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Senior Production & Materials Planning Manager - Springs Digital                                                     2024-2026​

  • Planned and oversaw daily production operations for ~400 monthly orders, ensuring on-time delivery, quality compliance, and cost control​

  • Managed the top 2 customers, responsible for 47% of sales in the digital division

  • Oversaw warehouse redesign to improve location accuracy and space utilization by 50%

  • Implemented a color-coded work order system to prioritize orders, improving lead-times by at least 2 weeks

  • Forecasted, planned and purchased greige fabric, wallpaper, chemicals, machine parts, packaging and office supplies

  • Led cross-functional collaboration across design, sourcing, sales, and quality to resolve production issues and eliminate bottlenecks

  • Managed labor planning and external finishing schedules to optimize workflow and resource allocation

 

Product Manager - HomeMax, a Division of Yotrio                                                                                2023-2024

  • Oversaw the day-to-day of closet organization new product development and introduction

  • Implemented new processes, procedures and systems to document and communicate project milestones

  • Collaborated with retailer merchant team to determine best practices for marketing new items

  • Reviewed retail website product pages to ensure item details were correct, improving and updating when needed

  • Directed and approved production packaging artwork to move to printing

  • Assembled prototypes and provided feedback to factory on quality and design

  • Requested and maintained quotes and product specifications for all new items

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Assortment, Sample and Data Manager - North America,  Bekaert-Deslee                                        2019-2022
• Oversee lifecycle management for yarns, qualities, materials and technologies based on consumption and trends
• Champion standardization of yarn color and quality assortment across business units to reduce inventory waste
• Lead a team of four in product development management
• Streamline processes to improve time to market
• Maintain price books for new collections and sell-off projects
• Collaborate with supply chain department to ensure in stock quantities to match supply needs
• Coordinate and manage trade show booth set-up for ISPA
• Lead monthly sales and design meetings to strengthen communication between the departments
• Communicate new research and development projects to the NA business unit, reporting feedback to headquarters
• Upgrade processes to improve speed to market and transparency between departments
• Schedule new SAP materials and sample orders for new collections


Contract - UX Research/Design and Textile Management                                                                   2018 -2019
• Conducted user experience testing for new Point-of-Sales app ShopKeep
• Advised clients to improve online selling techniques through updating post times, hashtag suggestions
• Performed heuristic review of current website to determine areas that require improvement
• Synthesized data to determine best solutions going forward
• Presented findings to stakeholders to move forward with design revisions
• Communicated with design studio for specifications, timelines and costing parameters
• Revised processes and procedures to improve production delivery schedules
• Designed, printed and marketed T-shirt and tote bag line

 

Director - Product Development & Production, WestPoint Home                                                        2011-2018
• Motivated a team of 7 to develop home fashions for various retailers and national brands
• Strategically planned global manufacturing and sourcing projects with overseas factories to confirm on-time delivery
• Conducted competitive product analysis to understand retail landscape
• Maintained time and action calendars for development and production ensuring key milestones were met
• Participated in Six Sigma and Lean process training modules/Hoshin to increase clarity on role responsibilities
• Traveled to factories in India, China, Bahrain; Trade shows in Germany to vet new suppliers, review work-in-process, and source new qualities and technologies
• Responsible for department budget, hiring new employees, reviews and terminations

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​EDUCATION
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York - Textile and Surface Design, BFA

NC State, Fundamentals of Textiles, Certificate of Completion
General Assembly, New York - User Experience Research and Design, Immersive Certificate of Completion

Scrum Alliance, New York - Scrum Master

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