NIALL RYALLS +1 503 528 4772 niall.ryalls@gmail.com www.linkedin.com/in/niallryalls

Senior Director Apparel Product CreationDelivering product creation expertise to technical sportswear apparel products.

PERFORMANCE PROFILE CORE COMPETENCIESApparel Product Development

Apparel Technical Design

Concept & Innovation Development

Materials, Graphics & Trims

Inline, Licensed & Promo business

Strategic Planning

Business Development & Change Agent

Global Sourcing & Costing

Manufacturing & Quality Standards

Authentic and inspirational leadership attained from 20 years technical apparel product creation experience. Accomplished in functional and operational strategic planning to deliver against brand and category goals.

Applying a strong technical background in managing complex categories and calendars, while committed to product and process excellence.

Achieving margin targets with business growth, ensuring team development through coaching and mentoring.

Contributing creative solutions to achieve performance results, influencing cross functional dependencies across geographies and cultures to solve problems.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

NIKE INC. I WHQ Beaverton, OR

TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR - FOOTBALL & BASEBALLReporting into the Global Category VP, selected to lead the apparel technical development component of the $650M apparel business transition, into a new functional and operating structure, managing 3 direct reports. As part of the category leadership team, established and executed key innovation strategic plans.

Created a strategic product classification focus model, saving $6M+, expanding GPM 4.4% YOY.

Established sustainable concept/ innovation roadmap, with proven results, defining styles and fit for the category, surpassing margin targets.

Transformed the product creation onsite development process, elevating sample craft & accuracy, enabling faster arrival to presentation samples while growing margins.

Transferred to manage the $150M Quick Turn component of the Sports Graphics COE, overseeing the ProductDevelopment and Operations functions and with a team of 6-person.

Aligned all of Nike’s global QT process across North America, Europe and Asia, setting a business reporting structure, capturing all global QT metrics- finanacial revenue, units and margins..Developed a seasonal QT roadmap and calendar capturing all global QT opportunities, enabling the business to grow 17% in units and 21% revenues FY11-FY12.

Published an operational Toolbox encompassing all QT models, across multiple process models, product and delivery expectations.

2013-PRESENT

NIKE INC. I WHQ Beaverton, OR

GLOBAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER - QUICK TURN (QT)

2011-2013

Category representative on the Technical Development functional leadership team. Participating in organizational talent planning, functional strategies and goal setting.

Promoted to manage the domestic Product Creation & Sourcing operation with a direct team of 4, across multiple functions, locations and a source base of 12 suppliers.

Drove systematic alignment to Nike’s global process, products and calendars across all functions.Successfully created and implemented a 3 year strategy on source base capacity, compliance and capability,aligning to corporate goals directed by the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

FY09-FY11 grew domestic production from 4% to 18% of Nike South Africa’s total apparel units, seeing a 143%growth in domestic deliveries, coupled with a margin growth of 6.9%. With reduced lead times and the OTP up to92% from 74% the quality defect rate was reduced from 5.4% to 2.2%

Elevated the existing factory base compliance ratings. While onboarding 4 new suppliers over a period of 2 years,under Nike Inc.’s global sustainable business and compliance process.

Set up a Direct Ship/ Always Available replenishment model with our key accounts, on the key sock styles, shortening the lead time from 35 to 3 days, maintaining 95% of socks domestically produced.

Covering, both the Product Development and API (Apparel Product Integrity) Manager roles specifically focused on domestic product creation and manufacturing.

Recruited and trained the Product Developer and API Manager, aligning to Nike’s global roles and responsibilities, process and standards..Product Developer accountability covered fit, construction, material development, color and lab dip approval, and all sampling stages up to production for wovens, knits and socks.

Accountable for the Global Football Training Category, Product Developement with a team of 7 Product Developers. Working on Inline, Licensed and Promo product.

Basketball and Men’s Training categories- Product Development - Fit, Construction, Materials, Trims, Sourcing/ Costing.

Launched 3D prototyping for the category, pioneered ultrasonic welding on knitted performance tops, successfullycommercialized Euro 04 and World Cup 06.

“Technical apparel product creation expert with an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for creating innovative product. A diverse career spanning twenty years and three continents I bring a global vision with proven results. I unlock the potential of my teams through authentic leadership, respecting individual talents while driving towards achieving strategic goals.”

NIKE INC. I SOUTH AFRICA

COMMERCIALIZATION MANAGER - EMERGING MARKETS

2008-2011

NIKE INC. I SOUTH AFRICA

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER / API MANAGER - EMERGING MARKETS

2007-2008

NIKE EMEA I HILVERSUM, NL

SENIOR PRODUCT DEVELOPER - GLOBAL FOOTBALL

2004-2007

Design & Development, Garment Assembly, Pattern Cutting, Manufacturing, Principles of Quality Management,Material & Product Evaluation, Marketing and Retail, and general Management for the global apparel industry

NIKE EMEA I HILVERSUM, NL

PRODUCT DEVELOPER - MEN’S PERFORMANCE

2003-2004

HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY, Scottish College of Textiles Faculty I SCOTLAND, UK

B.Sc. Clothing

1990-1994

EDUCATION

Product Integrity initiatives included producing a quality metrics reporting, monthly scorecard, and implementing LEAN practices into the source base.

Won a Global Apparel Maxim Award for the execution of World Cup 06.