Spearheaded use and maintenance of company wide shared drive/database resulting in drastically shortened life cycle of product.Reduced development costs by $200,000 per year through researching and implementing better development techniques.Established relationships with 21 factories/suppliers and over 50 owners, presidents and managers thus providing the company with the best possible costs and assortment of product.Trained employees in company policies and encouraged efficient working methods resulting in less hours worked and fewer team members per project.

Developed Excel spreadsheet to maintain records of purchased units and first cost dollars in order to negotiate best possible price with factory to meet and exceed internal margin goals.Initiated communication with overseas office and delegated responsibility ensuring better quality control and shipping punctuality.Collaborated with factory representatives and sales team to tailor product to specific customer needs resulting in increased sales and customer satisfaction.Studied production techniques first hand in 4 different China factories in order to engineer a superior product from the beginning of the development process. Supported a business of 2.5 million units per year.

Gathered on trend materials from overseas to provide New York teams with current colors, fabrics and textiles to use in development of product line. Organized and shared important design information with overseas office to reduce confusion and mistakes during production. Monitored sample and material development and tracked payment through Accounting Department preventing extraneous charges.Generated reports through company systems and presented during multi divisional meetings allowing each team to clearly see vision for the market.