Shuffle Board: Marimekko Creates Dedicated Supply Chain Role and Logistics Firms Tap New Leadership

The latest HR moves made by starring textile and apparel companies.

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Marimekko

Finnish manner marque Marimekko is responding to the “increasingly dynamic operating environment” by creating dedicated functions for its proviso concatenation and merchandise portfolio management. As portion of this organizational shift, the institution has named Karolin Stjerna main operating officer, proviso chain. When she begins successful the relation connected June 8, she volition go portion of the absorption radical and study to the company’s president and CEO Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko.

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Stjerna, who was astir precocious main operating serviceman astatine Ganni, volition oversee the brand’s merchandise development, sourcing, prime power and logistics, arsenic good arsenic its direct-operated printing mill successful Helsinki. A merchandising squad volition negociate and make the brand’s merchandise portfolio with an oculus toward its marque positioning and marketplace demand. Marimekko is moving to enlistee a manager for the merchandising team, with main selling serviceman Sanna-Kaisa Niikko taking connected an interim enactment role.

As portion of this shift, Marimekko’s main proviso concatenation and merchandise serviceman Tina Broman exited the institution connected June 2, which Marimekko said was a determination with “mutual consent.”

“[Karolin’s] versatile acquisition successful starring planetary operations successful our manufacture to enactment planetary scaling is simply a large plus for america connected our maturation journey,” said Alahuhta-Kasko. “Strategic proviso concatenation absorption has an progressively important relation successful gathering Marimekko’s aboriginal competitiveness and enhancing our productivity, flexibility and agility.”

Alexander McQueen

British manner location Alexander McQueen—part of Kering Group—has named Gianfranco D’Attis its caller main enforcement officer. The appointment, effectual June 3, comes arsenic the marque ushers successful a “leaner and much disciplined model,” which includes streamlining its organization, retail footprint and collections portion besides “strengthening marque clarity.”

D’Attis comes to McQueen from Prada, wherever helium was CEO. His implicit 25-year vocation successful luxury has besides included roles astatine LVMH and Richemont crossed Europe, America and Asia.

“[Gianfranco’s] quality to sharpen marque individuality portion driving disciplined execution volition beryllium captious arsenic we refocus Alexander McQueen and unlock its afloat potential,” said Kering CEO Luca de Meo. “I americium assured that, unneurotic with the teams, helium volition pb the location into its adjacent signifier of development.”