Alyssa Deibert Email & Phone Number

• Manage a complex matrix of domestic and import vendors for various categories, most recently in swim and outerwear, amounting to over $200M in retail receipts.
• Closed $20M margin gap in AIM outerwear launch through strategic negotiations.
• Created short- and long-range plans for businesses inclusive of COP strategy, vendor strategy as well as costing and negotiations strategies
• Monthly collaboration with global supply planning and cross functional team to continually assess business needs.
• Developed and managed category strategy for OW and managed speed calendar & Western Hemisphere projects, gathering insight into total cost/benefits for WH production.
• Owned communicating costing/margin outlook to senior leaders across CFT with experience challenging upwards.

• Sourced/Negotiated costing for newborn, infant & toddler Circo boy & Genuine Kids brands with experience working in knits, wovens, sweaters and denim.
• Created and managed short- and long-term financial goals based on COP on a yearly plan basis, reevaluating quarterly.
• Managed and coached/developed 2 Business Analysts.
• Subject Matter Expert for various internal projects; evaluated factories through the lens of costing engineers and gained a deeper understanding of production & overall efficiencies.
• Collaborated with fabric sourcing and fabric engineers to develop fabrics that leverage Free Trade Agreements and align with overall company growth strategies.

• Sourced new vendors/agents/factories based on category and business needs.
• Assessed vendor performance/compliance while maintaining vendor and freight forwarder relationships.
• Traveled quarterly to monitor production in factories, align with vendors on future strategies, and to negotiate product costs.
• Developed COP/Vendor matrix, evaluated factory efficiencies, and consolidated the number of ports we shipped from to optimize container utilization.
• Managed product for sweaters, denim bottoms, knits, accessories, woven tops and bottoms, basics, footwear and managed 6 Sourcing & Production Assistants.
• Built calendar for each specific category and managed timing and deadlines for each area.

Houston, Texas Area

• Designed technical apparel across multiple categories, built specification packets, sourced fabric & garment, negotiated costs & created standard sizing across 8 product lines.
• Classified garments for US Customs based on HTS codes, scheduled all product imports, and negotiated contracts/rates for both ocean and air freight.
• Developed & successfully pitched Calcutta brand men’s line to Big Rock Distribution.

• Scheduled & attended fittings and updated tech packs for the Lord & Taylor account.
• Owned daily communication with overseas offices.
• Managed sample requests, approved color & strike-off based on standard, sourced trims.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Apparel Design And Development, Apparel Development, Business

Activities and Societies: Stout Apparel Society (SAS), Track and Field