Yanina Nazarchuk

Responsible for the success of Private Labels Development across various product categories (apparel and accessories). Developing in-house fashion labels, range planning, forecasting and margin optimization. Travelled extensively to China, India, Turkey and Uzbekistan resulting in best cost sourcing. • Overseeing the sourcing functions and production process for the company; • Developing and implementing sourcing strategies to ensure best cost, quality, and delivery of materials and products; • Leading the development and execution of new private label product lines for the company; • Ensuring a distinct identity of private labels to create synergy between design, and customer preferences; • Managing supplier relationships and negotiations to secure favorable terms and crisp pricing; • Monitoring production schedules and ensuring on-time delivery of products to meet customer demand; • Implementing quality control measures to ensure a seamless quality deliverance; • Analyzing market trends and identifying opportunities for improvement in regional sourcing and production processes; • Collaborating with other departments such as data analytics, sales, and logistics to ensure ‘on-time-on-shelf’ • merchandise; • Managing budgets and resources effectively to achieve departmental goals; • Providing leadership and strategic direction to drive overall success of the sourcing and production department.

In addition to boosting localization of Chinese fashion cross-border brands to grow the sales, I am also spearheading Private Label development, positioning and financial performance. • Coordinate optimization projects to enhance performance of cross-border fashion sellers; • Manage implementation phase of brand-transformation accelerating growth: shop structure adaptation, assortment and styles designing specific for local market, marketing campaign planning; • Create Private Label product assortment roadmap in collaboration with Designer to offer customers exclusive products with value-added features; • Project manage each step of the new product process to ensure the success of Private Label; • Manage and execute seasonal concept development and resulting line/SKU plans by category, price point, initial markup based on financial targets; • Drive the overall communication strategy and timelines towards stakeholders, secure the buying strategy, speed and production capacity; • Lead fittings and oversee the preparation of fit comments to suppliers ensuring all relevant technical information/comments are sent out in a timely manner; • Take full ownership of the execution of the product life cycle, managing risks and end-to-end timely implementation; Work with in-house and external teams to ensure marketing strategy, communication strategy and execution are aligned with brand strategy; • Partner with the Creative team to make sure visual brand identity that reflects brand’s positioning and deliver style guides for brand consistency; • Manage all sourcing processes and procedures; • Own and be accountable for the costing, negotiating pricing, and managing margin.

As a Senior Production Manager (Senior Buyer), I collaborate with key stakeholders (Factory Partners, Product Creation, Sourcing and other Company functions) to resolve product-costing challenges and improve company’s overall product margin. Managing seasonal style allocation based on Sourcing strategy, supplier’s performance of strengths, weaknesses, cost, capabilities and capacities to meet company’s objectives. Effectively developed the suppliers’ base in Vietnam and Bangladesh, which has led to purchase price reduction down to 10%. •Active member of product creation team engaged in the optimization of product development, cost and on time bulk production methodologies; •Drive the costing process from target setting through finalization of order price: evaluation and estimation of supplier quotes driving for transparency, fact based and sustainable price quotes across seasons for benchmarking; •Proactive work with suppliers on prevention and early solutions of potential problems and delays on the early stages of bulk production; •Provide assistance to find effective solutions to complex production issues and potential conflicts; •Improvement of contractual terms with suppliers from season to season, holding negotiations in order to achieve better commercial conditions for the Company; •Actively work with new suppliers onboarding into processes and procedures of the company; •Complete on-boarding of new Production Managers for all relevant processes, procedures and SOPs; •Build and communicate awareness of company’s competition and market trends;

Ownership of the relationships with vendors to improve performance, understanding and negotiate the best deals with them. Consistently working with suppliers ensuring that the company gets the right product at the right price consistently. •Cooperation with overseas office merchandisers on the matters of product development and production processes; •Monitoring and control of samples and product on time in full shipments with relevant tracking and correspondence with supply base and business partners; •Timely and accurate placement and confirmation of orders and forecasts with suppliers; •Quality management: monitoring claims settlement and the related negotiations on recovery of damages; •Compliance with procedures and calendars for the collection development and production; •Fully meeting requirements for each relevant seasonal calendar; •Continuously identify cost reduction opportunities; •Manage timely and accurate data information within the system landscape.

Leading the import managers’ team to negotiate contracts, discounts, and payment terms to improve margin. Ensuring that the purchased products are competitively priced and timely delivered. • Managing, developing and improving the import managers’ team; • Support in developing a vendor base through attending fairs and exhibitions; • Setting up contracts with foreign garment suppliers; • Maintaining records of supplier contracts and agreements; • Reviewing all contract/agreements to achieve “the best price/best quality” purchasing. • Placing orders with garment factories; • Follow up with the suppliers for production and shipments; • Controlling the purchase.

Working as a part of import managers’ team, I was in charge of: • Setting up contracts with foreign garment suppliers; • Placing orders with garment factories; • Preparing and processing purchase orders and invoices for purchases; • Bringing under control the observance of the terms of a contract; • Exacting penalties for non-observance of the terms of a contract; • Controlling the issuance of legalized documents.