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Areas of responsibility - product development, manufacturing, fulfillment and distribution, finance, HR.PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Multiple new products running concurrently through development stagesAreas of responsibility.Costing and margin analysisERP set up for new items (routings, BOMs), spec sheets, samplesDeveloping vendor relationships (domestic and overseas) and driving vendor negotiations - price, quality and deliveryDriving contacts manufacturing accountsMANUFACTURING OPERATIONS: Large scale production manufacturing across different teams. Multiple orders with varying routing processes, batch sizes and lead times.Areas of responsibility Ensuring current optimal capacity utilization and projected future capacity needsEnsuring minimal for shop floor variances - labor and materialsDriving efficiencies to meet and/or exceed planned marginProjecting training needs based on business demandsLeading quality initiatives and documentationINVENTORY, DISTRIBUTION & FULFILLMENT: Multiple teams covering Inventory, Dispatch, Package and Ship.Areas of responsibility Ensuring inventory control procedures Driving efficiencies, accuracy and on time pick/pack/ship for both B2B and B2C customersEnsuring warehouse organizationEnsuring on time shippingOTHER:AR/APPayrollAccounting HR

Areas of responsibilityCoordination of designs for B2B client presentationsCosting of all new products Overseas vendor sourcing and negotiationsNegotiating manufacturing costs with overseas facilities to ensure company margins are maintained Working with (and at) overseas manufacturing facilities to ensure on time production

Areas of ResponsibilityDevelopment of new items/line extensions Tracking new product development projects to ensure on time delivery to market Costing new products to meet margin goalsMaintenance of manufacturing costing throughout a product life cycle Planning and coordination of manufacturing process implementations and improvementsDeveloping and driving production metrics

Areas of ResponsibilityEvaluation of diamonds including fancy colored diamonds (pink and yellow)Evaluation of precious (ruby, sapphire and emerald) and semi-precious gemstones and pearlsSourcing and purchase of diamonds and colored gemstones and pearlsEnsuring of correct stone "maps" for productionResponsibility for outside contract workResponsibility for internal inventory controls and outside metal balances