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COLE HAAN- FOOTWEAR AND ACCESSORIES
Yarmouth, ME
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TANDY BRANDS ACCESSORIES INC.
Dallas, TX
VP Product Development and Sourcing * Manage team of 20 (13 in Dallas and 7 in HK office). Ability to provide both direct and off-site development and direction to grow the team and ensure future success for the company and individuals. * Responsible for directing and executing the design and development for multiple seasonal line plans simultaneously while meeting target costs and delivering against the PLM calendar. Cross-functional creation of the PLM calendar to meet both customer and internal business needs. * Identify and select factories, considering factories capabilities and capacity for development and production. Travel extensively overseas to manage existing suppliers and review potential new factories. * Responsible for visual merchandising of all showrooms, tradeshows and exhibitions for several locations. Creative liaison to licensed brands to ensure they are trend right and targeting their core consumers. Accomplishments * Implemented the creation and distribution of the company vendor manual which included corporate policies on social compliance, minimum testing protocols, manufacturing standards, chargeback schedule and quality assurance measures. We are fully compliant with both government and individual retailer requirements. * Developed new org structure to create product development and sourcing team reducing SG&A costs. Expanded HK responsibilities to include all China sourced purchasing moving the current responsibilities from Dallas reducing the domestic head count by 4. * Developed and implemented a vendor scorecard, which resulted in improved lead times and on time delivery.
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Sr. Creative Director, Men*s
Tandy Brands Accessories
Jan 2003 - Mar 2005 (2 years 2 months)
Sr. Creative Director, Men*s * Successfully identified targeted markets and capitalized on breadth of experience in design and merchandising to develop broad range of branded licensed and private label products across multiple price points. * Developed major private label programs for accounts including Kohl*s Belk