Anne Madison

Enterprise Supply Chain leader with 30+ years of people leadership, product development, sourcing, manufacturing and strategy experience. Leads multi-million-dollar procurement operations, global sourcing, product development, production, and supply planning management, for all Brands and Categories within LS&Co. Optimizes supply chain operations, including Owned and Operated manufacturing plants in Poland and South Africa. Operating in 22 sourcing countries, 250M units annually, 2.7B in COGS. Responsible for development, procurement and bulk execution of all categories, including Denim Bottoms, Tops, Footwear and Accessories. Lead a team of 1,300 across multiple functions and geographies (including plants). Excels at building powerful teams and relationships, surpassing expectations, clearly communicating vision, and monitoring overall performance to maximize effectiveness. Servant leader, coaching and mentoring through change and transformation with a strong ability to inspire and motivate all stakeholders, C-Suite executives, and organizational teams to accomplish targeted business goals. Proven leader with the ability identify and build teams, implement personal development plans and evaluate performance. Led many company wide operational transformations and extensive change management.

• VP Product Development, Men’s Bottoms, Levi Strauss & Co., 01/01/15, 12/31/17, Led Product Development for Levi’s Men’s, Collections & Collaborations, Delivered first year YoY COGS savings that led to an improved 50 Bps of margin. Men’s business delivered $1.0B in Rev Sales and a healthy 60% GM, Managed 120M units annually, supporting 11 Global commercial cluster units, including near and far shore sourcing and agility., Instrumental in rolling out a Low Touch product way of working (Full Package) that resulted in a step change in development approach for the industry., Launched a proprietary development and operating model (FLX) that drove a dramatically reduced GTM and major financial savings., Consistently delivered results that grew topline and EBIT.
• Director Product Development, Signature and Denizen, Levi Strauss & Co., 01/01/10, 12/31/15, Tapped as enterprise leader for two emerging brands within LS&Co portfolio worth over 600M in annual sales. Lead extensive business scope from Product Development, Technical design, Sourcing, & Planning (Demand and Supply) across Men’s, Women’s & Kids (bottoms and tops). Stabilized and grew the business and helped drive consecutive years of strong double-digit growth with projected 3 year CAGR in 2015. Implemented a low touch approach to product development procurement which delivers the lowest cost product for LS&Co, to date. Launched new sourcing frontiers, such as Africa and expanded Pakistan and Bangladesh., YoY COGS & Margin improvement, Consistent on-time delivery of Commercial Sales Tools., Led brands and commercial teams through a robust Fabric Rationalization strategy, which resulted in a Common Warp strategy to support COGS and Manufacturing Agility., Spearheaded the 'infancy' supplier model (untapped suppliers and sourcing locations) that has benefited LS&Co Sourcing across the enterprise.
• Sr. Director Production & Sourcing, Bebe, Inc, 01/01/07, 12/31/10, Managed Product Development, Sourcing and Manufacturing, Technical Design for Bebe, 2B (Outlet) & Ph8. Hired to launch Ph8 (athletic brand) and to shift Bebe domestic sourcing to Asia. Responsible for all product categories servicing DTC and Wholesale., Responsible for Bebe’s agile sourcing – design to on floor in 3 weeks and 12+ collections/drops per year., Shifted a highly reliant domestic manufacturing approach to Asia., Launched Ph8 from Brand concept to Pop up stores.
• Product Development, Sourcing and Design/Women’s Ready To Wear, Mervyn’s, 01/01/06, 12/31/07, Led and managed company branded and private label Design, Sourcing and Production for Misses and Juniors division. Responsible for overhauling design/product assortments, implemented new fast fashion and speed to market calendars. Led the companies highest revenue departments., Rebranded Mervyn’s private label through a design and Brand overhaul., Implemented a new and agile GTM., Brought on new supplier relationships that supported speed to market and new product capabilities.
• Sr. Director Product Development -Men’s/Women’s Knits/Sweaters, Gap, Inc, 01/01/99, 12/31/06, Led Product Development for Men’s and Women’s Knits and Sweaters categories. Developed Sourcing platform for Core and Seasonal products, resulting in YoY COGS savings. Lead sourcing and production for US/Canada, Europe and Asia. Annual volume of 250M units and $900M in revenue sales. Responsible for all phases of production including vendor management, domestic and international sourcing & costing strategies., On boarded key strategic supplier relationships that are key to Gap Inc’s strategy to date., Performance ratings consistently above target., Drove the team to deliver exceptional KPI’s YoY.
• Manager Product Development, Accessories, Gap Inc, 01/01/96, 12/31/99, Managed Gap Inc. Accessories product development, including development, costing, manufacturing, product integrity & testing., Responsible for all phases of production including cost strategies, vendor management., Functional lead for the first RMP (Retail Management Program), which is renowned as one of the best intern training programs in the apparel industry.
• Production Associate - Footwear, ESPRIT, 01/01/93, 12/31/96, Managed ESPRIT Footwear Production., Key accountabilities included production tracking, fine-tuned communication skills with global manufacturing partners, costing, development, and supported the sales team with on-time selling samples.

SVP Product Development, Sourcing, Quality & Supply Management, Levi Strauss & Co., 01/01/17, Enterprise Supply Chain leader with 30+ years of people leadership, product development, sourcing, manufacturing and strategy experience. Leads multi-million-dollar procurement operations, global sourcing, product development, production, and supply planning management, for all Brands and Categories within LS&Co. Optimizes supply chain operations, including Owned and Operated manufacturing plants in Poland and South Africa. Operating in 22 sourcing countries, 250M units annually, 2.7B in COGS. Responsible for development, procurement and bulk execution of all categories, including Denim Bottoms, Tops, Footwear and Accessories. Lead a team of 1,300 across multiple functions and geographies (including plants). Excels at building powerful teams and relationships, surpassing expectations, clearly communicating vision, and monitoring overall performance to maximize effectiveness. Servant leader, coaching and mentoring through change and transformation with a strong ability to inspire and motivate all stakeholders, C-Suite executives, and organizational teams to accomplish targeted business goals. Proven leader with the ability to identify and build teams, implement personal development plans and evaluate performance. Led many company-wide operational transformations and extensive change management., Drives consecutive years of meeting and beating AFP, including cost of goods & margin improvement., Delivers exceptional supply management KPI’s, including On-Time delivery in full (HOD), Quality, PO completeness, Supply/Demand match., Promoted in 2016 to oversee LS&Co’s Product Development, Sourcing, & Quality/Product Integrity Organization., In 2022, added additional responsibility of Global Supply Management and Operations., Supporting and driving corporate sustainability and supply chain initiatives within the source base – Worker Well Being, Sustainable Fiber Strategy, Water>Less, FLX., Recipient of the prestigious LS&Co Koshland Award and three-time recipient of the LS&Co Excellence Award., Served two board terms with the Levi Strauss Foundation.

• LS&Co Koshland Award - Fabric and vendor negotiations
• LS&Co 2018 Haas Award
• LS&Co 2014 and 2017 Excellence Award