kong and Mainland China. Domestic Chinese suppliers trust us to increase their profiles and profits by elevating their designs and collections to appeal to multinational brands such as M&S, H&M and Zara.

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  North London Collegiate School (Singapore)

  Apr 2023 - now

  • Head of Events and Community Planning

    Feb 2024 - now

  • Head of Parent Communications

    Apr 2023 - Feb 2024