Terence Li

design and product developer

Fusion is an international trading with 15 specialist elds. Primary business, including marketing and research, and packing solutions. With the business growth, I joined them and took the role of production development manager. Report to: Division manager ( bags team) Achievement: - New material development - paper substrate( paper replacement). - Streamline design and development process. - Provide quality material and trimming supplier. Major roles include: - RFQ support - Design/ sample development/ production technique support - Development cost monitor. - Daily WIP update.

Achievement: - 3D implementation project. - Re-consolidate PLM library. Major roles include: - Support accessories’ trimming development. - Recycle supply chain research and consolidate. - Metal trims allocation. - Managing 3D project and PLM Key user. - Supporting global production site ( Italy/ Portuguese/ India). - Special material research support.

Report to: Senior Merchandising Manager Major roles include: - Trend forecast and create design direction. - Material research. - Handbag/ Hardware development. - Provide recycled material resources. - Maintenance PLM system.

Shengzhen Olaiya trading company is a new Chinese- foreign joint venture company. It covers three major businesses: timepiece, leather goods, and accessories. Report to: General Manager Achievement: - Creat Hardware for the whole collection. - Establish brands image and definition for those brands. Dohe(London) / Olay (New York). - Establish a product line and enhance the supply chain’s competitiveness. - Create brands’ monograms. Major roles include: - Trend forecast and create design direction. - Based on market analyses to build up the product plan. - Team management. Based on the team’s ability and speciality in assigning design projects. - Assistant training. Training graphics and creating pattern skills.

Superl is a leading manufacture in high-end handbag sector. It’s business covers Philippines, Cambodia and China with over 30,000 employees. On top of handbags it also engages in manufacturing of metal trims & fashion jewelry, furniture and paper processing. Report to: Merchandising Director (T1) Achievment: - Create and monitor QA file data base which cover over 50 styles with 20 crew members. - Cost saving and increasing efficiency by unify carton box . - Initiate and successfully promote localization by promoting local worker to supervisor leave in QA dept. Major roles include: - Coordinate China/ Philippines/ Cambodia's QA team. - Regular traveling 3 locations to maintain the quality standard. - Approving pilot sample, brieng QA/ QC team the bulk standard. - Risk management, providing solution to production team avoiding potential issues. - Monitor quality of entire production ow and identify issue and provide solution (e.g. through machinery implementation and standardization of quality control. ) - Audit. Bulk final inspection - Communicate with client in weekly base, update and review production status. - Negotiate with client and align production capacity. - Analyses QA data base to prevent uncertainties and maximize service and product quality.

Achievement: - Rebuild brand image. Focus younger profitable segment by introduce canvas street wear sneakers and nylon bag to the accessories collection. - Successfully relaunched the bags collection by fulling Market niche. - 2017 Q3- 2018 Q2 - sold quantities increase from less than 100 pcs to above 1000 pcs. - Work with creative consultant, redefined proportion of accessories category split that align with market trend. - Was assign as key designer of 20 th Anniversary gift set.   Major roles include: - Rework on brand direction. Before I work for this company, most of the market feedback consider as over mature for targeted segment. - Trend research. Predict the trend decide the direction for next half year. - Market research, Competitors analyze. - Providing detailed tech pack for PD team. - Materials sourcing & research. Explore new materials to cope with design. - Follow-up samples. Communicate with factory directly with pattern master. Ensure final product in ideal expectation. - Lead the team design. Guiding the junior designer to brain storm, train up their skills to make the team more effectiency. - Design over 150 SKUs( footwear, bags and accessories) for every quarter. - Samples review and making improvement. - Risk assessment. Base on experience, work closely with production team identify potential issue. - Cost control. Material application and consolidation must be very careful.

Achievement: Leading In Between earning over a million HKD per year. Identify brand direction & aesthetic: Clean and minimalist. Major roles include: - Trend research. Every season Forecast latest theme, decide the direction. - 2D/ 3D Sketch rendering. Sketching over 120 SKUs each season. - Material sourcing & research. Back to Guangzhou, sourcing materials. - Follow-up samples. Communicate with factory directly with pattern master. - Samples review. - Leading the design team to fulfill client’s requests. - Bulk final inspection.

Major roles include: - Follow up material supplier. Belle Sac major manufacturing leather only. And I’ll need to select and discussing details with the agents. - Trend research. Theme presentation to the client. - Assists senior designer on 2D/ 3D Sketch rendering. - Follow-up samples. Communicate with factory directly with pattern master. - Design handbags(10 out of 80 per season) , providing designs to clients. - Problem-solving. During manufacturing, there are lots of issues I need to prediction and solve. - Handle add-hot request from client.

Major roles include: - 2D/ 3D Sketch rendering. Base on client's requirement to develop a series of designs. - Review client design output. - Monitoring samples development and follow. - Rework Licensed character e.g. PostPet, Hello-Kitty to fulfill clients requirement. - Package Design. Design the structure and graphic on the package.