rolan snider

vice president textile manufacturing

About

Dynamic and results oriented textile professional experienced in leading and delivering capabilities in large, complex and diverse organizations. Offers unique blend of leadership, technical and analytical strengths that impact culture, employee engagement, and business strategy alignment in domestic and international markets. Builds relationships, trust and credibility at all levels of the organization; takes a consultative and collaborative approach to develop and deliver practical solutions to accelerate functions across the enterprise.

Country

united states

City

vancouver

Industry

textiles

Skill

textiles, apparel, product development, manufacturing, textile industry, sourcing, wovens, global sourcing, dyeing, merchandising, operations management, purchasing, lean manufacturing, fashion, sewing, supply chain, screen printing, supply chain management, management, production planning, retail, knitwear, denim, trend analysis, private label, trend, target costing, sportswear, footwear, wholesale, apparel sourcing, fashion design, export, textile design, cotton, quality management, import, garment manufacturing, styling

Experience

vice president of textile operations

teejays/grupom

2003-5 - 2004-7 · 1 yr 3 mos

independent consultant

independent textile consulting

2016-11 - 2017-5 · 7 mos

* Specialties include; * Broad knowledge and experience across manufacturing and support functions * Factory start-up and relocation * Fabric development and product improvement * Supply chain development and optimization * Process flow improvements and inventory reduction using Lean/5S * Global raw material sourcing and price negotiation * Experience managing multiple factories in multiple locations.

general manager

pride performance fabrics s.a. de c.v.

2013-5 - 2014-7 · 1 yr 3 mos

Full P & L responsibility for multi-functional textile operation. Processes include warp knitting, circular knitting, dyeing, tubular/open width finishing, surface finishing, and printing. Factory manufactures both synthetic and natural fibers.

executive vice president of operations

duro industries

1999-8 - 2002-8 · 3 yrs 1 mo

general manager

grupo m

2004-8 - 2013-4 · 8 yrs 9 mos

GrupoM Industries is a vertical manufacturer of both woven and knitted apparel. The company employs more than 9,000 employees in their CODEVI Free Zone in Quanaminthe, Haiti and Caribbean Industrial Park in Santiago, Dominican Republic. Rolan is responsible for the textile manufacturing operations that perform knitting, dyeing, bleaching, finishing, and cutting at a capacity of 250K pounds per week. The majority of this production is shipped to internal sewing factories for customers such as Calvin Klein, American Eagle, Aeropostale, Carhartt, Old Navy, DKNY, and Dillards. Rolan's responsibilities include operations management, engineering, purchasing, and full P&L for the textile manufacturing.

vice president textile manufacturing

pendleton woolen mills

2017-6 - Present · 9 yrs 4 mos

director of raw material sourcing at jockey international, inc

jockey international, inc.

2014-9 - 2016-10 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Introduced unique global raw materials options generating savings in excess of $ 1.0 MM annually, successfully managed multiple manufacturing sources to deliver products in a timely manner. Established and monitored quality assurance system in contracted mills. Partnered with suppliers to establish quality assurance for incoming materials. Demonstrated technical skills in product improvement projects, delivering product improvements.