Alison Hill Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

New York, Ny

• Set up Lima office to better manage operations including accounting, imports, local sourced goods, purchases, sales, and exports.• Worked in Lima 5 years overseeing development & production, coordinating with NYC design team, and team of 5 in Peru: 3 managers, 1 accountant, and 1 QC supervisor.• Eliminated broker, improving factory and supplier relations, resulting in a cost savings of 20%. • Managed budgets ensuring timely payments of vendors, suppliers and payroll. • Set up Peruvian suppliers to ship internationally, saving time and money on packing, paperwork and transport.• Held artisan workshops to discuss development techniques and devise production strategy.• Developed negotiation skills based on an understanding of local culture and business practices.• Reduced import lag by establishing partnership with Sovereign Logistics, an international freight forwarder.• Moved warehousing and shipping from New York to Miami with Vimar Transportation, for greater storage capacity, better inventory control and faster customs clearance.• Established logistics protocol, including supplier packing & shipping, and systemization of the freight forwarder and warehouse for rapid shipment receipt and order release using UPC codes. • Created bilingual bill of materials for accuracy, focusing on specific components.• Enabled cross-departmental visibility of production status by building a work in progress report detailing all steps from order placement to warehouse receipt.• Eliminated low margins and liabilities by creating a cost engineering formula to calculate profit.• Created and maintained an inventory catalog of lasts, patterns, samples, leathers, fabrics and other components to reduce development and production costs. • Counter developed-produced components in place of more expensive/imported parts, maximizing production efficiency and keeping unit prices competitive.• Worked with sales and merchandiser to project production demands.