William (Pete) Peterman Email & Phone Number

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

Union, Missouri, United States

Quality Assurance / Compliance Manager; Union, MO ● Lead a team of QA Specialists between three facilities to guarantee quality and compliance standards for furniture, children’s toys and products, for domestic and international customers● Met and collaborated with merchandisers to create new processes for vendors / suppliers to meet and exceeded CPSC standards● Communicate and work closely with testing labs to remain up to date on regulations for toys and children’s product.● Performed quality audits on problematic products to troubleshoot and reduce return rate and shipping damage percentages

Greater St. Louis Area

• Maintain professional relationships with +25 U.S. licensees, including Disney and NBC, to ensure proper legal compliance.• Creating BAB product test reports for +10 product components to ensure domestic and international safety (including India, China, and Europe).• Ensure BAB brand and quality standards exceeded expectations through inspecting production samples for color, texture, and quality.• Collaborate with designers and sale reps to ensure +10 BAB partnership products meet client requirements & delight consumers.• Designed in-store product layout for all BAB stores to ensure consistent brand experience for all customers for new product launches. • Monitor product release dates, pre-order product samples for quality review, and communicated with +350 global stores for aesthetic compliance.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Served as a lead inspector and guaranteed client satisfaction for our international customer base to generate +50M in revenue.• Oversaw production for Elan Polo’s branded (Daniel Green & L.B. Evans, DVS & Airwalk, Gotcha, Crevo) and private label (Walmart, Target, Academy) footwear.• Nurtured vital professional relationships internationally with Chinese clientele to maintain mutually beneficial global partnerships.• Created an online catalog of fit samples to ensure all fit information is up to date for QA personnel traveling anywhere in the world.• Performed pre-fit and official-fit evaluations with foot models on specific samples to provide comfort and quality.• Collaborated with a team of shoe designers and sales reps to ensure shoes matched US HTS and ECCN guidelines.• Ensured and created pre-production procedures efficient for an optimal production run.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Strategized with sales representatives to confirm shoe materials and details met specific client specifications.• Negotiated with Chinese partners for best match in manufacturing facilities and price to increase profit by 10%.• Communicated with factory personnel to ensure correct shoe components were purchased prior to production.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Researched larger metropolitan cities, like New York, Miami, etc. for creative and innovative ideas in the shoe market.• Designed shoes for specific vendors, like Walmart, and Elan Polo to met US HTS rulings and matched ECCN for footwear.• Generated 20% revenue, in partnership with sales reps, through shoe catalogs showcasing Elan Polo’s diverse shoe offerings.

Greater St. Louis Area

• Designed and created innovative shoes for Elan Polo via Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator. • Assisted line builders to present new product offerings to potential Elan Polo clients and Elan Polo leadership.