Ron Arad
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Ron Arad is from Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area. Ron works in the following industries: "Telecommunications", "Internet", "Apparel & Fashion", and "Logistics & Supply Chain". Ron is currently Executive Vice President Of Operations at Perry Ellis International, located in Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area. In Ron's previous role as a EVP Global Supply Chain at M.M.LaFleur, Ron worked in Greater New York City Area until Dec 2019. Prior to joining M.M.LaFleur, Ron was a Chief Operating Officer at Nili Lotan New York and held the position of Chief Operating Officer at Greater New York City Area. Prior to that, Ron was a Vice President Operations and Supply Chain at Elie Tahari, based in New York, New York from Jun 2013 to Jun 2015. Ron started working as Founder at 45sec in Greater New York City Area in Sep 2011. From Jan 2010 to Sep 2011, Ron was Vice President Business Operations at Choice Logistics, based in Greater New York City Area. Prior to that, Ron was a Director Business Operations at Choice Logistics from Sep 2008 to Jan 2010. Ron started working as Director of Supply Chain and Logistics at Hydro Industries in Jul 2006.
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• Team Building - Hired a top-performing team, sourced domestic and international factories, implemented systems and established workflows to meet growing demand. • Margins – Drove a major improvement in gross margins by shifting manufacturing overseas, empowering team members to negotiate with mills and factories, and reducing costs for both duty and freight. • Quality - Improved workflow between product development and production, reducing product quality issues. Increased inline quality checks and created a damage committee to analyze and incorporate customer feedback. • Innovation - Created new shopping methods through collaboration with marketing, tech and customer experience teams, enhancing the customer experience and new sales. • Time to market - Reduced production lead time as a result of aligning factories and mills needs with the company’s plans, streamlining key processes and building long-term vendor relationships. • Scale - Built a new logistics center to scale “try at home” operation, growing 60x in sq. ft with zero downtime.
Launched and rolled out new business intelligence tools, providing end-to-end visibility that resulted in on-time improvement and reduction of chargebacks. Moved online operation inhouse and restructured wholesale organization culture to support eCommerce, resulting in improvements in customer experience and cost savings. Developed Order Management System for the supply chain and integrated it with PLM, reducing dependency on existing vendors.
Mobile customer feedback platform that allows businesses to increase customer feedback and convert feedback into opportunities. Built company from the ground up, created business plans and raised investor money. Managed all aspects of operations including strategic planning, marketing, sales, and P&L. With limited resources, converted idea from a napkin drawing into a customer product within 5 months.
Improved gross margin; worked hand-in-hand with suppliers and created internal and external alignments to offer new services that met customer needs.
Increased inventory turns and reduced average price markdown; worked closely with key decisions makers from finance, manufacturing, and sales to implement S&OP process.