Milvia Okinishi-Shahid

Vice President Sourcing & Quality Assurance

DEC 2021 - PRESENT · 4.8 years

Global Director Sourcing Strategy

AUG 2019 - NOV 2021 · 2.3 years

• Build Strategic Sourcing Roadmaps supporting all WSI brands and categories including supplier, country of origin and cost to maximize gross margins • Develop existing markets and suppliers expanding production capacity by 20%-30% to meet the companies’ product supply projections and requirements • Research, identify and develop new sourcing markets/countries increasing capacity by $300M. • Leverage supplier innovation to develop unique and sustainable products aligning with brand initiatives • Capacity planning to support the future multi year growth of the brands • Determine risk mitigation and cost benefit tradeoffs through a country of origin manufacturing analysis • Lead standardization of products & process, as well as best practices and efficiencies across categories & brands • Identify progressive solutions and strategies that meet current and future business opportunities and/or challenges • Develop and enhance Strategic Global Partnerships and formulate growth strategies for key vendors • Balance capabilities and product quality while driving cost savings • Lead and mentor a high performing team, providing effective coaching and actively managing performance • Drive cross-functional product development process change to improve speed to market and reducing cost

Director Sourcing - Pottery Barn Kids & Pottery Barn Teen

SEP 2014 - AUG 2019 · 5 years

• Responsible for sourcing of all Departments for Pottery Barn Kids: Furniture, Upholstery, Textiles, Decorative Accessories, Textiles and Rugs managing yearly volume of $640M in revenue • Responsible for sourcing of Furniture and Upholstery for Pottery Barn Teen managing yearly volume of $185M in revenue • Created and executed sourcing strategies to achieve cost, margin, quality, and design by developing and managing vendor relationships across Asia, Europe, US and Canada • Led strategy to diversify sourcing out of China to mitigate risk of Chinese tariffs • Created and implemented Forecasting & Capacity Planning SOP for Furniture for all WSI brands • Opened global company-owned sourcing offices, resulting in significant cost savings for WSI • Trained, managed and mentored a high-performing team of domestic and international associates

Global Product Manager - Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

JUN 2012 - SEP 2014 · 2.3 years

• Led multi-year enterprise software initiative (PTC) to automate product development processes optimizing speed to market, data integrity, productivity and cost • Conducted brand wide exhaustive research, identified processes and gaps informing product requirements and product design • Facilitated PLM vendor selection, product requirements, process mapping, and related change management strategies including RACI model gap analysis and risk mitigation framework • Cost good savings achieved due to fewer samples and less freight cost required, along with improvements in vendor performance in returns and on time delivery • Presented PLM project status and solution recommendations to Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), steering committee, and executive leadership on a monthly basis • Led Conference Room Pilot Workshops (CRP) to validate system configuration and design • Partnered with Core PLM team and WSI University to create training materials and assisted in the training of 300+ corporate employees, agents, vendors, and WSI offices • Worked with HR to determine the process to hire PLM Business Administrators. Helped define the roles and responsibilities for this position and submitted necessary documents to HR for job posting.

Manager Sourcing - Pottery Barn Kids

SEP 2007 - JUN 2012 · 4.8 years

Inventory Planner - Williams Sonoma

APR 2003 - SEP 2007 · 4.5 years