Charmaine Simpson

Growth-driven leader and top-performer, demonstrating comprehensive product development and engineering knowledge in apparel and accessories across multiple product categories. Meticulous with an eye for detail in scouting new talents and succession planning for diverse technical teams, and ensuring that every product will meet all fit, product, quality, safety, legal and performance requirements. Overwhelming insights into creating first specifications at the beginning of each season to achieve the perfect fit, aesthetics, end-use, and performance. Quality-focused professional and relationship builder, well-versed in strengthening partnerships and communication with vendors, management team, and all levels of stakeholders. Establish vision and strategy in setting clear intent, direction and guard rails within Technical, Quality, CSR and Supplier Management. Successfully executes projects to deliver standardised blocks, optimised margin / improving efficiencies, streamlined processes, improve grading increments and minimum make standards as well as introducing block patterns that were subsequently distributed to the global supply base. Key Professional Skills & Attributes: • Leadership & Supervision • Relationship Building • Corporate Communications • Due Diligence & Risk Assessment • Talent Acquisition & Optimisation • Performance Evaluation • Budgeting & Forecasting • Records & Documentation • Executive Reporting • Product Development • Project & Change Management • ROI & Revenue Growth • Business Transformation • Training & Development • Workflow Optimisation • Team Governance • Cost Control & Quality Assurance • Regulatory Standard Compliance