Lead a Global Operations and Strategy team in analyzing and implementing process improvements with significant cost savings and performance improvements. Also increased efficiency of existing systems to drive process and improvements. Define strategy and tracking KPIs, ensuring corporate goals are exceeded.

Provide business development, process improvement and leadership training and coaching to assists clients to improve performance. Through analysis of development needs, collaboration, goal setting and follow through, clients increase their performance with greater understanding of and effectiveness in their businesses.

Coordinated with design, merchandising and raw material teams to estimate product costs and gross margins through the product life cycle for handbags, accessories and men’s product. Negotiated with finished goods suppliers to finalize product costs and meet target gross margins. Traveled internationally to review and analyze factory production methods. • Worked with IT to implement a costing solution in SAP• Took the lead to re-engineer multiple processes increase efficiencies and improve cross functional effectiveness• Took initiative to cross-train handbag costing staff in marker making and technical costing• Engaged cross-functional teams (pattern makers, leather development and hardware development) to engineer product changes, which improved product gross margin by 15%, exceeding target margins

Coordinated with design and merchandising teams to estimate product costs and gross margins through all stages of the design process. Negotiated final product costs with international suppliers to achieve target gross margins. • Reduced costs for raw material hardware by 20%-30%. This significantly reduced the costs of some product allowing targeted gross margins to be achieved.• Winner of Coach Excellence Award for Leadership.