Simone Scholes

About Simone Scholes

A dedicated and enthusiastic Development Manager with over 20 year\'s in-depth technical and business knowledge gained from extensive and varied garment manufacturing and management experience. Excellent and varied communication skills on all levels have helped the building and integration of global multicultural teams within the sportswear industry, aligning their roles and supporting the teams through change, new systems and processes. With a career spanning knowledge and experience of varied fabrics and products along with extensive on site factory experience dealing with all levels of production, most resent responsibilities have focused directing the PUMA 2016 Olympics development process, managing the Running and Training International development team and also the Boston Material and Technical development teams with an operating budget of $1.5 million.

Experience

1. Senior Director Development Apparel

   PUMA Group

   Jul 2022 — Present · Boston, MA, US

Education

• The University of Salford

  Higher National Diploma, Fashion Design and Technology

  1992 — 1994

• Bolton Institute of Higher Education

  BTEC National Diploma, Art + Design/Textiles

  1990 — 1992

Skills

• Trend
• Team Management
• Sporting Goods
• Trend Analysis
• Pricing
• Wholesale
• Retail
• Proficient in a Variety of Computer Packages Including Microsoft Word, Excel, Po
• Product Management
• Apparel
• Product Development
• Tech Packs
• Textiles
• Fashion
• Management
• Merchandising
• Sportswear
• Sourcing
• Outerwear
• Fashion Design
• Sewing
• Fit