Perrie Eigner Email & Phone Number

• Manage and execute effective sourcing strategies.
• Responsible for presenting & negotiating costs to meet margin targets. This includes pre-costing exercises.
• Enforce that the TNA calendar and seasonal milestones are met and elevate any potential delays.
• Maintain strong relationships with strategic vendor partners and members of internal cross-functional departments in regards to fabric, trim, accessories & color.
• Work with design to select fabrics and trims to meet design aesthetics, price points, and quality needs.; identify alternative solutions so garments meet cost requirements from initial launch thru final costing.
• Review LD’s, S/O’s, K/D’s & Bulk cuttings to uphold high color standards.

Commerce, California, United States

• Worked directly with the Chico’s color department & 3rd party testing lab to maintain color and trim standardization for LDs,K/D’s, S/O’s & Bulk.
• Responsible for maintaining the development WIP & running the CFT weekly meeting.
• Managed sample yardage requests & ensured the sample yardage was where it needed to be, when it needed to be there.
• Worked with oversea vendors to problem solve any development issues.

New York, New York

• Provided status reports to the VP of the Product Development department
• Managed a team of four by evaluating the teams processes to create more efficient ways to work
• Communicated daily with international teams both internally and with external partners
• Traveled to Asia and Central America frequently to work directly with mills to meet production deadlines
• Worked cross functionally with costing, production and design teams to ensure production executes according to cost and technical restrictions, while maintaining the integrity of the design
• Partnered with design to manage sampling process, ensuring deadlines are met for buyer meetings

New York, United States

• Managed color and print approvals for multiple brands and design teams
• Requested and tracked sample yardage for all programs
• Worked with design teams to source new fabrics each season
• Reviewed and approved hand and appearance of bulk fabrics
• Assisted with seasonal color palette development

New York, New York

• Maintained WIPs for each style, to provide status reports to direct manager and owner
• Kept track of Fit approval, PP and TOP approval, lab test, shade band, trim..etc. plus any production related matters for Time and Tru and IZOD women’s
• Main communicator with Walmart’s third party lab to create Pre Production and Production test applications, Lab Dip and Shade Band applications; utilizes Datacolor and Spectrophotometer (650)
• Partnered with the Design team for textile quality approvals
• Communicated approvals to vendors in a sensible time frame

Greater New York City Area

• Communicated color and quality comments daily with oversea offices and mills
• Assisted in the technical analysis of color as well as fabric structure for Isfel, George, IZOD School Uniform
• Analyzed DataColor readings to articulate issues or discrepancies
• Worked daily to meet Walmart’s high textile expectations utilizing a third party laboratory
• Oversaw the entirety of toddlers, girls, and plus size Isfel sets and dresses color testing

New York, New York, United States

• Maintenance of seasonal fabric/color development records and fabric archives
• Assisted fabric coordinators in facilitating pattern and color developments
• Assisted designers with color development utilizing DataColor and the Spectrophotometer (600 & 800)

315 W 39th St #709, New York, NY 10018

• Helped to build new website/ data entry
• American HR website analyst for brands including Carhartt, Big Bill FR, Bulwark, TECGEN, and Ariat
• Devised price bids for clients
• Analyzed fabric
• Swatch preparation for customers

Downtown Los Angeles

• Shadowed Vice President of SG Knits
• Assisted in the preparation for Texworld and Majic Sourcing
• Assisted in textile development, evaluation of yarn content and knit structures
• Provided knit yardage for companies such as: Splendid, Ella Moss, Gypsy 05, and Sketchers
• Created Labels for headers and yarn skeins

Associate Of Arts And Sciences (Aas), Textile Development And Marketing

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Textile And Apparel Design

Activities and Societies: Chi Omega, Chabad, Lakefront on Langdon student employee, Rho Gamma, Mentor