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Ensure products are purchased, manufactured and delivered according to company calendar.
Negotiate seasonal programs to secure competitive costs and meet margin goals.
Partner with design on seasonal fabric and product selections.
 Manage the communication flow between product development and suppliers to ensure clear and concise direction. Excellent ability to collaborate. 
Create seasonal collections that best meet the trend, quality and financial needs of each client. Conduct extensive global market research to aid in client forecast and product development.
Manage any required fabric reservation.  
Effective team management and cross functional leadership. Is flexible, committed, deals with problems in a solution-oriented manner, stays calm in the mist of crisis, is detailed oriented but sees the “big picture”. Broad range of technical knowledge relating to development, testing and quality of textiles and sewn product construction.
Exceeds expectations negotiating cost and maximizing profit.  Ability to interpret design intent and offer alternative solutions. High aesthetic, and taste level. Passion for fabric R&D, knowledge of base substrates and innovative materials. Demonstrated strengths and strong knowledge of design, product development, and production processes with proven success. 
Over fifteen years’ experience in international travel to Asia, includes factory and mill networks and sourcing partnerships in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam, India, Kenya, and Egypt.

I like to work independently in a fast paced environment where I am challenged, can be creative, apply my experience and add value. I like to work hard. I love to collaborate, and I feel relationships drive the process, both internal and external. I like to surround myself with positive talented people.




Ownership for Production/Sourcing for Private and Exclusive Brand product/category through entire development life cycle.
•	Facilitate and execute Design’s vision through the Production and Sourcing of brand appropriate fabric and trims, delivery of first samples, achieving business performance objectives relative to manufacturability. 
•	Own Costing process/negotiations, meeting target IMU, providing strategic direction to the team on cost reduction efforts,  (Maintained high IMU results & low percent of change or flat to L/yr pricing; Spr ’14, IMU increase of 3.5% to LY, 200bp.). 
•	Thinks “Fabric First”. Identifies opportunities for consolidation and leveraging across departments/brands to reduce cost. (Positioned 2.0 mil/yds with Sonoma brand. Saved $.15/yd, $300k, & acquired shortened lead time due to pre-dipping & greige booking).
•	Manage style level, Vendor allocation, for all styles put into development, ensuring overall vendor sourcing strategy is maintained. Drive and monitor Vendor Matrix, strategically placing product globally, responsible for monitoring and updating seasonal/monthly vendor projections. 
•	Demonstrates sound judgment when making decisions, communicates with Cross functional teams to keep them apprised of developments, ability to balance logic and intuition which comes from years of experience. 
•	Creates an effective work environment by setting clear objectives, coaching, motivating, and celebrating successes.

Production Controller Sourcing / PD

Managed all Knit and Woven product for the Women’s Division from Concept to Delivery. Included in this role:
Product Development, Sourcing and Production responsibilities. $170 Million/sales, supported Direct Catalog and Retail Channels. 
•	Responsibility and ownership of PD, Sourcing and Manufacturing functions, worked closely with internal cross functional teams in Design, Merchandising, Inventory Management, as well as Overseas offices, Mills and Vendors to ensure development of brand right products which met financial goals, quality standards, and on time delivery (98.8%). 
•	Responsible for all aspects of Fabric development process to include Sourcing (Europe & Asia), costing, testing, print & pattern work/CAD execution. Managed 2 Fabric associates. 
•	Familiar with Technical, Performance and Swim Fabrications
•	Problem solved and brought innovative ideas and new construction or fabric options to translate those submissions while following the Merchandising “roadmap”, line plan. Improved adoption rates with reduced development ratios.
•	Negotiated cost, improving costing strategies. Increased margin by +300 bp (+ $1million’ Spr’13) on carry over/core product. Worked with Suppliers on developing, improving new product processes, (reduced AUC, Avg. $5-6). 
•	Executed global sourcing strategy, factory/mill allocation. Handled all supplier communication. Evaluated Vendor/Mill performance, hindsight’s-insights-foresights. 
•	Drove calendar timelines. Led weekly team meetings, communicating with cross functional teams and vendors. 
•	Color: Member of the task force to re-establish SOP, looked at systems, processes to build solid relationships with PD&S, conducted training cross functionally and created a color library. 
•	Managed team of 5 direct reports.

General Manager Global Sourcing / PD

Managed textile product design team for the Soft Home division; $880 Million/sales, retail and .com, ensuring designs are executed as planned to the manufacture of initial samples. 
•	Partnered with Brand Designers on the creation of original concepts, encompassing style, color and fabric. Broad range of technical knowledge, relating to development, testing and quality of woven textiles and sewn product construction methods.
•	Developed tactical plans for the optimization of price/value products, white space opportunities, and guiding the PD process. 
•	Maintained collaborative partnerships with Design, Color team, Sourcing and Trend on the creation of original concepts with regard to style, color (participated in the creation of seasonal color palettes), and fabric for multiple brands and categories. 
•	Provided leadership and direction regarding fabric R & D, recommending global sourcing while optimizing sales and profit, Strong knowledge of fabrics and related manufacturing processes.   
•	Adhered to critical dates T&A calendar, (Worked on task force for CTR, 36 weeks, end to end development to production). 
•	Managed and oversaw daily activities of the Textile CAD Design team.

Product Development Manager

Management & execution of the total lifecycle from development to production for Nautica and Liz Claiborne
Home Textiles Divisions, $185 million/sales. 
Global fabric / Trim sourcing, Prototype development/samples, Costing, T&A, and product placement.

Director Product Development

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