Cory Patterson

Manage all Raw Materials Strategy, Sourcing and Global Production for Speedo

Manage all Raw Materials for Speedo USA which encompasses fabric, trim & packaging.

Manager, Packaging & Trim

Managed Sourcing, Product Developers and Tech Design on a day to day basis. Managed design dept. on interim basis for 6 months. • Solely responsible for calendar creation, calendar deadline enforcement, sourcing strategy, vendor allocation, product development, costing for all non-footwear categories, final margin roll up, and SMS delivery. • Partner with all internal departments to ensure product needs are met for marketing and sales purposes and communicate strategy to my team to execute on those needs. • Responsible for department budget and P&L of Development department. • Saved over 3 million dollars in 9 months by renegotiating trim costs, production pricing and reducing redundancies in sampling. By end of FY15 total savings should be close to 4 million due to tee blank and printables fleece renegotiations and vendor changes.

• Owner of the line plan. Builds and maintains seasonal line plan, including target WHSL/RETAIL pricing and optimized style/sku targets. • Ensures updates are completed and communicated to all internal and external stakeholders, eg, sales team, marketing, retail, etc. • Serve as category leader and develop a collaborative working environment among cross-functional teams and represent the category team as the key resource. • Construct and conduct impactful line presentations for key retailers, internal departments, global regions, etc. • Identifies category growth opportunities and new market product potential, in both technologies and new categories. • Researches and analyzes competitor and market product, consumer and competitive trends, while spending time learning customer needs. • Effectively gathers input and feedback from retailers and retail partners in order to strategically tailor the line offering to assure on trend product assortment. • Extracts information from global regional product briefs for the creation of global design brief. • Incorporates marketplace influences and consumer insights into product design briefs • Analyzes data on global performance to influence global range management decisions to better utilize skus across the globe. • Offers insight to design for silhouette/style/color plan, fit/sizing direction and material offerings. • Works closely with cross-functional teams in the preparation, coordination, proofing, and execution of collateral (e.g., catalogs visuals, images, etc) • Highly collaborative and engaged with global teams and regional teams, including design, sourcing, marketing, and product development. • Works with category management leadership to achieve revenue growth and gross product margin goals

Global head of sourcing and development for boardshorts, amphibians and volley’s for all 4 of Quiksilver’s franchise brands Quiksilver, Roxy, DC and Quiksilver Watermans for all regions (America’s, NPAC, SPAC and EU). • Oversee all cut & sew sourcing and development for DC capsule collections for all team riders, Rob Dyrdek and core skateboarding product. • Manage a team of 3 developers on a day to day basis to ensure all M&D timelines are met and sales samples delivered on time. • Travel overseas 4-5 times a year to work with factory partners on development of current and new product as well as scouting new factory partnerships and areas of sourcing. • Forecast trends in sourcing and bring in new factories / agents to help the long term viability of our business / sourcing to raise margins and quality and lower lead times and minimums. • Responsible for margin approval and cost negotiations on all product I manage.

Sr. Merchandiser for Men's and Youth Apparel & Accessories Responsible for Merchandising and Development of Men's, Boy's and Kid's Knits, Men's, Boy's and Kid's Cut and Sew Fleece, Men's, Boy's and Kid's Printables Fleece, Men's, Boy's and Kid's Headwear, Men's, Boy's and Kid's Boardshorts, Men's, Boy's and Kid's Hybrids. Responsible for all aspects of product creation from concept to production Accountable for pricing and profitability of all categories. Perform extensive global research to identify key market trends and design concepts. Analyze competitor products; SKU count, sales programs and collateral to aid in the development of an effective product line plan strategy. Report clear direction to and collaborated with the design team in order to build a cohesive product line that was progressive, consumer relevant and consistent with DC's brand, image, and heritage. Organize and lead product line review presentations with key domestic and international retailers. Write catalog content every season for all categories.

Responsible for development of Men's Knits, Woven Tops and Bottoms, Fleece, Footwear, Headwear and Accessories and YC Headwear, Accessories and Footwear.

Product Manager for Headwear, Wetsuits, Rashguards, Footwear and Sweaters.

Responsible for sourcing and development of Men's Boy's and Kids Knits, Fleece and Sweaters.