Chris Chamberlain

Key roles include

Amio (Korean Brand) : Fiorelli

Knitwear Buyer

(First Class)

* Conceptualisation, translation and presentation of new season collections from design to finished product that demonstrates a clear understanding of the brand across traditional luggage such as Soft and Hard Cases, rolling luggage as well as traditional Accessory items. * Develop creative seasonal strategies and clear positioning of product ranges, which identify and target key potential areas of growth within the market, whilst monitoring emerging trends and delivering newness and innovation. *Through the use of 3D design and techncial 3D designer, develop conceptual designs, working through different iterations to completion of final design. * Led design presentations to ensure information is clearly provided to management and leadership teams as well as cross-functional departments. * Led the Brand's relaunch of Antler's Sister brand 'Revelation' which involved managing and coaching Junior Designers to build and develop a series of focused, innovative, and commercial luggage and fashion lifestyle ranges, which met business requirements. * Creation of bespoke Leather and traditional Luggage collections across Private Label and Retailers across the US, Europe, Australia and Japan, these include Avon, M&S, John Lewis, Next, Walmart and Sunco Luggage. Chris Chamberlain

H: 020 8316 2948 M: 07792 059595 Chrishchamberlain@hotmail.com www.chrishchamberlain.com SKILLS & SPECIALISMS Roles & Industries Retail, Fashion, Mid to High End, Luxury Specialism Accessories & Luggage Design, Buying, Range Development, Product Development, Trend Forecasting, Sourcing, Comparative Shopping, Leather, PP, PC, ABS, Sustainable & Synthetic materials Systems & Technology Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator), Windows Suite (Excel, Visio, Word, PowerPoint), PLM, Prince 2 Project Management * Work closely with Technical and Overseas Sourcing teams to ensure high standards of product development were understood and achieved through innovation materials, construction, pricing parameters from concept designs through to production. * Work closely with Overseas Technical teams to ensure new season fabric developments were functional meeting testing requirements through performance and sustainability and met customer compliant standards. *Work closely with Overseas technical teams through conceptual innovation research, source and develop new fabric and bespoke component ideas meting target price points, through existing and new manufacturing bases /mills whilst understanding constraints of moqs. *Responsible for setting the critical path deadlines, understanding seasonal timelines ensuring junior designers were prepared and understood product sign off process and procedures particularly around lab dips, fabric strike offs. * Coach Junior Designers/Intern in design and print techniques, technical aspects, product construction, colour, material construction presence and impact. *Attend seasonal development trips to Asia factory network to follow up on submitted projects, improve factory communication with liaison teams and refine working practices. * Growth of private label customer base in both the UK and Overseas. * Launch of new lightweight an...