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Denver, Co, Us

Golden, Colorado, United States

Greater Denver Area

Greater Denver Area

Greater New York City Area

Material ConneXion, a SANDOW company, is the world’s leader in material innovation. • Operated as the main point of contact for all consulting client accounts• Developed a trusted adviser relationship with key accounts and customer stakeholders• Prepared proposals and pitched new projects to prospective and current clients• Ensured the successful delivery of solutions to meet customer objectives• Negotiated renewal contracts and closed agreements to maximize profit• Managed sales contracts and tracked payment with Director of Finance• Managed CRM and developed sales pipeline• Researched and identified quantifying leads

Greater New York City Area

Georg Jensen is a brand that represents quality craftsmanship and timeless aesthetic design, producing lifestyle products ranging from hollowware to watches, jewelry and home products.• Established product development practices and standards for Global Jewelry• Developed cost estimates and budgets for domestic development• Managed communication between freelance designers and factory team• Executed wear tests of newly designed products to ensure function• Attended on-site quality assurance and progress meetings at Thailand factory• Developed approval process for new development and coordinated product information with team • Successfully launched 8 new collections inclusive of 150 SKUs in record 6-month time frame• Coordinated multi-disciplinary team on three separate continents

Greater New York City Area

Ann Inc. is a group of specialty apparel retail chain stores focusing on women and designing pieces for her life and her changing roles to help her look and feel confident and beautiful.• Managed jewelry and accessory development for LOFT and LOFT Outlet from concept through production• Ensured pricing from vendors was accurate during negotiation and achieved GM objective for each season• Developed processes for sample approval with all vendors• Led weekly-cross functional team meetings with Merchandising, Design, & E-Commerce teams• Served as liaison between vendors and design team from development through production• Partnered with International Trade to realize over $150K in duty savings for three consecutive quarters• Built and maintained vendor relationships to ensure best costing• Analyzed factory strengths and allocated development accordingly

Greater New York City Area

Slane was a fine jewelry company started by two sisters and designed iconic hand-crafted jewelry.• Coordinated all new sample development• Managed Model library and created Bill of Materials for all new styles• Communicated design projects to overseas and domestic vendors• Maintained and updated all pricing in internal database• Coordinated press piece development under short lead times• Created design boards representing new collections• Visited domestic vendors to communicate new design projects and troubleshoot challenges

Greater New York City Area

Dreamwear, Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of women’s intimate apparel dedicated to providing diversified product categories that are functional & fashionable for women of all shapes & sizes.• Input and maintained development database in FileMaker Pro• Developed and maintained systems of organizations for all samples• Updated CADS for customer presentations• Examined TOP samples and sent to customers• Communicated with overseas vendors on a daily basis

Bba, Design + Management

Bachelor Of Business Administration, Design & Management