Tirza Brems
COO/CTO New Industrial Order & Consultant Sustainable Business Models for Textiles
New Industrial Order
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Since 2016 with New Industrial Order, using tech to make fashion local, fast & lean. After 25 yrs in retail, I push for digital, on-demand, sustainable systems.
My organisation
About me
Born in Amsterdam, daughter of couture designer and an advertising AE, BSc at HTS Koetsier (now AMFI Management)
>HEMA: 1992-2014: 8 year Buyer + 3 years Unit Manager + 7 years Innovation Manager
> Bureau Brems: 2015-now: Consultancy Retail, Innovation, Sustainable Textile & Business Navigation: EK-fashion, Boretti, Het Faire Oosten, Bo Weevil, OHWOW, Cube-retail, etc
> De Breihub (the KnitHub): 2015-2016 - 3rd price winner ASN-Bank
> NITTO.Amsterdam: 2015-now: small batch semi local production runs for design shops, museumshops, designer brands and sustainable shops
> New Industrial Order: 2016-now: COO & CTO, working on digitized and automated solutions for local production and infrastructure
> Worth Partnerships: 2019-now: Steering Board member - Mentor
> Circo: 2019-2023: Expert Circular Textiles, Product development and supply chains
Skills
- value chain
- Circular Textiles
- Analytics
- Textiles
- Textile innovation
Interests
- innovation
- digital
- Automation
- Craft