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United States

-Responsible for multiple product categories through its entire product life cycle, from concept to shipment to the stores.-Able to multi-task with ease in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple assignments at once to achieve goals and deadlines. -Communicate and troubleshoot daily with internal and overseas counterparts to ensure all product development, sourcing, supply chain, logistics and production responsibilities are being addressed and solved.-Manage and communicate all supply chain and logistics updates and issues to help reduce impact on the business.§ Partner with cross-functional partners to achieve assortment count and productivity objectives based on design’s direction and the merchants IMU/costing goals.-Negotiate seasonal costing-Communicate clearly and effectively with multiple cross-functional teams and leadership levels and inspire confidence that the job will get done.-Ability to gain an understanding and utilize new software applications and technologies required to perform job duties with little training.-Evaluate processes to maximize efficiencies in ways of working leveraging our systems and reporting.-Use and analyze data to help support improvement opportunities, maximize productivity, and improve day-to-day operations.

New York, New York

-Responsible for multiple product categories through its entire product life cycle, from concept to shipment to the store-Multi-task in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple assignments to achieve goals and deadlines.-Communicate and troubleshoot daily with internal and overseas counterparts to ensure all product development, sourcing, supply chain, logistics and production responsibilities are being addressed and solved.-Manage and communicate all supply chain and logistics updates and issues to help reduce impact on the business.-Partner with cross-functional partners to achieve assortment count and productivity objectives based on design’s direction and the merchants IMU/costing goals.-Work with design and technical design teams to make sure t/p’s are updated for proper sampling and costing.-Review details of the t/p’s with design and technical design to make sure I allocate styles to the proper vendors/factories based on fabrics and/or design details.-Negotiate costing-Work with factories on production efficiency and cost savings while managing and cultivating vendor relationships.-Manage t/a calendar for multiple seasons and product categories at once.-Make sure assortment and costing is entered properly to ensure costing and t/a’s are correct and PO’s are written correctly.-Work closely with internal trade department to ensure the proper classification of products is made in accordance with the U.S. HTS.-Work alongside QA and Raw materials teams to make sure all fabrics and garments pass testing requirements set up by company and the FTC.-Communicate clearly and effectively with multiple cross-functional teams and leadership levels and inspire confidence that the job will get done.-Ability to gain an understanding of new software applications and technologies required to perform job duties with little training.-Use data to help support improvement opportunities, maximize productivity, and improve day-to-day operations.

Greater Boston Area

-Volunteer for Friends Deck the Halls event and decorate the Institute halls with winter themed decorations like Christmas trees, Menorahs and a Kwanzaa display while following hospital regulations and fire codes.-Volunteer/attend for seasonal events held by the Friends of Dana-Farber, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and The Jimmy Fund.-Volunteer for preparation of gift bags for the patients at the Institute.

Greater New York City Area

-Responsible for the product from the initial concept stages of product development through delivery of garments to the store.-Attended preliminary design and trim meetings to ensure the team and I are clear on design’s direction and the merchant needs.-Attended all fittings to ensure costing and delivery requirements are maintained.-Reviewed and managed initial and production WIP’s alongside VP to ensure they align and continue to adhere with the corporate calendar and company deadlines.-Managed daily development and production issues from overseas vendors and internal cross-functional teams to ensure product is developed as per design’s direction and is within margins set up by merchants/planning.-Responsible for making sure all samples get approved for production in a timely manner.-Worked alongside QA department to make sure garments pass testing requirements set up by company.-Motivated and support team members to ensure they are developing into well-rounded associates.-Created and managed procedures to improve day-to-day efficiency of operations.

Greater New York City Area

-Manage daily product development and production responsibilities while reporting to Sr Product Manager.-Communicate daily with buying offices to insure that any outstanding issues are addressed for our categories -denim, knits, sweaters, outerwear and woven's.-Manage along side Sr. Product Manager all cost log entries/updates, seasonal PO and SA issuance all of which is done in the DTS and ACS systems.-Attend and take part in seasonal costing negotiations with factories.-Communicate any pre and post proto updates to internal cross-functional teams and overseas buying offices.-Attend all fittings for multiple seasons at a time.-Release final garment work sheets and BOM's to buying offices.-Proto, visual sample, fit sample and TOP tracking.-Manage fabric books for multiple seasons at a time.-Prepare and attend seasonal FTC meeting -Review weekly delivery tracking and WIP reports. -Open packages and distribute samples and submits to appropriate departments- tech, design, graphics, visual team and Merchandisers.

New York City

-Multi-tasked in a fast paced environment with ease and prioritized tasks in order to meet deadlines-Attend all fit meetings and communicate changes to head pattern maker- Work closely with design department in pre-production of domestic and imported garments- Work directly with sales department to ensure garments are precise and delivery dates are met-Go out into the garment district and source trims for sampling and production-Approve trim colors for pre-production samples and production garments-Manage all time and action charts via Excel-Communicate and follow up with domestic cutting rooms and contractors to ensure on time delivery-Produce all cut tickets for imported garments as well as Fabric PO’s for domestic garments-Allocate all orders as they come into our warehouse-Communicate with international factories to ensure all FTC guidelines are met and that the garments are made properly as well as following up and tracking delivery of garments