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I am On Kee Chan, a product builder with 15+ years of experience guiding ideas from concept to market. I own end-to-end product lifecycles in apparel, from design and material selection to production readiness, supplier development, and market launch. I consistently translate creative concepts into technically feasible, market-ready products while optimizing cost, lead times textand margins. Growing up in Germany and China, I bring a bilingual, intercultural approach to sourcing and production across Europe and Asia. I specialise in performance wear, sustainability, and building resilient supplier networks that reduce cost, improve margins, and shorten lead times while maintaining European product standards.…I am On Kee Chan, a product builder with 15+ years of experience guiding ideas from concept to market. I own end-to-end product lifecycles in apparel, from design and material selection to production readiness, supplier development, and market launch. I consistently translate creative concepts into technically feasible, market-ready products while optimizing cost, lead times textand margins. Growing up in Germany and China, I bring a bilingual, intercultural approach to sourcing and production across Europe and Asia. I specialise in performance wear, sustainability, and building resilient supplier networks that reduce cost, improve margins, and shorten lead times while maintaining European product standards.

On Kee Chan

Product Designer, Brand Designer, Illustrator, +5

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I am On Kee Chan, a product builder with 15+ years of experience guiding ideas from concept to market. I own end-to-end product lifecycles in apparel, from design and material selection to production readiness, supplier development, and market launch. I consistently translate creative concepts into technically feasible, market-ready products while optimizing cost, lead times textand margins. Growing up in Germany and China, I bring a bilingual, intercultural approach to sourcing and production across Europe and Asia. I specialise in performance wear, sustainability, and building resilient supplier networks that reduce cost, improve margins, and shorten lead times while maintaining European product standards.…I am On Kee Chan, a product builder with 15+ years of experience guiding ideas from concept to market. I own end-to-end product lifecycles in apparel, from design and material selection to production readiness, supplier development, and market launch. I consistently translate creative concepts into technically feasible, market-ready products while optimizing cost, lead times textand margins. Growing up in Germany and China, I bring a bilingual, intercultural approach to sourcing and production across Europe and Asia. I specialise in performance wear, sustainability, and building resilient supplier networks that reduce cost, improve margins, and shorten lead times while maintaining European product standards.

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I am On Kee Chan, a product builder with 15+ years of experience guiding ideas from concept to market. I own end-to-end product lifecycles in apparel, from design and material selection to production readiness, supplier development, and market launch. I consistently translate creative concepts into technically feasible, market-ready products while optimizing cost, lead times textand margins.

Growing up in Germany and China, I bring a bilingual, intercultural approach to sourcing and production across Europe and Asia. I specialise in performance wear, sustainability, and building resilient supplier networks that reduce cost, improve margins, and shorten lead times while maintaining European product standards.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

German

Fluent

English

Fluent

French

Beginner

Work Experience

Product Development Engineer at neckermann.de GmbH

November 1, 2005 - December 1, 2006

Product development and quality assurance for women's outerwear. Focus on pattern and fit optimisation and ensuring market-ready specifications. Collaborated with design, QA and production teams to drive quality improvements.

Product Manager Global Sourcing at engelbert strauss GmbH & Co. KG

January 1, 2007 - June 1, 2010

Led product development, management and purchasing for the workwear range. Built and improved global supplier networks, managed quality audits and ISO-compliant processes, and steered cost structures, margins and commercial targets.

Buyer Apparel Asia at MAMMUT Sports Group AG

August 1, 2012 - February 1, 2014

Apparel sourcing in Asia (China, Hong Kong, Bangladesh); negotiated margins, managed a regional supplier portfolio maximizing cost, quality and on-time delivery; evaluated Bangladesh as production country.

Product Manager Apparel at RAGMAN GmbH

December 1, 2016 - July 1, 2018

Collection development end-to-end; managed private-label/white-label programmes; led supplier relationships across all project phases from concept to on-spec delivery.

Senior Product Developer at On Running AG

August 1, 2018 - April 1, 2020

Developed performance apparel from concept through proto iterations to production release; coordinated design, innovation, operations and external development partners in a fast-scaling international environment; managed international suppliers.

Product Lead at ilmia AG

February 1, 2021 - February 1, 2026

End-to-end product lifecycle ownership; cost structures, margins and commercial targets; built and managed international supplier and production networks; translated concepts into market-ready products.

Co-Founder at OMA MAO AG

July 1, 2021 - Present

Sustainable, vegan dim sum concept; lead product vision, brand positioning, recipe development and brand; responsible for catering, pop-ups and event formats from inception.

Freelance at onkeechan.com

July 1, 2012 - Present

Consulting brands in design, product development, sourcing and production. Building and leveraging a global supplier network to optimise cost, quality and lead times.

Product Lead at DefyGravity (DFY)

September 1, 2014 - December 1, 2023

Leading product development for MTB apparel; material innovation, fit development, supplier selection. Co-building the brand and product portfolio; end-to-end product ownership.

Founder at MIZZUU.CO

January 1, 2015 - December 1, 2019

Founded and led a premium apparel brand. End-to-end responsibility for design, development, sourcing and production; built certified and sustainable production partnerships.

Founder / Freelance at onkeechan.com

July 1, 2012 - Present

Consulting brands in design, product development, sourcing and production. Built and leveraged global supplier networks to optimise cost, quality and lead times.