Robin Mandelbaum Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

Jersey City, NJ

• International wholesale cotton fabric company. Windham Fabrics (wide range of printed cotton fabric), Baum Textile Mills (high quality fleece) and Anthology Fabrics (handmade Indonesian batiks) supplying designers.
• Manages hundreds of designer and manufacturing accounts for each of the three companies in the US and abroad. These accounts span across womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, accessories and home décor markets.
• Leverages years of national trade show expertise to further solidify current accounts, forge new relationships and attract former customers to the new company.
• Creates new opportunities for existing accounts to expand their business, uplevel their offerings and address their unforeseen challenges.
• Collaborates with accounts to sell open line printed fabrics. In addition, enthusiastically introduces the options of digital printing both existing designs and proprietary custom designs.
• Successfully navigating transition to new operations systems.

• International wholesale cotton fabric company serving womenswear, menswear, childrenswear, accessories and home décor markets.
• Grew account portfolio yielding $100,000 in sales into a portfolio consistently generating over $2,000,000 annually
• Opened and managed hundreds of domestic accounts while continuing to solidify business relationships that lasted a decade-long tenure. Accomplished through 1:1 sales meetings and attendance at nationwide trade shows.
• Devised and implemented procedures for swatching, sampling and maintaining the fabric lines.
• Partnered with accounts on custom designs from concept to completion, as well as selling open line prints.
• Consulted in art department design meetings to present customer requests and educate on market trends

New York, NY

• Textile design studio serving manufacturers, designers and textile converting companies.
• Established and managed an extensive client base for service work in a busy textile design studio while maintaining a large account base.
• Responsible for custom artwork from client concept meeting through project completion.
• Generated all original artwork sales to manufacturers and converters in the apparel and home furnishings industries.

Associate Of Arts - Aa, Fashion Buying And Merchandising/Clothing And Textiles, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Clothing And Textiles. Minor: Apparel And Textiles, Magna Cum Laude, Dean’S List