Sara R.

Moved to Dresses & Jumpsuits team in Sept 2019

• Manage development & production of Loft & Loft Outlet Sportswear Pants & Shorts for multiple seasons at a time and up to 200+ development style between divisions • Analyze time & action calendars & negotiate costs for each assortment to drive down costs and implement shorter lead times to react to the state of the business • Manage & train coordinator in issuing style #s, updating assortment on the line sheet, facilitate the PO creation process, track samples, gather information on garment testing, and other tasks • Communicate daily with overseas vendors & agents as well as with cross function partners such as Design, Merchandising, Tech Design, Fabric R&D & QA • Work closing with design and merchandising on issuing and confirming BOMs and track samples • Place bulk commits and fabric commits with oversea vendors & agents and follow through to the shipment of the product and work with cross functional teams to solve any production issues that may arise

•Breakdown and confirm cost sheets from proto stage through TOP stage and enter all costs in Connectrix system to distro merchants •Handle production issues with agent and direct vendors including overage/shortages, deliveries, MOQs and work with internal counterparts on resolving the issues •Manages WIP reports & yarn liability charts daily and distro to internal counterparts as well as review weekly charts with assistant such as lab dip, proto and yarn recap charts to ensure production process is on track •Analyze design cards sent from design team and send out to agent and direct vendor for proto making •Solved cross-team problems with ingenuity and creativity

•Responsible for creating and editing style #s each season for Childrenswear USA and Europe Outlets •Take ownership of updating style information on handoffs and attend handoff meetings each season •Input MSRP & Retails into GFE+ and edit updates for style #/vendor information •Manage spreadsheets for all TOP and borrowed samples for Europe outlets •Act as liaison between buying team, production team and oversea vendors •Gather artwork for approval from legal department and send to vendors for costing purposes when necessary •Utilize GFE+ & SAP to create pre-class reports seasonally. Partner with oversea vendors and customs compliance on completing charts and assigning HTS codes

• Manage knitwear production for Anne Klein Special Markets • Daily email correspondence with sales, design, tech design, allocations, traffic & oversea vendors • Revise and issue buyer specific distros to vendors and negotiate best deliveries • Firm book orders with vendors that meet all factory and buyer requirements and adhere/monitor time & action calendars during the production process to ensure deliveries are maintained • Partner with costing on calculating LDPs and target FOB prices • Attend fittings and review lab dips and bulk lots when needed to ensure target approval dates are being met, while developing a greater understanding of garment construction and fabrication • Work closely with vendors on issues during the production process such as delays, delivery extensions, late pre-production sample approval, design changes, pre-ticket issues etc and resolve issues to avoid delays • Update ASNs, delivery dates, units and comments in SAP system and communicate any overages/shortages to sales • Prepare report for monthly shipping meeting, approve bookings daily and maintain special markets spreadsheets

• Managed 80 styles per season from development and order fulfillment to the final product across 4 brands: Badgley Mischka, Adrienne Vittadini, Franchi and LaSera by Franchi • Responsible for creating and issuing purchase orders to oversea factories and maintained spreadsheets with style information and pre-production sample send dates • Arranged showrooms for market and buyer meetings throughout each season • Analyzed all proto samples and fabric/leather swatches for approval and advised all comments or changes to the factories • Maintained a library of all fabric and leather swatches • Assisted with daily special projects and additional administrative responsibilities • Collaborated with sales and marketing on special product requests

• Assisted the sales consultant in identifying signage, markdowns and promotions for assigned retailers • Performed weekly mall trips to gather information on discounts, traffic, prices and trends • Compared prices weekly and created and Excel spreadsheet with performance results • Compiled comp shop reports and sent directly to the sales consultant each month

• Prepared for meetings with vendors and accounts to organize seasonal collections and discuss costing • Assisted with developing collections using eyewear shapes and color palates that were brand appropriate • Updated line sheets and specs when necessary • Forecasted optical trends and created concept look books to help with development stage • Organized prototypes according to brand and season

• Created a database of contacts on Excel • Contacted pro-shops, buyers and vendors to gather updated contact information • Managed and kept track of company’s inventory for the season • Packaged and prepared orders to be sent out to customers

• Performed weekly mall trips to report on signage, markdowns and promotions for assigned retailers • Identified discounts, traffic, prices and trends while shopping each store • Developed Excel spreadsheets to compare prices with the collected information • Worked directly with the sales consultant and sent monthly comp shop reports

Short term study abroad program focusing on trend forecasting to London and Barcelona, May 2010- June 2010