Bike

Golf

Fashion

Lifestyle

Moto & Powersports

Outdoor

Skate

Snow

Streetwear

Surf

Swim

Tech

Triathlon

Wake

Yoga

Health & Fitness

Advisor and Consultant

Specialist & Consultant

•	Assist the owner to build business plan and refine product concept.
•	Develop product, source materials, and negotiate costing.  
•	Set up supply chain including manufacturing through distribution.

•	Worked closely with Troy and the design team to create and innovate the mountain bike collection.
•	Brought in much needed first class mill and supplier partners capable of elevating product, meeting price points, and executing on time.
•	Managed product from beginning to end.


Consultant and Product Manager

•	Maintained supplier relationships and source new suppliers
•	Oversaw balanced factory loads
•	Collaborated with IT on supply chain and QC software, tools, and reports
•	Directed safety and social compliance policies and procedures
•	Managed testing procedures to adhere to federal and customer requirements
•	Led staff of 50 in USA, Hong Kong, China, Manila, and Vietnam

VP of Import Production

•	Reported to VP Product Development
•	Responsible for improving profitability through product cost reduction and efficiency gains
•	Reduced China dependency from 73% to 54% by expanding to competing countries
•	Negotiated all vendor contracts and agreements
•	Mitigated product fault and error rates through documenting supplier procedures and implementing a charge-back system
•	Created platform of performance testing to maintain Fox as industry leader

Director Vendor Sourcing and Quality Assurance

•	Responsible for product creation and commercialization; vendor selection
•	More than doubled overall business by delivering improved product
•	Wrote, standardized, and measured supplier performance
•	Consolidated supplier base from greater than one hundred to fewer than eighty
•	Redefined development process and cost negotiation; yielded improved margins

Production and Sourcing Manager

•	Refined SMU development process; catapulted Fox to top brand in PacSun

Product Development Manager

2002 to 2003
Maternity Production Manager
•	Built a new department, re-engineered existing product, coordinated with existing functions
•	Executed above plan, was awarded maximum bonus
•	Department continues to be highly profitably today, twelve years later
2001 to 2002
Knits Production Manager
•	Developed guidelines for enhancing brand perception while reducing costs
•	Awarded “High Flier” rating

Production Manager

Operations Coordinator

•	Developed product, improved IMU's, and managed allocations/supplier capacity

Associate Production Manager

Tirsa Parrish is an Advisor and Consultant at Uncle Grants, LLC. in San Jose, CA.

Tirsa Parrish — Advisor and Consultant at Uncle Grants, LLC.

Tirsa Parrish

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Fashion Institute of Technology

Marist College