Katrina Yu-Chen Gardner Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Manages on-time placement of final buys with cross-functional teams, tracking of WIP and production from hand-off to final delivery.• Ensure all orders pass internal final inspection or third-party inspection before shipment. • Communicate with factories and agencies in Bangladesh, China, and Korea on a daily basis.• Coordinate interoffice communication and follow up with internal contacts regarding production.• Work closely with executive management and VP of Pre-Production on costing.• Assist in negotiations on pricing to ensure profitability for volume buys. • Troubleshoot quality and technical issues with factories and the internal team. • Partner with design and sales teams to ensure correct execution from development into production. • Work with VP of Pre-Production on line plans and T&A calendar. • Work with the sales team on Kohl's bidding event for all seasons.• Communicate with Kohl's sourcing team directly on other cost requests from outside the bidding event. • Main accounts: Kohl’s, TJX Europe, TJ Maxx, Walmart, Ross, Burlington, Costco, Winners Canada, Beall’s, Maurice’s, HSN (Home Shopping Network), Nordstrom, and Macy’s.

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinated overseas orders and trim production for wholesale sweater, outerwear, and sportswear production.• Communicated with factories and agencies in Bangladesh, China, and Taiwan on a daily basis.• Sent trim qualities and color standards to overseas factories and agencies. • Maintained seasonal trim book with approved vendors. • Created style numbers and entered POs for sales/buyer order sheets in AMT.• Issued POs and placed orders with overseas factories. • Submitted cost sheets to the import department. • Assisted Sourcing Director in sending swatches to overseas factories for costing. • Communicated with sales, buyers, and designers on orders and trims.• Communicated with in-house and outsourced photographers to ensure photoshoots were on schedule and images were submitted to customers.• Worked closely with design and sales teams for all inbound and outbound ad/photo sample approvals.• Managed price tickets and trims logistics with buyers, agencies, and factories.• Main accounts: Sam’s Club, Amazon, U.S. POLO, Boscovs, Burlington, Nexcom, Winners Canada, Beall’s Outlet, Tractor Supply, JCPenny, Sierra Trading, BJ’s, Gabriel Brothers, Macy’s Backstage, Marshall’s, and TJ Maxx.

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinated overseas orders and trim production for sportswear wholesaler.• Communicated with factories in China, Bangladesh, and Taiwan on a daily basis.• Worked closely with design and sales teams for all inbound and outbound sample approval. • Assisted Sourcing Manager with FOB/LDP costing and development sample production.• Accounts- Walmart USA, Ross, Amazon, Boscovs, SOK, Fred Meyer, Nexcom, Macy’s, Kohl’s.

Greater New York City Area

• Worked as a web developer for advertising agencies.• Created and resized HTML5 banner ads for brand advertising campaigns using GreenSock, CSS and HTML.• Assisted senior developers to build websites for clients.• Worked with project managers on all the banners and HTML emails campaigns.

Greater New York City Area

• Coordinated overseas orders and trim production for sportswear wholesaler.• Communicated with factories in China, Bangladesh, and Taiwan on a daily basis.• Worked closely with design and sales teams for all inbound and outbound sample approval. • Assisted Sourcing Manager with FOB/LDP costing and development sample production.• Accounts- Walmart USA, Ross, Amazon, Boscovs, Fred Meyer, Macy’s, Kohl’s, K-MART.

Nyc

• Coordinated overseas orders and trim production for mens, womens and childrens sleepwear wholesaler.• Managed garment packing and shipping by suppliers.• Followed up and approved trim timelines and status.• Tracked and reviewed with the design team all inbound and outbound samples, including swatch, s/off, lab-dip, and FIT/PP/TOP samples.

• In charge of sourcing for a start-up electric motorcycle company.• Worked with engineering team to source and manufacture precision quality components.• Identified and maintained relationships with suppliers in China.• Negotiated pricing, production and shipping timelines.• Communicated with shipping companies regarding transportation and clearances.

• Managed itineraries and protocols at inbound-travel company for visitors from the People’s Republic of China.• Worked closely with immigration officials in Taiwan to expedite visas and travel documents.• Liaised with airlines and other transportation companies.• Developed and maintained relationships with hospitality vendors.

• Managed front-desk duties at a 243-room hotel.• Handled reservations, check-in, check-out and supervised cashier duties.• Successfully resolved wide-ranging customer service issues.

Full-Stack Web Developer, Web Development Immersive

Web Design, Web Design

B.A., Business Administration