maryke peeperkorn

* Instruct, coach and motivate a team of buying assistants and a NOS-planner * Define and implement buying procedures and process improvements * Monitor the buying planning and ensure that deadlines and schedules are kept

* Aiding in the development of a profitable and commercial product range * Managing the sample process * Conducting price negotiations and discuss the delivery and payment terms

* Responsible for the development process from design till production * Keep up to date on trends and analyze sales results to prepare a commercial line plan * Develop the collection together with freelance shoe designers * Brief suppliers in the Far East and Europe on product specifications for the production of proto samples, salesman samples and production samples * Conduct price negotiations with suppliers * Manage the quality of the collection before and during the production process * Visit production locations to develop collections and perform quality control.

Input and follow up on purchase orders and delivery times - Maintaining contacts with suppliers in the Far East and Europe

Major: Purchase/ Product management Activities and Societies: Internship in South Africa in 1999 with H.D. Lee Company; a manufacturer of jeans, as production assistant

Major: Management of Innovation Minor: Innovation in Services, Innovative Entrepreneurship