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INSTACO - COMPTON CA – FEBRUARY 2020 – PRESENT DIRECTOR OF APPAREL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION Manage all aspects of product development and production for contemporary ready to wear collection for E-commence company, top to toe all phases from product development, production, and shipping schedules to match up the online launch date Drive cross-functional meetings with Marketing, Operations, Business team members (including company owner) on product concepts, updates, and driving teams to meet company goals. Provide guidance to regulatory on projects, timeline, and challenges to ensure alignment on launch dates. Creates and responsible for product lines consistent with business plan strategies and brand direction. Monitor and track best and worst sellers. Offer up new product opportunities as needed, make changes to what is in the pipeline. Manage daily cross-functional and vendor facing communication-related to product development, sourcing, costing, and pre-production. Manage development and production placement based on the yearly calendar modify and evolve production calendar and key brands launch timing as needed. Review all tech packs for product accuracy and clarity from design hand-off through production before sending to vendors. Collaborate with tech design and troubleshoot construction, quality, and development issues. Create and manage development WIP report to ensure team and vendor calendar deliverables are meet through all development stages. Negotiate cost, lead-time ,and MOQ at style level direct with vendors

CHARLES HENRY COLLECTION — LOS ANGELES CA (BRANDS: WAYF, CHARLES ) OCTOBER 2016 -PRESENT IMPORT PRODUCTION MANAGER Manage all aspects of import production for contemporary ready to wear collections. Communicate daily with factories and monitor all phases of production and shipping schedules. } Conduct extensive overseas travel, visiting factories for quality assurance / inspections, price and margin negotiation. } Develop T&A monthly calendars with factories to execute on time production schedule. } Assist in production planning, order placement, and tracking of deliveries. } Monitor daily production status with factories to ensure on time delivery dates. } Advise owner on potential delivery delays due to quality or raw material issues in bulk production. } Review final inspection with in house Quality controller and communicating any repairs to factories. } Attend fit session and work closely with technical design team to ensure factories execute fit meet our requirements.

} Apparel and accessories category director, managing and executing product planning, creative process, line building, product development and costing. } Responsible for all apparel and accessories product categories (denim, non-denim, woven, knits, sweater and snowboard outerwear) } Manage vendor sourcing and establish terms or business } Investigated pricing structure, size, and company culture to identify best fit for best-selling brands. Negotiated pricing, fabric, and timeline. } Reduced overall pricing to compete with major competitor in challenging market, while protecting dignity of skateboard brand. Evaluated fabric, examined line detail, assessed wholesale price, and identified key partnerships. } Reorganized group to streamline production and purchasing. Improved overall efficiencies by shifting majority of design decisions to the front end of the process, as well as establishing a focus on planning, reducing costly production issues.