National Sales Manager, Technical Developement, Raw Material Buyer, Production Coordinator-Scheduler
Tapetex
Henrietta New York
Top Textile Converter in the United States, supplying Major Manufacturers (ie: Jansport, Adidas, Umbro, Nike, Wellington, Stearns, Kent, Patagonia, North Face, London Fog, Hickey Freeman) with synthetic woven piece goods. Company gross annual sales in excess of 50 million with 30 employees. Consistently surpassed annual sales goal of 5 Million Dollars. Responsible for maintaining and growing Key Accounts and Developing New Business. Textile technical support to develop new products. Converter responsible for buying greige fabrics and arranged for the finishing of the fabric, namely bleaching, mercerizing, dyeing, printing, coating etc to the buyers' specifications. National travel to meet with Key Accounts and Territory Reps. Purchased and maintain working levels of ALL greige goods inventory. Coordinated production schedule with manufacturing. Worked with Underwriters Laboratories in the US and Canada. Coordinated set-up, scheduled customer meetings at Textile Industry Trade Shows.