Tiffany L.

Apr ‘24 - Present: Women’s Seamless & Sweater Aug ‘23 - Apr ‘24: Men’s & Women’s Seamless & Sweater

- Manage all apparel/accessories SKU’s and projects for SMU's, inline late-adds, and regional graphic tees. - Mentored 2-4 interns per school semester with development projects, sample coordinating and PLM tasks. - Implement efficient procedures amongst all cross-functional teams and vendors to streamline the development process. - Obtain, analyze, and negotiate FOB and DDP costing to ensure every style meets target IGM and account IMU. - Actively participate and continuously work towards all company-wide sustainability initiatives and brand goals as a member of the Boardriders Sustainability Committee. - Set up new styles, track sample comments, run reports, and manage all styles in PLM. Utilize Salesforce for SMU projects. - Send bi-weekly margin roll-ups on Excel Pivotsheets to executive team members for all SMU seasons. - Achieved above margin goal for 7 seasons in a row since Spring 2021. - Create shot lists and organize samples for monthly photoshoots. - Work with vendors to create Time & Action calendars per season.

- Handled development for all SMU’s & private label styles for multiple large retail accounts under multiple calendars at a time. - Responsible for the following categories: mens & youth hybrid shorts, swim, woven shirts, walkshorts, pants, chino shorts, knit sweaters, jackets, fleece, polo shirts, outerwear. - Obtained, analyzed, and negotiated DDP costing with vendors while ensuring prices meet target IGM and IMU for accounts. - Sourced and onboarded new overseas suppliers.

- Managed a team of 6 within the Products department. - Implemented development processes to successfully increase SKU's and to introduced new categories for accessories. - Responsible for analyzing sales data, determining buy qty's, issuing PO's, and tracking bulk shipments. - Attended trade shows such as CES to source new products and to meet new vendors.

- Well-versed in the development & technical design of various categories including: mens woven shirts, sweaters, printed & basic tees, activewear tops & jackets, all trims & labels/hangtags, as well as accessories (headwear, luggage, backpacks, socks, belts, etc.), and footwear. - Developed and launched a brand new line of accessories under newly-acquired brand, Cuater. - Followed multiple calendars to develop styles for inline, TravisMathew higher-end label, TM Fitness line, and SMU’s for Nordstrom and Green Grass accounts. - Responsible for the technical design and fit of all apparel and headwear accessories categories. - Communicated daily with overseas & domestic vendors to ensure product integrity while meeting deadlines and target IGM. - Travelled overseas to Thailand, Vietnam, China, and Hong Kong for sourcing and development trips to meet new vendors, work together with vendor partners on current development and production orders, and to tour factories. - Arranged and coordinated vendor meetings for designers to explore new concepts and techniques for upcoming seasons.

- In-depth knowledge of headwear, backpacks, bags, sunglasses, wallets, trims, and various accessories categories. - Effectively analyzed cost sheets and negotiated FOB costing with factories to meet target costs and margin. - Utilized PLM (WFX) to create new styles, track status, input comments, generate reports, and complete cost sheets. - Trend forecast, designed, and tech packed new styles for private labels and in-house accessory lines for trade show presentations and customer sales meetings. - Worked directly with customer account buyers for private label & SMU development projects and production orders. - Worked closely with the production team to implement quality control on bulk production.

- Supported the design and development team from creating tech packs to drawing CADs. - Trend researched and created physical mood boards and color story boards. - Attended women's fittings from proto to PP stage. - Organized, archived, and coordinated development samples. - Introduced to PLM and utilized it to help complete tech packs.

- Participated in the 25th Annual Campus Couture Show. - Designed and constructed 8 garments for senior collection runway show. - Proctored for an Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop class. - Proctored for a Beginner's Sewing / Garment Construction class.