Patty O'Connor Email & Phone Number

San Diego, California, United States

Feeding San Diego distributes over 2 million meals every month to hundreds of thousands of people across San Diego County. We do this by rescuing food from hundreds of grocery stores, manufacturers, growers, and distributors including 200 Starbucks locations. We keep edible food out of the landfill and divert it to people facing hunger.

San Diego, California, United States

Advise on acquisitions related to apparel and consumer good companies; build and manage e-commerce store including men's and women's apparel and accessories

Greater San Diego Area

Developed and managed sourcing and production of millions of units including apparel, jewelry, men's and women's accessories, wood, ceramics, barware, metal and framed art. Secured and onboarded factories and agents in China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Turkey and US, negotiating costs, lead-times and minimums to ensure optimal inventory turns and highest profit margin for this $110 million personalized product e-commerce company. Managed development process from initial prototype through final samples, production, quality inspection, shipment and delivery. Continually analyzed factory performance and risk factors and strategically moved millions of units to ensure stability of supply chain; saved $150,000-$200,000+ annually while achieving high consumer quality ratings and ontime delivery.

San Diego, Ca

Managed worldwide Sourcing, Planning and Merchandising for Sporting Goods and Apparel; Negotiated pricing, deliveries and leadtimes with all factories; Analyzed sales performance and projected future sales to determine optimal buys; Improved margins across all product categories, Managed 20 International Distributors, increasing sales by 30% in 1 year.

San Diego

Initiated and managed Product Development and Domestic Sourcing of Keds® New Apparel Launch; Managed relationship with factories to deliver high quality samples and bulk production on-time; Secured and managed sourcing and production in U.S and Mexico for Ryka Fitness Apparel; Delivered high quality merchandise at competetive pricing with fast turnaround

Directed Design, Product Development, Merchandising, Sourcing and Planning for $25 million fitness apparel company; Increased Gross Margin by 10% by developing new sources across Asia; Consistently delivered orders ontime to major national retailers and specialty stores; Developed seasonal line plans, set wholesale prices, determined sourcing allocation and forecasted demand.

Generated $1 million in savings by aggressively reducing inventory levels of core product;Planned and managed production of Men's, Women's and Kids product lines manufactured in 20 countries

San Francisco, California, United States

Developed Operational Performance Measurements for all LS&CO manufacturing plants worldwide; Established and enforced individual factory goals resulting in a 20% leadtime reduction; Saved $3million in sewing costs through extensive analysis and recommendations resulting from the Mexico Peso Devaluation

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Marketing, International Business, Spanish

Mba, International Business

Junior Year, Spanish