03/2010 - 03/2018
GAP INC.
• Managed designer collection for Jean Paul Gaultier, Anna Sui, Zac Posen, and Rodarte of 50-75 SKU's throughout the product lifecycle end-to-end to delivery and sales.
• Negotiate and finalize cost for each program while maintaining corporate gross margins at 65% or higher and working to achieve customer 70% markup goals.
• Adhere to collection aesthetics of the Designer and the customer quality standards by overseeing pre-production development and production fabric/ trim submits, garment fittings, and testing standards.
• S.A.P. systems super user, advised on new system as it pertained to departmental business throughout systems implementation. Conducted employee training of the systems.
PRODUCTION OPERATIONS & SALES ASSISTANT
09/1994 - 09/1999
09/1999 - 01/2003
K. BELL SOCKS
09/2005 - 05/2007
AREA MANAGER
NORDSTROM
JACOBSON'S
• Seasonally managed teams to executed product development and strategies along with production and delivery for 58% of Knits, Sweaters, & Swim businesses equating to $558 million dollars across Gap Specialty & Outlet Stores in Adult & Gap Kids knits departments.
• Achieved and exceeding global seasonal divisional AUC goals of down 4% for 4 seasons consecutively. Key cost strategist and negotiator for seasonal assortments to level set cross-function partnering to solve above target AUC by identifying key assortment buys, mill and vendor leveraging, and style aesthetic tweaking.
• Influenced and assisted to build Gap's speed to market model for Fast Track and Co-Creation allowing for 40-60% of a seasonal line to turn on a 16WK T&A and 75% gross margins. Worked with cross functional teams and vendors to create shorten timelines, achieve AUC targets, and collaborated to write process for best practices for all departments in Gap Inc.
• Managed 23 global team members in Hong Kong, Vietnam, and India via travel, video conference calls, and email to effectively communicate daily on all product development and production status; milestone adoption meetings; on and off cycle calendars and testing T&A's; fabric and sample ordering/ tracking; vendor issues and on time delivery.
• Built and advise upper management on vendor matrix and mill performance and capacity planning for allocation seasonal and yearly; contribute accurate information to costing tools for sales data analyses and reporting both current and historical; instruct Director on commitments to sourcing raw materials across mills and vendors to hold costs and reserve production space.
• Extensive travel to Hong Kong, China, Vietnam and India for mill, factory, and vendor visits revolving around new product development requests; assessing and solving garment or print production concerns and issues; evaluate mill and factory capabilities; toured additional vendor partner supplier facilities for graphics, embroidery, and printing.
SENIOR GLOBAL PRODUCTION MANAGER
PRODUCTION MANAGER OF SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR TARGET GO INT'L
LI & FUNG: OXFORD
COLLECTION DIVISION
06/2007 - 03/2010
AREA MANAGER
05/2003 - 06/2005
BUSCH GARDENS THEME PARK
DESIGNER & COSTUME TECHNICIAN

• Extensive travel to sourced new and maintain existing vendors through launching vendor key performance matrix to create and build strong partnerships with vendors in Asia, Turkey, Italy, South America, and America.
• Owned collection merchandise plans to manage seasonal budgets for SMS, fabric, and trim development to reduce development budget costs by 53% over 6 months
• Successfully managed multiple product collections and brand-focused projects, while streamlining sourcing, implementing process improvements, optimizing costs, and elevating performance with vendors and cross- functional teams.
• Built fabric standard and wash library to establish key standard knit and woven fabrics to allow for increase speed into collaboration projects, reduce costs, and leverage capacity for 2020.


DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & PRODUCTION
• Manage development, allocation, and production for license brands Eddie Bauer, Ralph Lauren Chaps, Weatherproof, and Lee for adult apparel and kids outerwear, an annual business volume $56M+ FOB / 7M+ units for Costco US and International Stores.
• Collaborate with Mainline retail team seasonally to leverage development, allocation, and costing to achieve 30% margins on Club Store programs and 30% weighted margins Mainline Store collections.
• Coordinate with O5 Inspection teams in China, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Cambodia to ensure factory's meet Costco AQL and SGS/ MTS testing requirements.
• Mentor and develop 2 full time associates and rotating interns to effectively communicate daily on production status, providing changing opportunities to leverage strengths and improve abilities

Accomplished product developer and production director for some of apparel industry's most influential fashion brands by driving strategies through global team collaboration and strong vendor partnerships. Expertise in garment manufacturing, construction and fabric knowledge, brand and vendor sourcing strategy, and negotiation. Passionately committed to building positive cross functional teamwork to create the highest standard of brand excellence, drive change, and achieving global organizational goals within fast-pace and complex business environments.

DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• Partnered with Sales to exceed Forever 21 account growth from 650K$ annually to 2M$
• Developed and implemented long term strategy for Mass Market retailers in order to impact the end to end value chain while expanding the fast track blank graphic knits business to turn in 7 weeks lead time
• Sourced and built a vendor matrix for Cut & Sew garments for mass market retailers such as Target, Kohl's, and Ross Stores. Strategize and negotiate full package tiered costing on Cut & Sew programs while maintaining gross margins.
• Built, track and report on vendor key performance indicators and create strong partnerships with new and established vendor base capable of delivering within short lead times in Mexico, Central and South America and low-cost producers in Asia and Middle East

SENIOR SOURCING & DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

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