Gabriele Miller Email & Phone Number

New York, New York

Support Calendar Director in creation of end to end calendars and process implementation for North America Retail, Wholesale, Off Price (Men’s, Women’s, Kids, Accessories). Manage administrative functions of calendar mapping sessions with Leadership teams to ensure efficient processes.Report milestone adherence to stakeholders, track calendar KPI’s and escalate challenges.Responsible for generating and maintaining the organization's Smartsheet Calendar with daily updates.Facilitate hindsight and calendar ambassador meetings with Design, Merchandising, Sourcing, Planning, and Marketing leads.Ownership of 150+ seasonal milestone meetings in Outlook (1,000+ meetings/reminders per year).Collaborate with cross-functional process owners to problem solve milestone challenges.Assist in streamlining the process by reducing the number of calendar weeks, resulting in a smarter and shorter development calendar.

Greater New York City Area

Assemble and coordinate the Product Development process and collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute product lifecycles.Implement 3D pilots. Communicate requests to overseas teams in support of 3D style creation/fittings.Assist in the creation of Product Development calendars.Track progress of calendars for operational efficiency; partner with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of goods. Conduct weekly RACI meetings for Women’s brands Ellen Tracy, Jones New York, Kenneth Cole, and Copper Fit to ensure all pre-market checkpoints and deadlines are being met. Present weekly updates to Creative Director and SVP Merchandising.

Greater New York City Area

Assist Associate Manager of Production/Product Development for Buffalo Jeans and Bebe women’s apparel (mainline and off price). Negotiate cost and delivery with overseas vendors. PO management from Flex PLM to SAP. Coordination of sample and lab dip approval with partners in design, tech design, and merchandising.

Greater New York City Area

Assisting Senior Director of Product Development and Design for Ellen Tracy. Create line boards and fabric development specification sheets. First place team project winner: Develop trend forecast and business plan of new product for Entertainment Licensing team. Created CAD presentation boards with sketches of current line to be presented to buyers. Research Fall 2017 inspiration using WGSN. Shadow Production team for Line-in-Process meetings. Sit in on creative meetings and fittings.

Greater New York City Area

Assisted SVP of Production. First place team project winner: Developed a tool to make meetings more efficient. Created line boards for Aeropostale, analysis of costing for Rite Aid apparel. Built a fabric library with the Knits Merchandiser.

Greater New York City Area

Supported sales and HK merchandising team on General Merchandise and Home presentation. Built spreadsheets for cost analysis along with line boards for a variety of Home products. Shadowed SVP of Sales.

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

Shadowed Design Director and Product Manager. Cataloged artwork and files, and updated the photo library. Assisted in show room presentations and assisted in showroom prep. Shopped stores for samples and sample fabrics.

Greater New York City Area

Research teen fashion blogs, fashion shows, and magazines for the Tween Back To School Trend Report. Build content and assist in writing copy for the Retail Report. Work side-by-side with editors to identify trends and create detailed style reports for the website.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Fashion Merchandising

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