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To whom it may concern,I was excited to see your opening for a Director of Apparel I hope to be invited for an interview.My background includes Sourcing from Latin America and Asia. Most recently, I worked with Sears Holdings purchasing apparel from Latin America. My responsibilities included handling all negotiations, make contracts, manage production and manage all logistics with freight forwarder.Previously, I worked as Plant Manager in Central America, I have managed up 1,300 employees divided into two shifts. I also bring to the table strong computer proficiencies in MS Word, MS Excel and AS400 and other system platforms. Please see the accompanying resume for details of my experience and education.I am confident that I can offer you the Sourcing and Production problem-solving skills you are seeking. Feel free to call me at 305 215 5115 (cell) to arrange an interview. Thank you for your time -- I look forward to learning more about this opportunity!Sincerely,Richard Mussack

•	Introduce Fast Fashion styles in the company.  Our team was able to execute styles within 4 to 6 week window.
•	Increased sales “FOB” by 20% from 84M to break the $100M mark
•	Work with Crystal Group, Medellin, Colombia, I am aware of the Bierrebi machines used in Colombia.
•	Travel to HK Sourcing Headquarters for the quarterly buying trip.  There we competed with other buying offices from China, Korea, and India for the allocation of all direct import garment styles
•	Manage around 400 garment styles per year divided into four seasons 
•	Manage all contracts from order placement to actual export. This included all troubleshooting, creation of UPCs, establish rules of origin, place duties if needed and any other special requests. Follow up the contracts until export at local country port.
•	Increased on time delivery from 69% to 100% in my first two years with the company.
•	Manage up to fifteen active vendors in ten different countries in Latin America and Asia.
•	Established a weekly WIP report that was discussed in our weekly production meeting with the local vendor and our own QA team at each of our production countries.
•	Travel extensively to Latin America to review production with local factories.  Countries included are Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
•	Maintain “0” quality claims at store level for all garment produced
•	Able to increase the order fulfillment above 97% mark.

Merchandising Manager

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Richard Mussack

Sears Holdings

NC State University