Liz Walters Email & Phone Number

Kansas City, Mo, Us

United States

Kansas City, Mo, United States

Greater Nashville Area, Tn

-Oversees VF Solutions government and service contracts commercial product procurement, from initial request through lot set-up process. -Overseas sourcing and maintenance of 381 styles for FedEx, 623 styles for American Medical, and 1,384 styles for the Department of the Interior. -Supervises Commercial team; delegates responsibilities for short and long term projects based on intensity and workload. -Collaborates with Quality, Operations, and DC teams to ensure product consistency and quality, adhering to customers’ expectations. -Manages relationships of over 200 of external commercial vendors, ensuring variety required to fulfill contract needs; apparel and accessories. -Evaluates development variables, such as vendor assortment and vendor capabilities, pricing, minimums, lead-times, duty restrictions, and logistics for product assortment. -Nurtures connectivity with Merchandising, Program Management, and Operations to align support for immediate and long term strategy.

Fort Myers, Florida Area

- Responsible and accountable in the management of sourcing process from vendor selection and allocation through product delivery. - Key partner in design/development, raw materials development, and facilitates the execution, and delivery of production which best leverages capabilities of supply base while complying with internal strategy. - Supports negotiations of obtaining best costs and terms without compromising brand quality and on-time delivery.

Fort Myers, Florida Area

-Support Manager with finalizing development details, and establishing high garment standards prior to production.-Advance progress in assigned categories from point of concept to production stage, adhering to strict deadlines. -Manage a cross-functional team of 5 departments, including Design, Sourcing, Fabric/Trim, CAD, and Tech.-Calculate and evaluate garment costing, and negotiate with vendors in order to meet or exceed margin goals.-Analyze and review TNA calendars for production; establish internal commit deadlines to work around world events. -Organize and assist in weekly meetings with Development & Production teams to review order status. -Partner with Production team early in process to communicate on order issues & determine solutions in timely manner.-Maintain database of leather and suedes, faux furs and shearling; communicate with vendors on concept development.-Managed and trained 2 direct reports, multiple EMT/interns, and on-boarded several international partners.-Travel with Design teams to Asia to facilitate innovation, expedite garment production & review program placement.

New Jersey

-Assistant to VP of Women’s Design and Merchandising, Upper Market. -Head liaison to Victoria Secret with regards to daily meetings, samples, fittings, in-services, and corporate presentations. -Researches and presents new innovation concepts to the client in visual design and fabric technology by monitoring competitors, exploring new vendors, and reviewing current trends in fashion publications and mass media. -Coordinates initial design from client concept to fabric/trim sourcing, first proto, design edits, to final sample approval. -Creates timelines for international vendors to ensure proper delivery of materials to guarantee seasonal deadlines. -Anticipates problems or delays by reviewing multiple options and creating back-up plans to remain on schedule.-Collaborates and communicates with technical design and production team to enforce product quality and construction. -Investigator of product integrity from sample level, through proper fit development, and post-production stage to consumer.-Daily communication between domestic and international vendors; costing, purchasing, and distribution of materials. -Maintains inventory and library of essential fabric, trim, and samples; organized by department, season, and vendor.

Greater New York City Area

-Manager of design development: initial concept, garment construction, fabric and trims, and approval of final sample. -Maintained merchandising plan of colors, styles, and skus based on sales history; and initiator of weekly design meetings. -Maximized sales by measuring sales performance on a weekly basis, analyze trend reports, and anticipate future projections-Solely responsible for creating and completing company and wholesale costing of garments, including production pricing. -Liaison between the departments of product development, design, purchasing, and production to ensure proper communication of style information and progress. -Communicated fit comments from the technical designer to sewing and construction team and to production assembly. -Executed creation of showroom and market samples, domestic and international rep line samples in a time sensitive manner.

Greater New York City Area

Greater New York City Area

-Assisted in facilitating the transition of apparel styles from concept to proto sample to production-ready.-Responsible for tracking and monitoring line development activities by following a seasonal time.-Established relationships with vendors in ordering fabric and trim; communicated with domestic and international contacts. -Transportation controller in importing/exporting fabric/trims, garments, and fulfills outside sample requests.-Helped facilitate fit sessions and collaborated with spec designer to communicate fit notes for corrections and production approvals.-Key player in special projects with the Sales Department; including Coterie, and seasonal photoshoots.

Greater New York City Area

Outlet

-Provided excellent client service in fast-paced retail environment. -Worked as a team player to achieve target sales goals for store. -Maintained inventory levels on the retail-selling floor according to Management standards. -Executed visual merchandising displays to conform to corporate layout and brand image.

Oak Park, Overland Park Kansas

-Specialized in providing exceptional customer service for over three years.-Worked as an individual and team member to meet and surpass department sales goals in Women's and Men's apparel. -Focused on building client base through in-store contact, sales calls on existing and prospective clients, and maintaining customer log.