Irene Cipolla

Managing the complete Sample development process from Sketch to SMS, ensuring all deadlines are adhered to. Managing the complete development process with a focus on Outerwear Man. Casualwear and Technical Fabrics were the themes of the collections. The Whole collection was Made in Italy with a large number of Vendors involved based mainly in north/ center Italy.

Managing the complete Sample development process from Sketch to SMS, ensuring all deadlines are adhered to. • Work with designers to manage the process of material sourcing/development and prototyping for specific categories of products. • Ordering raw materials for prototypes and samples to Suppliers. • Quality control on all the proto received, visiting Suppliers in Far East before they sending first proto. • Organise and set up all prototype fittings, informing Design and Technical Service. • Attend all fittings from prototype through to first pre-production fittings. • Communicate prototype and sample forecast to vendors. • With Design and Merchandising allocate the line; style to cloth and showroom samples. • Responsible for sample BOMs. • Responsible for sample amendments. After first Proto Meeting with Ferrari VP and Retail Chief, I travel to the suppliers to comment directly all the amendments and be sure they will understand everything. • Responsible for collection hand over to Supply Chain. • Responsible for communications with relevant suppliers and daily follow up of prototyping and raw materials developments: problem solving, providing information. • Owner of managing all the information and resolve issues that arise during and after the development of the Collections. • Manage Target and costing activities for raw materials, prototypes and SMS. • Managing a team of 2 Assistant product Developer.

Supports the complete product development process to meet business criteria for design, fit, quality, deliveries and target margins in line with the range plan and critical path • Attends Design hand off of new styles at Italian vendors. • Updates NY with all changes/additions /cancellations made by Design during the visit to factories • Daily follows up with the factories on Prototypes, trial developments and sample construction. • Follows up the process anticipating possible issues. • Updates Vendors with all changes/additions /cancellations made by NY Design team. • Receives all TPs and check them before splitting and sending to factories • Organizes and attend fitting samples in Italy with Design and PD technical team • Receives and sends all trials and new developments requested by Design for special trims, embroideries ecc.. • Coordinates samples hand carry with factories and express courier, UPS or other couriers, checking all shipping docs and forwards a copy to NY before approving Samples shipments • Communicates daily with QC to plan the inspections to the factories for pre-production samples • Receives and sends all the pre-production samples to and from NY • Daily updates new data on the internal database (quest PDM) in order to maintain NY connected on the Construction changes on samples and technical changes on proto • Updates daily Italian Vendors about the measurements and the quality standards for pre-production samples • Periodic visits to factories • Manages the certification documents for the new factories and subcontractors

• Planned production lead time accordingly with Asia Vendors PLT • Kept constant communication with Asia VF Team and lead the Hong Kong and India teams, troubleshooting when necessary; kept daily updated production plan shared with VF Hong Kong office. • Created and maintained Purchase Orders in the system; • Ensured sales forecasts were reviewed and analyzed. Monitored forecast changes and forecast accuracy • Maximized product availability, whilst ensuring the inventory levels were kept within the Company's targets; • Maintained regular communications with product development, marketing, warehouse, sourcing, sales and customer service, in order to be update and kept them updated as well; • Provided detailed weekly analysis of inventory, production and sales; • Was responsible for the purchase of Special Make Up (SMU), Marketing and Visual material, including complementary and promotional goods to the Retail and Wholesale stores

• Ordered Management perform basic, function track and maintained orders on SAP • Analyzed system generated reports, resolved credit issues and allocation holds working through Credit and Planning team; • Ensured accurate and timely delivery of products related to new store openings, product launches, and advertising promotions; • Handled all aspects of returns and claims interfacing with the customer and all internal stakeholders; • Communicated professionally, efficiently and tactfully with Customers, Operations Management, Sales Management and Sales Representatives through verbal and written communication; • Proactively sold product based on knowing the specific needs of the customer, offering suitable alternatives when product was not available; • Took care of Product Flow and Logistics knowledge learn the basic principles of Account Management relating to the specific areas of product flow and logistics processes;

• Assisted the General manager, was responsible for the communication between Italy HQ and UK; • Inserted and followed up the shipments on as400 system, checking documents for the import orders and checking and preparing documents for UK Customs duties; • Kept Daily contact with UK customers and planned the goods arrivals at their warehouse • Ensured accurate and timely delivery of products; coordinated Italian Supplier. • Handled all returns and claims interfacing with the customer and all internal stakeholders; • Was Responsible for take the information flow between South Africa's office and HQ