• Owned, created, published, and maintained the Levi’s Go-To-Market calendar, managing cross functional teams in Design, Merchandising, Product Development, Brand and Sales Operations, while working to streamline and build a more agile calendar to bring our product life cycle closer to market• Facilitated cross functional leadership meetings to align on both "High Level" and "Detailed" Go-To-Market milestones and ways of working, while ensuring the prompt communication of all Levi’s Go-To-Market calendar updates, change and risk management plans• Provided thought leadership and structured process improvements to ensure maximum performance, generate RACIs, track development metrics, KPIs, document processes, and make strategic proposals to implement operational processes to improve overall ways of working for leadership teams• Partnered with Legal and IT to strategically procure the calendar and project management tool ClickUP and customized the tool to house the Levi's Go-To-Market calendar to maximize the integration of multiple calendar tracks• Created and implemented a change management strategy and training protocol to roll out a two-phase approach to cross functional teams to lead to the adoption of the ClickUP tool, eventually migrating the Go-To-Market calendar from excel onto the new platform• Worked to build additional calendar streams to align with strategic initiatives and managed tool roll out of CLO 3D technology and project plans such as a US Wovens Initiative, Athleisure, and the Graphics Agility program • Managed the commercial sample Product Operations Analyst and the commercial sample process, creating and managing the commercial sample execution timeline, while also working on solutions for the commercial tracking ordering tool and the commercial sample fabric reconciliation tool

• Provide advisory product development, design and process improvement strategies to a variety of clients, including startups, emerging designers and established brands• Help develop and improve the product life cycle from design conception, development, production to wholesale, providing both domestic and international manufacturing solutions• Assist in streamlining operational best practices, generating Go to Market strategies, calendars, budgets, and policies and procedures to optimize the product development process• Provide development cost analyses focused on decreasing costs and increasing profitability• Facilitate and refine the process of identifying target customers, integrating social media platforms, creating a brand identity and strategy with the goal of creating a specific market niche for product

• Served as the adviser to the CEO of a $400 million corporation and liaison to Human Resources, managing day to day business from an overall workflow perspective• Generated and executed change management solutions for the company’s employee base• Established interview and performance management protocols for hiring to ensure the company obtained and maintained the finest talent to optimize and grow its overall business strategy • Created and executed operational processes, technological and organizational improvements to support the company’s financial plan• Ensured prompt product and process roll outs through calendar adherence and created measurements to benchmark statuses in order to track against established metrics• Accurately reported to the executive team risks in the operational processes, offered solutions and facilitated operational and organizational growth initiatives• Provided analytical thought leadership cross functionally, especially where IT tools could enhance workflow, while empowering team members to make recommended changes in operational processes to increase overall efficiencies and profitability

• Worked closely with the President/Chief Merchandising Officer to build brand deliverables, strategy decks for board and internal meetings to reflect seasonal strategy and process change • Actively made strategic recommendations from a financial brand health perspective for both retail, domestic and international wholesale channels, working closely with cross functional teams to establish and track metrics against the company’s seasonal goals, reducing workflow bottlenecks and over-development inefficiencies. • Improved the product development process, created and maintained a cross departmental development calendar, increasing on time delivery product and reducing waste by 50%, generating an overall cost savings of $100K during the calendar year• Developed and maintained a business environment in which the company could achieve its strategic and mission goals through design, by establishing and managing an efficient and effective product lifecycle, addressing potential risks and accountability, and executing process, technological and organizational improvements to support the business plan• Enhanced cross-departmental collaboration between the Merchandising, Design, Product Development, and Technical Design teams, organizing and leading weekly senior management meetings, as well as monthly staff meetings and Town Halls • Maintained and tracked departmental budgets• Discovered training needs and developed curriculum, policies and procedures for the various teams• Strived to extend the brand into the local community, partnering with organizations, such as the Downtown Women’s Center, fashion design schools, as well as with Creative Mornings attracting intellectual and creative individuals to our brand

• Created and maintained a dual season development chart and design and product development calendar that allowed the company to simultaneously communicate with overseas vendors and provide samples to U.S. tradeshows and international distributors, ensuring on time monthly production deliveries• Effectively shared valuable scheduling information and product development statuses with teams, raising awareness of potential challenges often proposing solutions• Generated a cost saving strategy for line sheet and product guide production and dissemination• Generated design and product development policies and procedures that supported the smooth flow of project operations and communications• Successfully created and transformed the product life cycle into workable timelines for all departments, including Marketing, Sales, Technical Design, and Design and Product Development, creating a positive economic impact company wide

• Eagerly served as liaison between the Director of Operations and Design and the Design Teams for BCBG, Runway, MaxAzria, Atelier and Herve Leger• Actively managed the Product Development Team• Creatively created and executed Policies and Procedures for the Product Development Department• Efficiently facilitated organizational structure for Product Development by developing strategies for accomplishing weekly goals • Interviewed candidates for Product Development Coordinator positions• Coordinated with Design Teams to update line sheets to achieve time sensitive deadlines • Obtained first samples for merchandisers and retail buyers • Effectively insured Design Teams worked according to design schedule to insure on-time delivery of sketches, first samples, and fit samples• Trained Sample Room personnel to provide sample shipment information to BCBG showrooms• Facilitated massive reorganization of the Design Room to provide a more productive workspace • Conducted castings for Fit Models and maintained work schedule for in-house Fit Model• Partnered with Marking and Grading to prioritize urgent costing releases and cuts for the Design Room• Partnered with in house Sewing Manager to insure samples were sewn correctly to meet sewing deadlines• Generated and approved all purchase orders for Design Teams• Efficiently monitored product development from inception, including fabric, trim and first sample development through final approval until the style was either production approved or dropped• Worked with Vintage Library to archive vintage and current samples to be photographed for Web PDM