Exceptional Skills.
Extraordinary
success.
Who I Am
Based in New York City by the way of The Bronx, I am a Korean-American fashion executive with over twenty years of experience in Merchandise Planning, Merchandising, Operations, Strategy and General Management. I have a strong track record for project management and team development, and I have implemented successful data-driven and intuitive business strategies to drive the bottom line and exceed targets. I have been committed to making a sustainable impact through people-centric leadership and collaborative partnerships.
Throughout my career, I have worked in the luxury market with designer brands such as Prada, Coach, Gucci, Tory Burch, Barneys New York and MCM Worldwide. I have consistently formed, led and motivated large teams of talent to overcome challenges and reach ever expanding goals though innovation and creativity. My high-level skills in multiple disciplines and global perspective on business made my role the glue for many areas in the companies I have worked for.
Learning from the leaders in the retail industry, I now serve as an independent consultant to help others that share my passion and enthusiasm. I offer a broad range of expertise and insight for early stage start-ups, to creating multi-dimensional strategies for established businesses. Having a keen eye for product and an innate sense for trends, I incorporate my trade and industry knowledge into working strategies for relevant and current context.
My Capabilities
Acting as a Retail business advisor and strategist, I can take your concept to shelf at any stage of growth for a personalized, custom solution, tailor made for your business. I can enter at different phases of business development and process transformation to provide experienced and measured solutions, educated and current insights, and pointed recommendations to implement for success. I can create a framework to start a new business from inception, inject proven strategies to help scale mid-growth companies, or jump start mature businesses in need of innovation and fresh perspectives. I also have a broad and extensive network of resources across many different fields of expertise that I can leverage to complement full project scopes.
What I do best
Utilizing my vast experience and current methodologies, I create bespoke solutions in tune with your brands ethos. Businesses are like snowflakes, no two are alike. I can parachute in at any stage of the business in a multi- pronged approach and where you need it the most.
I can devise a total enterprise roadmap to launch your business from ideation to execution. I will take your business concept and create the planning, infrastructure, action plans and necessary tools to bring it to life.
I will review your current business and accomplishments, and partner to identify new opportunities and other ways to amplify your business and take it to the next level. I can go into existing infrastructure to audit, identify, fix, add, delete, to problem solve and grow the business.
I can also evaluate process, operations and work flows and make adjustments, minor tweaks or big changes to make improvements, turn things around, or prepare for sale of the company.
