Susan Klapkin

With recognized expertise in operations leadership, I am enthusiastic to present my enclosed resume for your review. If your organization is seeking a highly motivated and talented senior professional to oversee key business functions, including Product Line Development, Global Sourcing Management, and Procurement & Manufacturing, then please consider my qualifications for your Sourcing Manager position. 

Throughout my career, my focus has been on driving operational efficiency and bottom-line profitability, and my achievements reflect my success in those areas. Strongly self-directed, with a drive to continuously improve my team’s performance, I am able to select, train, motivate, and grow exceptional teams. With a natural talent for identifying inefficiencies and a record of turning around under-performing operations, I offer great value to your organization.

Below are some examples of the value I can bring.

• Securing competitive costing and leading businesses through transformation for revenue, profit, and margin growth based on changes in global, market, economics, and political landscapes.
• Facilitating growing consumer-centric brand by overseeing all aspects of product development, including apparel, accessories, and specialty products from execution and quality control to market launch.
• Developing sourcing and procurement strategies that improve supply chain efficiencies along with internal processes and best practices for seamless service delivery.
• Expanding business coverage and capabilities by acquiring new service providers, onboarding new factories, and penetrating into new markets.
• Achieving performance excellence by setting and promoting brand vision as well as building and leading diverse, high-performing teams.

Bachelors of Art 

Barnard College, Columbia University

Major- Economics and Psychology