Sudarshana B.

Director Supply Chain Operations - Kipling Americas @ VF Corporation

About

Regional Supply Chain Operations lead ▪ Global Supply Chain, Sourcing & Production ▪S&OP ▪ Planning & Inventory ▪ Merchandising ▪ Quality Assurance ▪ Vendor Management ▪ Strategy & Analytics ▪ Process & Projects Management ▪ MBA Twenty five years global work experience in apparel & fashion in the United States, the Middle East and India in manufacturing, sourcing and retail companies. Expertise in leading supply chain operations, S&OP, global sourcing, product, vendor management, customer service, planning, enterprise supply chain systems implementations, project & process management and quality. Experienced people leader. Strong combination of operations leadership roles, end-to-end supply chain understanding, product technical knowledge, whole systems thinking, strategy, analytics, leader skills and an MBA from a leading US business school. Known for finding innovative solutions, building networks, creating structure, delivering results and turning strategy into action.

Country

United States

City

Scarsdale

Industry

Apparel & Fashion

Skill

Quality Control, Business Reviews, Budgeting, Supply Planning, Demand & Supply Planning, S&OP, Quality, Customer Service, System Implementations, Merchandising, Supply Chain Management, Apparel, Inventory Management, Retail, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Vendor Management, Global Sourcing, Process Improvement, Leadership

Experience

Director Supply Chain Operations - Kipling Americas

VF Corporation

2018-2 - Present · 8 yrs 8 mos

Greater New York City Area

Director Operations -Kipling North America

VF Corporation

2017-1 - 2018-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

Senior Manager, Direct to Consumer -Operations and S&OP (Nautica and Kipling)

VF Corporation

2016-3 - 2016-12 · 10 mos

Manager, Direct to Consumer (Sales & Operations Planning)-Nautica

VF Corporation

2014-7 - 2016-3 · 1 yr 9 mos

Senior Manager -Quality and Compliance Systems

L.L.Bean

2009 - 2012 · 3 yrs

Promoted to establish leading edge quality management processes across global vendors, institute internal systems/processes for facilitating and improving communication and led a 3 member international team responsible for providing quality data management and user support services.

Senior Project Manager -Merchandising Business Systems , Reports and Controls

L.L.Bean

2007 - 2009 · 2 yrs

Recruited to lead projects for planning and implementing new information systems for business processes and providing management controls. Managed a 10-member team across international offices responsible for providing information systems user support services. -Completed Advanced Management Program (companywide rotation)

Buyer for Nightwear, Home and Accessories

Kamal Osman Jamjoom Group

2002-9 - 2003-12 · 1 yr 4 mos

United Arab Emirates

Product and supply chain management. Prepared buy plans and budgets, designed collections, monitored quality and sourced product from Far East, Middle East, India and Turkey.Managed retail store initial allocations.