1. Mickey Shariff
123 Fleetwood Road London
NW10 1NP
mickeyfoxx@hotmail.co.uk
07956509049
I have worked within the fashion industry across global markets that include China,
Dubai, Europe, Turkey& the UK.
In both apparel & accessories, designer to high street.
A creative problemsolver,
retail sales account manager,
global production & operations head.
2011- Present day. Marc b Ltd. Head of Production & Commercial.
Number one to Company Director.
I was brought into the company to create a new strategy and business model to balance
what was an 80% concession brand with both wholesale accounts & own brand web sales.
My role includes;
Production:
Management of the factory base in China.
Annual sourcing trips to the Far East. This includes the sourcing of new materials,
techniques, hardware, trends.
Factory visits; ensure all updates to industry compliances are followed.
New factory sourcing.
Development:
The Director of the company is also the Creative Director. As her number one we work
together analysing sales in relation to range building. We travel on development & sourcing
trips together. I follow up all the sample production with the suppliers, including costings.
Sales:
Our accounts include Asos, Next, Lipsy, Debenhams, Topshop, Zalando, The Alshaya
Group..
I have very positive relationships with our customers & work together with them to build the
best possible range for each individual customer base.
Concessions:
We self-merchandise both the Topshop & Lipsy concessions, online & instore. This involves
building the range to hit the given target. The management of deliveries around seasonal
calendar.
2. E- commerce; marcb.com
As the general manager of the brand & team I am involved & the decision maker for the
transactional website. I oversee the social media team, the technical & any outsourced e
commerce partners.
Cashflow/ costings;
As the supply chain manager it is my responsibility for all the costings & cash flow
management within the different aspects of the business. I am the direct liaison & key
contact for HSBC relationship manager & HSBCnet. I control all the monies in & out of the
business.
2009-2011 RTW Group Head of Production.
RTW is one of the Arcadia Group top 10 suppliers.
My role included;
The creation of critical paths in production bases Dubai, India, Turkey, and Leicester.
Management of the production & technical team.
Factory visits, sourcing new production.
Key production liaison between design team & customer buying teams.
2007-2009 Co-Founder Whatwhenandnow trend forecasting community.
Co-founder, Dilys Williams LCF
Account Director. An avant garde consultancy service to the fashion & related industries. My
role included; Source and manage the content team of designers, photographers & fashion
commentators. Sales Clients included; Selfridges Windows, The Pentland Group, Mango..
1998-2007 Production Head Factor Of Three Ltd.
Co-Founder with Fats Shariff
A jersey specialist production and consultancy agent to the mid-market design men and
womenswear.
My Role; new business development. Client liaison. Create and manage critical paths.
Source production, fabrication, print, application. Costings. Clients included; Maharishi, Silas
& Maria, Addict, Vans.
1995-1998 Fashion photographer assistant;
Eddie Monsoon , Grant Fear, .
1988-1995
Fashion model.