Shelby LaTorre — Production Associate at Forever 21
Work experience
Forever 21
Production Coordinator | 10/2023 - Current
- Serving as the main point of contact for all project updates
- Coordinating the day-to-day production operations of the home and gift department
- Overseeing daily production correspondence with vendors and internal teams.
- Resolving color, trim, packaging and carding issues for all samples in a timely manner.
- Maintaining shipping and delivery schedules between overseas partners and the California warehouse.
- Building and maintaining strong team relationships with vendors and internal departments.
- Ensuring products are executed pursuant to copyright , global labelling , testing compliance , and sizing laws.
Resident Objects
Production Consultant | 05/2020 - Current
- Establishing current operational standards for order fulfillment
- Consulting for production of goods and sourcing of vendors
- Attending trade shows and flea markets
Quiet Cam
Production Assistant / E-commerce Specialist | 10/2022 - 02/2025
- Collaborating with the owner on design ideas
- Sourcing apparel blanks and coordinating with the print house to facilitate the timely production of product
- Organizing all products for efficient e-commerce fulfillment
- Perfecting shipping logistics by implementing back end strategies.
Valfre
Production Manager | 10/2018 - 12/2023
- Working with the design team to innovate and define direction and objectives for new projects while ensuring technical feasibility
- Ensuring projects remain within scope, schedule, and defined budgets
- Sourcing new vendors
- Communicating launch timelines with wholesale and marketing teams to ensure seamless operations
- Coordinating with third parties/vendors for the flawless execution of multiple projects
- Acting as the primary point of management and leadership for the office staff
- Monitoring demand, forecasting and maintaining ideal inventory levels
- Building and submitting purchase orders for new and reorder product
- Creating and managing all product skus and listings including photos, product descriptions and pricing
- Establishing current operational standards for order fulfillment
Pop Up Home
Operations Manager | 12/2022 - 05/2023
Temporary Position
- Managing the showroom floor
- Creating and managing all products for the store's website using Shopify
- Coordinating with third party logistics to ensure the successful arrival of imported containers
- Maintaining and establishing relationships with auction houses, well established interior designers, and high end clients
- Created invoices and receipts
- Managing pay outs to consigners
UNREPD
Operations Manager | 12/2022 - 05/2023
Temporary Position
- Cataloging all incoming art pieces
- Maintaining and editing the company website using Shopify
- Communicating with potential buyers
- Created invoices and receipts
- Managing pay outs to artists
- Contributing to the openings of art shows at The Grand LA
RON ROBINSON, INC.
Operations Manager | 07/2017 - 10/2018
- Owning the customer experience and communication across all platforms
- Managing day-to-day FBA (fulfilled by Amazon)
- Processing replenishment requests from Amazon warehouses
- Coordinating the successful transfers of products from the stores for e-commerce order fulfillment
- Managing stock room inventory by requesting warehouse product transfers
- Fulfilling customer orders
- Processing returns and exchanges
- Communicating site and product issues to the management team.
POPRAGEOUS
Production Manager | 08/2014 - 07/2017
- Collaborating and innovating with the design team for creative development
- Coordinating the timely production of items made to order by e-commerce customers and wholesale clients
- Creating and managing all product skus and listings including photos, product descriptions and pricing
- Regularly merchandising the website
- Communicating timelines and sharing line sheets with current/potential wholesale clients
- Producing, prepping, and styling all products for photoshoots
- Establishing current operational standards for inventory management and order fulfillment
