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Global Sourcing Manager

Sr Global Sourcing Manager, Sourcing Manager, Product development manager, product manager

Managed global sourcing for women's apparel woven tops area for WHBM division of Chico's.
Negotiate the best costs without compromising the brand's quality or on-time deliveries. 
Develop and execute the development and communication of seasonal time and action calendars for the business and ensures teams are in compliance to required dates  
Work closely with key partners in design/development, raw materials development, and quality to allocate production, which leverages the best at capabilities of our supply base.	
Manage the relationship with vendors and mills, spearheading the negotiation and final price confirmation, garment details, factory allocation, and delivery. 
Manage the production process for 75-100 sku's monthly to achieve 76-77% IMU goal
Travelled overseas visiting mills, vendors & factories—Korea, Shanghai & Hong Kong

Production Sourcing Manager  Christopher & Banks- Plymouth, MN            2009-2011
**Managed production and sourcing area for women’s knits in petite, missy and plus sizes.
**Assist with product development process.
**Cost and sourced with multiple vendors in various styles and fabrications
**Assisted daily with product development process; trims/embellishments, print techniques, cost effect processes to achieve company 74-78% IMU
**Managed production process for 100-150 sku’s monthly 
**Directed communication daily with vendors, team members, and upper management

Production and Sourcing Manager

Owner

Initiate, develop, and launch to market new apparel products and innovations.
Marketing collateral ideas and implementation for new product development.

·Researched vendors, fabrics, and technologies for the industrial laundry market
·Communicated daily with vendors, team members, and upper management
·Traveled extensively to various trade shows, seminars and factories

Product Marketing Manager

Analyzed the daily and weekly licensed apparel sales for Sears and Sears.com licensed sport apparel. Developed and promoted new products and growth potential ideas.
·Managed the Sears and Sears.com for MLB, NCAA, NFL, NHL, NASCAR
·Assisted Sears growth plan for 2006 of +20% new plan of +78% growth for 2007
·Analyzed store and item weekly and yearly sales for weekly replenishment
·Communicated daily with Sears team, sales force and VF Imagewear team
·Special projects; sales reports, boards, presentations, and overviews

Onsite Sales Manager

Managed various product lines and accounts. Tasks included analyzing sales, vendor               		   sourcing, developing and approving product lines for children’s licensed apparel.  

·Managed business for gift sets, prams, winter accessories and packaged layettes for; 
Target, Kmart, Fred Meyer, Sears, Meijer’s, Oshkosh
·Organized accounts with Disney for approvals and submissions
·Managed and mentored assistant product manager
·Supervised and approved fabrics, colors, and trim submittals from vendors
·Conducted daily competitive and market trend analysis
·Created gift sets and worked with a variety of hard line goods
·Analyzed accounts for company 30% IMU and  account initial markup goals
·Created and transmitted technical packages to vendors in PDM system
·Provided input and technical design support in fit sessions

Product Manager

Sourcing responsibilities of costing, sampling, importing issues, and communicated daily with buyers and designers in intimate apparel. Promoted to high volume branded apparel area of Women's Ready to Wear.
Accountable for product quality, pricing and delivery
Sourced various knit and woven fabrics for tops, bottoms, jackets and dress categories
Developed fabric library and sourced fabrics for Women's RTW
Contacted daily International Business Offices (IBO's) concerning vendor issues
Educated merchandising and brand development departments on import issues
Managed quotes, purchase orders, and master contracts for Rockport tracking systems

Associate Sourcing Manager

Sourcing

Provided production management experience with sourcing, tracking products, costing, graphic tees, and leisurewear. Supervised the fit, fabric, color, and graphics process.

·Managed and mentored assistant production manager
·Executed production strategy with sourcing channels and merchandising
·Validated and managed time and action calendar received from sourcing channels
·Led weekly production update with cross-functional team
·Supervised costing process to achieve initial markup goal
·Created product placement plan and sourcing options to achieve financial goals
·Developed action plan for post-placement open issues

Associate Production Manager

Managed vendor communication, team meetings, production issues, fabric and sample  
                               development in men's, boys, girls and infant areas for both Shopko and Pamida. 
Communicated and assisted all areas of product development
Sourcing and costing on men's and boys apparel products
Created letters of credit, purchase orders, sending specs and purchase orders

Assistant  Production  Manager

Find out detailed information about Noell Romatowski, Global Sourcing Manager in Fort Myers, FL

Noell Romatowski: Global Sourcing Manager in Fort Myers, FL

Noell Romatowski

White House Black Market

Christopher & Banks

Narrcisse

G&K Services

VF Imagewear

Heyman

Sears Roebuck

Sears Holdings Corporation

Old Navy

Shopko Corporate

Shopko

University of Wisconsin-Stout

University Wisconsin Stout