Paul Nahmani

About

Sourcing professional with experience across both softlines and hardlines who led an end-to-end cashmere baby apparel program for PETIT-LOULI, including vendor discovery (Alibaba/Canton Fair), multi-supplier sampling/production, consolidation for final packing, and DDP delivery to the US. Demonstrates strong cost and risk management, including proactive mitigation of raw material volatility (e.g., TDI in memory foam) and practical factory capability assessment via audits.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• End-to-end sourcing ownership from vendor discovery through delivery
• Hands-on vendor selection using MOQ, references, certifications, lead time, and price
• Strong cost negotiation grounded in detailed production cost drivers
• Operational rigor: daily production tracking with photo updates
• Complex supply chain coordination across 4 suppliers with final consolidation/packing
• Proactive mitigation of commodity input volatility (TDI) via volume timing and material substitution
• Factory capability/capacity evaluation through audits and operational indicators
• Improves supplier performance by escalating to factory management and avoiding trading companies

Reference Highlights

• strong end-to-end sourcing capability
• reliable
• detail-oriented
• effective at maintaining long-term vendor partnerships
• controls costs and delivery timelines
• proactive problem-solving during disruptions
• performs well under pressure and tight deadlines
• keeps inventory flowing and avoids stock-outs
• clear communicator
• responsive and practical collaborator
• solution-oriented
• strong analytical judgment balancing pricing, lead time, duty exposure and logistics risk
• executes major strategic shifts quickly and effectively
• proven experience managing complex, high-volume international sourcing
• extremely organized
• proactive
• great supplier/factory/logistics knowledge
• highly responsive (responds within 24 hours)
• extremely diligent
• trusted by factories, suppliers, and the business
• performs excellently under tight timelines
• effective navigating major sourcing changes (new countries, contracts, relationships)
• communicates well across departments and 'speaks different business languages'
• well versed in how supply chain impacts other departments
• top-notch analytical judgment when data is available
• knowledgeable and precise
• dependable
• comfortable leading all sourcing matters
• inspires confidence/comfort in others
• prevents supply chain issues ('no fires')