Crystal Kenealy Email & Phone Number

Frisco, Tx, Us

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

Oversee and direct all aspects of product development for Fossil brand jewelry, including daily operations,process creation, construction, maintenance of quality, brand standards, and system integration.• Collaborate with the Design, Merchant, and Fossil East teams to identify risks and make adjustments in order to hit milestone dates and drive projects and initiatives to completion.• Partner with the Supply Chain Management team to align on-time delivery of materials, estimations of work completion, and inventory replenishment seasonally.• Identify viability and timing risks for seasonal development of new materials or styles with long lead times.• Assess and give ongoing status updates to stakeholders on production delays, quality issues, customerservice escalations, and business risk in other products, brands, or categories.• Communicate weekly meeting feedback, process creations, and seasonal margin targets by category to internal cross-functional partners.• Maintain extensive knowledge of brand, products, and categories to ensure adherence to company standards.• Identify, train, and mentor two team members and support ongoing professional growth and development.Key Accomplishments• Served as Subject Matter Expert (SME) on build out and implementation of the Jewelry section of ENOVIA Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software used by all brands and conducted several in person onsite and global WebEx trainings.• Developed and implemented process improvements for all vendors on how to pack/wrap all brands of jewelry, resulting in a streamlined process for warehouse and a reduction in required packaging.• Renegotiated entire core line on reordered styles, resulting in an increased margin.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Controlled all aspects of product development lifecycle from concept to purchase by wholesale and retail accounts, including four overlapping cycles per year for three separate lines.• Partnered with several cross-functional departments to develop and approve new hardware, materials, and packaging in order to complete key milestone dates.• Evaluated feasibility and execution of new techniques, treatments, and processes each season and acquired substitute options with pricing for high-risk items while meeting delivery deadlines.• Tracked, reviewed, and ensured all three lines samples arrived on time and costs were updated.• Matched specification sheets prior to final product approvals with Design and Merchant teams.• Trained and mentored all product coordinators and interns and gave ongoing coaching and development.Key Accomplishments• Led the Fossil line through three global relaunches and held training to assist with launch of other jewelryProduct Development teams in corporate.• Selected to visit Fossil’s largest manufacturer in China to enhance quality and vendor relations and gain in- depth knowledge of watch and jewelry making techniques on a large scale.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Built strong working partnerships with seven overseas vendors and three in-house design teams to achieveresults, meet key milestone dates seasonally, and drive projects to completion.• Tracked and escalated delivery issues with samples intended for development, photo, showroom, and sales.• Maintained detailed product style setup and attributes in the SAP system for 700 newness styles annually.• Documented and enforced accuracy of product information from design concept to completion for allassortment sheets, cost sheets, and pricing grids.Key Accomplishments• Developed a detailed color coded organizational system to maintain sample ownership.• Created a product sample library housing one piece of each product ever sold in stores.

Dallas/Fort Worth Area

• Oversaw all sales and business development activities for all Fossil Group product categories and brands,covering a four-mall, 16-store territory of wholesale retail accounts.• Hired and trained five Sales Representatives then held on going coaching and development in all aspects of sales and business development, including making sales presentations, using consultative sales techniques, overcoming objections, and closing sales.• Displayed merchandise in accordance with company policies and practices to engage customers, increase sales, and give a premium shopping experience.• Oversaw account relationships, customer relations, and company branding by identifying opportunities for improvements and ensuring issue resolution.• Completed weekly reports to document feedback to executive management on issues, including escalations, quality standards, fixture roll outs, and plan execution by store.Key Accomplishment• Selected to present a lecture at Indiana University to 100 students on both roles of merchandising and product development.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Apparel Merchandising With Business Minor

Associate'S Degree, Apparel Design And Construction