Design and install retail visual displays to increase product sell thru in key accounts throughout territory.

- Collaborated with design and merchandising team to develop styles from concept through production, ensuring the designer’s vision was never lost throughout the process. - Seasonally sourced new materials and trims through network of suppliers that met the company RSL and quality standards. - Maintained tech packs, line plans, WIP, and other reports, making sure details were up-to-date and accurate. - Coordinated print/fabric/trim approvals with design, colorist, and graphic designer. - Negotiated and confirmed all costing while maintaining the designer’s vision and surpassing internal margin goals for category. - Collaborated with marketing to develop new packaging, hangtag programs, and other projects as needed. - Managed the internal Bluesign working group that is working to integrate the Bluesign company initiative into the design, merchandising, and development of product. - Traveled to overseas and domestic factories as needed to ensure the working relationship as well as the quality of our collection were maintained.

- Work closely with global D&D department at international headquarters to design and develop product assortment mix for the US market. - Manage development from 2D through production for the US product assortment while staying on calendar. - Create and maintain tech packs and spec sheets for all US specific products. - Work directly with overseas vendors to develop/produce SMU requests from athletes, teams, and key accounts. - Examine, report and track the successes and failures of Arena’s product in the marketplace, and determine reasons for success or failure, then present this information to international executives. - Place production PO’s with both domestic and overseas vendors and ensure product is delivered on time. - Oversee development and production of promotional and collateral materials, including seasonal product catalog. - Seasonally analyze our competitor’s products and technologies and present information to D&D department.

Liason between M&D department in US and international distributors/licensees.