Product Development - Reusables Product & Sourcimg

- Collaborate with design on sourcing initiatives, aligning selections with seasonal trends, market needs, target price points, and customer preferences to ensure a diverse selection.- Manage the adoption of all new raw materials by reviewing fabric spec sheets for accuracy, followed by overseeing material and garment testing to ensure all compliance within our specifications and testing standards. - Established Excel tracking charts to manage raw material development- Create and manage BOMs through excel, ensuring that all updates communicated with mills/suppliers are recorded and sent to global partners- Maintain the cost tracker, negotiate with global partners, and advise the design team on cost optimizations.- Review and collaborate on raw materials and garment testing, ensuring adherence to established protocols.- Work cross-functionally to ensure the timely initiation of product samples requests, involving Marketing, Testing, and TOP samples. When passed to our team for review, promptly alert all partners of any necessary corrective action plans.

- Partner with design and technical design teams to ensure all line plans are completed correctly and on time, in order to proceed with requesting any greige, market or photo samples within a timely manner.- Create and maintain development calendars by market/year to ensure all deadline for color, fit, design & packaging approvals are being met. Source and develop new fabrics in collaboration with the fabric team & factories overseas based off market and seasonal trends.- Organize & participate in seasonal shopping trips to ensure we are able to provide fresh ideas and new qualities within our multiple brands at competitive price points.- Launched diversity initiative to include models and groomers of different racial & ethnic backgrounds for our packaged & ECOM garments.-Assess and comment on color for fabric and packaging, to ensure artwork is being properly executed before proceeding to bulk/printing. - Collaborate with Creative Services team to manage and schedule all packaging and ECOM photoshoot bookings per production timeline. - Support design and Production team with maintaining T&A through approval timelines to ensure there are no delays or errors during production through email, meetings and excel charts.- Create new styles on PLM/Blue Cherry for order processing .

- Communicate with various overseas and local factories/vendors in all phases of costing,development, and production to ensure on time delivery on a daily basis.- Work with Tech and Design team to obtain all information and design details for costing of new styles before each market. - Set up logistics sheets for factories to follow with customer specific requirements that must be followed during production- Create and maintain T&A calendars for each order to ensure all deadlines for color and fit approvals are being met.

- Meet with CEO to review brand needs and expectations in order to execute best packaging design.- Maintain followup via email or in person to review & revise artwork in a timely matter. - Design brand appropriate layout & graphics to be prepared for print.- Create packaging specifications and constructed mock-ups for client presentation.

- Create flyers and graphic illustrations to help promote upcoming events - Coordinate with the team on which future events will benefit our community the most and determine best timing and locations to host them at.- Create location floor layouts on illustrator to help the team prepare for quick and easy set ups on the day of events- Reach out to companies and brands for an opportunity to sponsor GRJC based off the event and explain how it will benefit their brand

-Source and develop trim inquiries for designers according to customer and season-Communicate with overseas manufacturing partners in all phases of development, costing, engineering, material selection, and delivery coordination-Place, edit, and track develop, sample and production orders and provide customers with T&A- Create customer trim sheets - including price, content, lead time, minimums and potential issues.- Send development submits o customers and follow-up with comments/approvals- Negotiate pricing and review/approve trim submits from factories. - Send trims out for testing to assure they meet customers' testing protocols and requirements.

Intern at Global Network, specializing in Sourcing for Trims, Developing Mood/Presentation Boards, and also Forecast Research in order to ensure that we are able to show buyers the latest trims and buttons for upcoming seasons.