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Letizia Morandi

Design - Product Management - Leather Goods and Accessories
About

I bring extensive experience in product management and design for luxury, premium, and fast fashion brands. Skilled in material sourcing, supplier coordination, and technical development, I thrive in dynamic retail environments and am Italian native, fluent in English, German, and Spanish, conversational French.

Previous Brands
ModaConsulta
Tonino Lamborghini S.p.A.
PIQUADRO S.p.A.
BREE Collection GmbH
Esprit
If srl
Design Studio F.Turchi - Bulgari - Brioni - Acqua di Parma
GBS buying services - Tommy Hilfiger
Various Brands
Work Experience
Product Manager Leather Goods
Jan ‘24 - Now
ModaConsulta

Product Manager _ Leather Goods and Accessories
Apr ‘22 - Nov ‘23
Tonino Lamborghini S.p.A.

Leather goods design
Jun ‘19 - Mar ‘22
PIQUADRO S.p.A.

Product Development & Sourcing
Apr ‘16 - Jun ‘19
BREE Collection GmbH

Technical product development, material sourcing, leather, accessories and trim sourcing; Sourcing and coordinating suppliers and manufacturers allover Europe, India and Far East; Technical product improvement and follow up all sampling steps to final quality control and pre-production engineering; Ricerca e coordinameno fornitori/produttori;

Head Of Design
Aug ‘13 - Jan ‘15
Esprit

Development creative concepts of accessories collection of handbags, soft items and small accessories goods. - Creation mood seasonal mood boards and briefing to design and sourcing team; - Briefing to suppliers on materials and key sourcing; - Development and coordination of sampling according to category management and sales feedback; - optimization of collection and follow up prototypes; - correction and tecnical improvement of product; - pre prodution quality check and engineering

Freelance Consultant for Handbags and Accessories
Sep ‘09 - Jun ‘13
Self employed

Design, development, creative input on handbags, accessories and leather goods. - Creative direction; - Trend and color search, for seasonal key moods; - Material sourcing and development; - Sketching and devleopment of prototypes; - Technical development of sampling and coordination of manufacturers; - Sales samples final technical check and product engineering; - Price check and final collection set up. Collaboration with several brands and diverse products.

Sourcing and product development Handbags Accessories Shoes
Apr ‘06 - Jul ‘09
If srl

Product development for Handbags and Accessories on behalf of several brands: Jimmy Choo, Oscar de la Renta, Roberto Cavalli, Cathernie Malandrino, Halston and others. _ Technical development and follow up of prototype and samples; _ Sourcing of materials, trims according to design and product management briefing; _ Sourcing of producers and manufacturers to fit the requirements of skils and workmanship requested for the development of collections; - Suppliers coordination and material orders follow up according to given timing to collection deadlines; _ Quality check on materials, trims and hardware, improvement and final engineering for pre-production; _ Final set up of pricepoints and price handling with suppliers.

Handbags and accessories design/product development
Oct ‘04 - May ‘06
Design Studio F.Turchi - Bulgari - Brioni - Acqua di Parma

Collaboration with design studio for develompent handbags (man /woman) and accessories collections. Design, material sourcing and product development for some brands: Bulgari, Brioni, Wako, Lerre, Acqua di Parma

Product manager
Jan ‘02 - Dec ‘04
GBS buying services - Tommy Hilfiger

Product manager of hardware and apparel accessories for Tommy Hilfiger. Follow up all accessories development and production for the collections produced in Italy and East Europe.

Handbags and Accessories Designer & Product Developer
Jan ‘97 - Dec ‘03
Various Brands

Collaboration as designer on several collections of handbags, jewels, textile. - Research of fashion trends; - Seasonal moods, highlights, colours; - Materials and supplier sourcing; - Sampling follow up and quality control on pre-production items; - Product engineering. Collaboration with several brands: Luana _ Enrico Coveri _ You Young

Languages
Italian - Native
English - Fluent
German - Fluent
Spanish - Fluent
Education & Training
Polo Universitario Città di Prato
‘12 - ‘13
Tecnico commerciale per il marketing e le vendite
Costume e Moda
‘92 - ‘95
Esperto moda e costume
Polimoda
‘92 - ‘95
diploma
50026 San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Metropolitan City of Florence, Italy