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New York, Ny, Us

New York, United States

At ODKSA Consulting, we nurture, facilitate, and accelerate the growth of our clients. Our mission is to add value through identifying key building blocks that will expedite a brand’s growth trajectory beyond the brand’s current level. ODSKA acts as your strategic partner, providing proprietary insight, assessing new growth opportunities, creating strategic roadmaps, facilitating key introductions, and cultivating new & existing sales channels.Working with companies across fashion, beauty, and consumer goods sectors to guide founders & management team to create strategy, build out operations, develop teams, and expand internationally in order to drive revenue and profitability.Specializing in preparing emerging companies for an investment events, turn arounds and new market development. Expertise in guiding European companies on US operations and development in the US.Current and Past Clients include: Misha & Puff, Magnetic Me, Masai Copenhagen, BTX Group Denmark, Steven Alan, TenGram Capital Partners, Online Heros, Air Val Spain, Robert Graham, Zemra Swim, Turq Swim Brief, Latin Finance, Grey State/Noi Solutions, Izipezi, Impactiva, Natural Life, Ralph Lauren.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Strategic Advisor/drop in CEO to the co-founders creating strategy to accelerate growth, drive profit, and build operational infrastructure. Coach, guide and support founders and their team to success.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Brought in to support the business and reorganization to reduce liabilities and develop interim operating plan. Guided on debt for equity swap agreement, negotiated ABL and interim plan as a consultant working with Steven Alan and his partners. Oversaw operation, finance, brought on consultant CFO, outsourced accounting, HR consultants and reorganized to manage cash flow and debt during restructure.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Lead the Licensee business for Juicy Couture for Tawil and Associates along with 7 for All Mankind, and Vince. Responsible for all financial operations, sales, design and licensee / licensor relationships for domestic and all international businesses, including the UK.

Greenwich, Connecticut, United States

Invested in luxury housing development and commercial/mixed use in a $14 mil real estate personal portfolio. Aquired, financed, develop, occupied and sold various property types. First developer in FairfieldCounty, CT to develop sustainable, environmentally responsible high end SPEC housing. Worked closely with commercial real estate banks and local communities to enhance the projects.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Lead a division of Ralph Lauren Childrenswear under Schwab (licensed business) and through the transition to in house at Ralph Lauren. Turned the business around in first 18 months from a limited distribution door business to the all door, number one branded Childrens business, leading record profits and created an innovative vertical management structure ensuring the brand excelled at all levels in store and seamlessly in the corporate team. Lead the sales merchandising team that was the liaison between design and sales,emphasiizing brand integrity and product built for success. Negotiated key locations, ship in shops and worked with partners at the CEO, GMM and DMM level to secure buy in and support of the brand at all levels. Delivered mutual success for customers and RL. Managed a team of 30 people including account managers, merchandise coordinators, retail analysts and shop development associates.

New York City Metropolitan Area

Launched Nautica Women's Denim under the umbrella of Nautica Jeans. Worked closely with Harvey Sanders and John Varvatos and Nili Loton( John and Nili lead design for Jeans) to position the brand and differentiate Nautica Jeans in the premium denim space. Responsible for all financial planning, demand planning, sales operations, shop development, Direct reports - sales manager, production manager, retail analysis, retail development and shop development.

Irvine, California, United States

Responsible for men's sales, corporate retail analysis of women's mens, oversaw production, demand planning, margins and operations. Worked with outside firms such as Authur Anderson accounting, met with analysts from Wall Street for corporate outlook and supported founder in search and ultimate placement of new CEO Edwin Lewis. Lead rebrand efforts during my tenure working with Toth agency/Mike Toth and team.Conducted a turn around of the mens business from operating in the red to operating in the black. Restructured the sales organization bringing the sales team in house, resulting in $1.5 mil cost savings. Was one of three corporate officers.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Launched Tommy Jeans. Responsible for sales organization and specialty sales reps for the western US. Managed LA showroom. Responsible for 12 retail coordinators. Worked with CEO's GMM's, DMM's and buyers to ensure the successful, launch, development and growth of the Tommy Hilfiger Jeans brand in Key accounts such as Macy's, Bon Marche, Liberty House, ZCMI amoungst others. Developed THJ to the number one men's denim brand in the Western US.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Responsible for retail analysis mens, womens and childrens, including financial plan development, and strategy supporting the owners and national sales manager on financial planning, demand planning and revenue planning. Responsible for the western US sales team and department store sales and profits.

Los Angeles Metropolitan Area

Started the first of its kind in the industry retail analysis program to analyze profitability, by store performance, inventory efficiency and basic replenishment for retail trading partners. Piloted the program with Dillards with the support of Bill Dillard and worked closely with Maurice Marciano, Nancy Cohen/Shackman and the Marciano brothers to lead this innovative approach in the wholesale premium denim business. This program and process was widely adopted over the following decade as industry standard.

Long Beach, California, United States

Bought for a 17 store southern California upscale regional department store. Responsible for 12 classifications in women's fashion accessories.

Carson, California, United States

Associate buyer women's dresses and women's outerwear. Started as a cosmetics counter manager and was promoted to the buying office Bought ladies outerwear and coats under the senior buyer. Responsible for placing and tracking PO's, doing splits, summarizing selling reports and conducting store visits to merchandise in the 20 regional stores in CA and AZ.