Bret Kasai

About Bret Kasai

Results-oriented senior-level professional with extensive Product Creation, Product Costing, Manufacturing, and Sourcing/Planning experience in both Apparel and Footwear. Demonstrated leadership expertise with: Proven ability to build relationships with key decision makers to build great products and manage projects on a Global basis to achieve Category, Functional, Gross Margin and Corporate goals. Extensive knowledge in Product Costing, Margin Planning, Sourcing, Product development, Engineering, and Manufacturing. Strategic planning and comprehensive knowledge of management, organizational development, team building, process and technical training. Solid understanding of Materials, and Textiles and their applications in Apparel and Footwear. In-depth understanding of Database systems, software query tools, and business/systems integration. I welcome you to contact me about new opportunities at: b••••••••@gmail.com.

Experience

1. Costing Manager - Us Sports Apparel

   adidas

   Jun 2017 — Present · Portland, OR, US

   Global Costing Manager, Apparel – US Sports and Basketball Product CreationLead and Manage Category Costing process and Milestone reporting, working with Product Marketing, Design, Development, Materials and Pattern Engineers. Includes Cost and Margin analytics and reporting (FLEX, RMA/GIM, Excel). Collaborate with Global Costing team and communicate to Business Units, to include Process updates and alignment, Macroeconomic impacts to Product Costs, Season Cost Driver updates• New Costing System within Creation Portal/Origo – Collaborated with the Global Project team and Global super users to create a new Product Costing system to replace the FLEX legacy system. This included feedback and testing within the Test environment through delivering training to Portland based Product developer.• Basketball process and Margin improvements – Results led to improve Gross Pricing Margins by 5%- 8%, through improved Collaboration and Alignment on our process, and the development and use of a Margin scenario and reporting tools.

Education

• Oregon State University

  Bachelor's of Science, Industrial Engineering

Skills

• Business Planning
• Sporting Goods
• Global Sourcing
• Supply Chain Management
• Target Costing
• Pricing Strategy
• Pricing
• Forecasting
• Textiles
• Fashion
• Product Costing
• Sourcing
• Inventory Management
• Supply Chain
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Sportswear
• Strategic Planning
• Trend
• Shoes
• Demand Planning
• Strategic Partnerships
• Management
• Merchandising
• Retail
• Product Development
• Apparel
• Trend Analysis
• Footwear