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New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Union, New Jersey, Us

New York, New York, Us

Leverage existing network of contacts to identify and prospect potential clients that meet the target audience criteria.Generate new business opportunities and close deals with potential clients. Conduct market research to identify potential clients and new business opportunities. Stay up-to-date with industry trends and competitors to ensure a competitive edge.Gather, identify, analyze, and source vendor options, providing financial analysis and recommendations for vendor selection for cosmetic injectables, cosmetic lasers, and cosmetic CPGs increasing profit margins by 10-25% buying on a quarterly basis based on LY and trends. Vendors Managed: Galderma, Merz, Crown Aesthetics, InMode, Solta Medical, Allergan, Aveeno, Aquaphor, Cetaphil, P&G, Cutera, and Neutrogena

Responsible for all aspects of profitable global sourcing, including: Increased lead times by 20% to maximize flexibility and speed for initial orders and reorders.Managed relationships with licensors and implemented project management strategies that reduced approval times by 30%, ensuring timely execution of product development plans.Managed Macy's, Burlington, Ross, Cracker Barrel, and the Amazon store.Manage the entire product development process:Negotiated with suppliers to optimize product quality, pricing, terms, delivery timing, packaging, and trims increasing margins by 10-15%.Oversee product compliance and labeling:Brainstormed new product designs, leveraging past sales data and investigative research of current trends with an adoption rate of 60%.Developed and maintained WIP, cost, and product detail sheets:Supported the Buying team with inventory planning by providing information about MOQs and other production requirements.Organized seasonal material samples and approval rounds:Managed approvals for color, print, fabric, and copyrighting.

Dublin, Ca, Us

Successfully launched the interim Covid-19 digital sample approval process:Achieved a 90% adoption rate by the Woman’s Buyers.Increased Vendor Compliance:Improved by 20-30% through streamlining information to buyers and vendors.Reduced overall sample operation supply costs:Cut by 30% through vendor consolidation.Utilizing operational reporting, I was able to partner with Merchant VP’s to work with their buyers on sample support traction and vendor compliance, resulting in a 30% decrease in costs at the DC through the avoidance of repacking goods and/or re-ticketing of goods

Dublin, Ca, Us

Houston, Tx, Us

Collaborated with our offices in Hong Kong, South Korea, and Shanghai on a pilot program to give the offices autonomy to approve lab dips and Bulk lots to increase speed to market by 30%Created a 30% increase in print execution:Collaborated with the CAD team on colorways and fabric allocations.Negotiated 20-30% discounted rates with all color vendors:Created a budget surplus in the Color DepartmentSpearheaded sister brand collaboration that led to buying power as one brand, alignment on processes to help efficiency and productivity of five distinct color departments decreasing costs across Ascena by 15-20%

Houston, Tx, Us

Clifton , Nj, Us

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New York, Us

Englewood, New Jersey, Us

Created QA department, developed and maintained color standards for dye and pigment products including FD&C and D&C Dyes, which reduced returns by 80%Lead QA program on the production of powder dye/pigment blends, pigment slurries, dye/pigment flakes, liquid pigment/dye blends, and R&D samples which decreased internal batch rejections by 90%

Researched materials, including alumina titanate, and YSZ aluminate. Measurement of chemical, physical, and mechanical properties of nano-powders.

Certificate Program, Project Management

Master'S Degree, Master Of Science In Business Of Fashion (Msbf)

Certificate, Color Specialist

B.S., Ceramic And Materials Science Engineering