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Combining all my favorite interest; Textiles, Art, Color, Materials, Sewing, Gardening, Feng Shui, etc to create elegant spaces for home, office and outdoor.

Assist customers in choosing Table Top product (Dinnerware, Linens, Glassware, Flatware, recommending materials to compliment existing decor or building a Table scape from beginning.Assist with Inventory and displays

Director Material R&D, Color & Print Development & Production of Women's high end Apparel• Place Domestic and International sample and production orders• Oversaw T&A Calendar Alignment• Identified & Resolve QA issues with Vendors• Price Negotiation• Generated PO's, Database• Managed Color & Print Process• Shipping Logistics• Oversaw T&A Calendar Alignment• Maintained Archive of current and historical materials

* Partnered w/ PD and design in sourcing new materials for wovens, knits and sweaters.* Managed color development and approval process for solid and print wovens, knits and trims.* Refined systems to increase efficiency* Updated fabric and color libraries seasonally * Onboarded Fabric Assistant

Led development of woven materials for accessory collections in partnership with Product and Design teams. Led development of woven materials for accessory collections in partnership with Product and Design teams. Certified fabrics met Trends, Margins, QA , time-line prerequisites. Created innovative tools streamlining the global development process. Created innovative teaching tools which streamlined and sped up the global development process. As the subject matter expert (SME) on EC Vision Suite I drove integration of the software within material and product teams.• Re-engineered fabrics from synthetic to natural fiber resulting in over 10% import duty savings. • Produced comprehensive report based on fact finding trip to Asia mills. Outlined supplier’s capabilities and challenges. Made recommendations for streamlining development, subsequently adopted into processes.• Created and presented highly rated company wide Fabric 101 class. • Conceived and produced print test pattern to evaluate suppliers print capabilities and reducing turn time • Implemented EC Vision Suite program smoothly into materials team of 20 within 6 months. Received divisional award.• Devised self-serve Excel macro reports from EC Vision data base facilitating information delivery to cross functional partners.

Introduced new fabric supplier to N. American manufacturers and retailers. Edited fabric assortment resulting in larger orders for mill.

Product Development/Sales ExecutivePartnered with key apparel and accessory brands to identify sourcing opportunities early in season. Directed development producing customer targeted assortments. Sales Volume 1.5 mil annually Managed manufacturing timelines and followed up on any quality and timing issues. Accounts : J. Crew, Ann Taylor, Liz Claiborne, Cynthia Steffe and Chaus.

Managed team of 10 fabric, color & print associates in production of woven materials for $250M 7 brand division in all classifications. Gathered material trends from market and trade shows and presented to design and production departments. Sourced new suppliers to add to the core matrix. Identified key mills for creation of new qualities and after treatments. Generated annual fabric calendar ensuring adherence to key milestones. Defined and supervised material approval process for quality, color and physical test specifications of pre-production and production materials. • Led first division of LCI to source woven materials from China and Indonesia resulting in 25% reduction in material cost.• Initiated cost savings challenge to key suppliers saving $1M within 1 quarter leading to the LCI recognition award. • Established supplier based sampling resulting in substantial reduction in prototype cost.• Synchronized color approval for woven, knit and trims which improved in-store presentation. • Guided integration of Color Solutions International® technology into division which reducing approval times. • Partnered with apparel factories in-house fabric sourcing enhancing opportunities for full package production.• Organized Bi-Annual Global Mill Weeks