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Orlando, Fl, Us

New Albany, Ohio, Us

New Albany, Ohio, Us

• Create an entire Product Development department for Intimate Apparel, SOP’s & processes at Cacique, Lane Bryant representing $390 million annually• Develop a 3 year strategic roadmaps for sourcing with VP of Sourcing that align with merchandising and design strategies to support Cacique• Have achieved more than $4M in margin savings in Cacique over the last 2 years • Lead/Support and Drive Speed initiatives as aligned with Planning and Merchants • Co-Created a 23 day Speed Panty program; Cacique has sold more than 2M units so far in the last year alone.• Evaluate Raw Material and Factory base to identify risk, missing opportunities and work with VP of Sourcing and SVP of Merchandising to fill-in/resolve for long-term growth• Develop a global/vendor matrix plan that meets current sourcing needs for optimal results in future landscapes. Expand into new sourcing regions including Vietnam and India.• Cost engineering in collaboration with Design, Merchants, TD & Vendors to achieve departmental IMU goals and deliver production-ready garments• Support Ascena Global Sourcing (AGS) & Market Vendors for preliminary Costing, Time & Actions, Deliveries and Liability Management• Ensure critical dates are being met by each Cross –Functional Team to maintain on-time deliveries. Proactive management to keep in front of issues that arise.• Collaborate with Raw Material, Design and Technical teams to ensure raw material development meets both aesthetic and end use needs within a cost matrix framework. • Manage Long Lead-time calendars and Pre-positions required to maintain deliveries and vertical calendar deliverables• Support Tech Team & Quality Assurance team on the Fit-for-Purpose Initiative being initiated• Participate in all Major Milestone meetings and weekly team & vendor meetings for each department and supports with required materials to represent Sourcing

Los Angeles, Ca, Us

Create and execute Seasonal Development and sourcing strategy.Evaluate, establish, and manage domestic and foreign supplier relations.Responsible for negotiating the prices at the right quality level.Make strategic recommendation and/or decisions with proper analysis as relates to financial requirements on the tooling and sampling.Structuring product contracts with suppliers.Oversee the growth of sourced product and proactively respond to any inventory issues.Manage the sampling and product approval process for each project.Deliver consistent quality product by overseeing every aspect and detail on each style produced.Check bulk fabrics approved by the Fabric Dept for quality and color, before production is cutOversee receipt and approvals of Pre-Production and shipment samples.Achieve and maintain the GUESS' target profit margin.Negotiation of long term supplier contracts.Plan and monitor production deliveries, build and maintain Vendor Scorecards/relationships.Collaborate with vendors to develop assigned products based on their capabilities, and the type of product needed.Provide the vendor with GUESS standards and the legal guide lines for GUESS manufacturers.Guide the production development process to ensure it can be made as it was sampled and sold.

Wilmington, De, Us

•Plan and execute a supply chain strategy that supports the business model to meet company finanicals, deliveries, quality and replenishment objectives. •Manage development and production activities from R&D, sampling, costing, and tracking against company calendars. •Responsible for management of time and action calendars to ensure timely completion of prototypes, sample line and bulk production.•Manage assigned product lines and lead assigned lines in product concept, design, and development process•Support the resolution of all garment related issues with appropriate merchant, technical designer, QC manager and or design• Implement and monitor the yearly vendor capacity commitments in addition to monitoring the seasonal vendor capacities•Manage liabilities. •Drive Company initiatives to improve speed to market and innovation•Understand sales, margin, turns, and merchandising requirements of buyers and analyze data from sell-through reportsCosting: •Responsible for all costing; first proto through final costing; including costing reviews and re-engineering styles to hit target departmental AUC’s. •Partner with design and fabric team to ensure development meets AUC requirements. Recommend and request modifications as needed. •Own monthly AUC forecasting with merchant partners.Sourcing Strategy: •Partner in creating sourcing strategy and develop product category specific sourcing plan with units, target costs and delivery. •Direct responsibility for seasonal factory allocation, factory and capacity planning that is consistent with Global Sourcing Strategy.•Review Assortment Sheets from Merchandising at the beginning of season development, adjust sourcing strategy to align with business needs. •Responsible for strategic planning and assessing risk associated with sourcing initiatives for factory and mill base.

Us

• Launched a $1M fashion wholesale business startup and steered growth of the customer base from 50 to 350 stores • Designed more than 50 unique styles over eight seasons for apparel line, "Turbulence;" imported over 50,000 apparel units in one year from Asia• Spearheaded distribution strategy using third-party logistics providers and self-managed warehouse

• Planned and executed a turn-around strategy to overhaul declining apparel manufacturing business through successful business development; new business generated $2M in revenue within 1 ½ year. • Liaised with network of retail buyers to ensure the production of high-quality products meeting tight delivery schedules

Bachellors Of Arts, English Literature

Associates In Applied Science, Fashion Marketing