Victoria Arteaga

Moved a high volume of inventory while maintaining all reports, for all categories, missy, juniors, plus, men's boys and girls Sales Representative for several retailers and off price accounts Merchandiser for special projects in all categories Collaborated with production and design to achieve customer's requests Advised availability of inventory of finished goods to sales and buyers Worked with warehouse on inventory availability

Implemented new systems for the management and tracking of orders Train and support sales and design staff Received and verified all orders for processing for 3 divisions Process and communicate all changes to production and sales Work with accounts at LA markets as well as new product development regularly Follow up with accounts on various approvals from initial order thru production Work with production on fit, spec, yield, fabric or other issues Purchase and resource fabric for 5 Divisions Review fabric issues with vendors Maintain a fabric library of current stock fabrics Maintain in house stock inventories of garments and fabrics and update sales staff Sell new items and all off price stock garments, fabrics and samples Maintain and update all records in systems for above duties

Negotiate prices and delivery between factory and clients Correspond with customers on spec/production issues Daily communication with overseas factories regarding all approval or comments Track all production from initial order to delivery

Execute product development from concept through merchandizing and production Buy trim and fabric for domestic and Mexico production Manage sample makers and production contractors for clothing and footwear Set up and manage trade shows Sales representative at trade shows Set up systems for costing and spec sheet packages Trained employees on computer sketching (freelance 4 months)

Managed workflow, priorities, and productivity for pattern makers and sample makers Created, analyzed, approved and distributed product development spec packages Oversaw fittings and communicated changes for production to overseas factories Communicated daily with production managers and overseas factories Corresponded with customers on spec/production issues Created new style numbering system for all departments Maintained Lectra pattern system and files

Oversaw operations for design room, costing, sample room and production Managed productivity of design and costing staff Trained and supported design staff Manages assorted projects

Oversaw operations for design room, costing, sample room and production Managed productivity of design and costing staff Trained and supported design staff Placed orders and tracked import production with Hong Kong, India and Hungary Liaison for Retail Marketing, MIS, Sales and Customer Service departments Coordinated trade shows, travel needs and inventory selling Projected finished garment orders and fabric buys

Trainer/User support for PDM, Micrografx Designer, Omni Form Filler and other various computer systems for all divisions of the company Recorded productivity of sample and pattern makers Developed and implemented design room procedures / Recruited and interviewed interns Costing/Specification Technician Created computer-generated sketches on Designer Suite 7.5 Generated cost of new line "Allen B. Missy Contemporary" Assigned pattern work, attended fittings, requested markers Issued pre-production specification packages Communicated with divisional, sales and production staff Corresponded with buyers for catalog orders

Supervised the organization of design room and sample room Worked with designer and sales staff collectively on all creative aspects of line Developed special trim send-outs with vendors, e.g., screen-prints, embroideries, etc. Researched and purchased sample fabrics, e.g., lace, ribs, knits, etc. Executed costing prices for junior sportswear Victoria Arteaga

Developed and implemented organizational procedures and systems for design room, sample room and costing area. Updated sales, design, and production personnel on all design changes Processed all order entry defaults Coordinated labor costs with the contractors Reviewed cost sheets and updated any revisions in the system