Experience
2025 — Now
New York, New York, United States
Women’s Speciality Knits, Fleece and Sweaters
• Lead product development team for Women’s Fleece, Knits & Sweaters, managing concept-to-market execution
• Develop and manage fast T&A calendars, ensuring agility to react to current trends and allow the cross functional team ample time to react to business needs
• Work closely with overseas partners to secure fabric commitments and positions fabric with mills to lower fabric cost and leadtime
• Lead strategic cost saving initiatives to offset tariff increases
• Collaborate closely with design, merchandising, R&D, and technical design leads to ensure seamless product execution
2020 — 2025
2020 — 2025
New York City Metropolitan Area
Womens Performance and Active (May 2023 - Present)
Womens Outerwear and Woven Bottoms (June 2020 - April 2023)
o Drive communication between cross functional teams and Asia vendors to provide costing guidance to ensure financial targets and merchandise strategies are met
o Lead strategic initiatives to drive responsiveness in the business and reduce production lead times
o Proactively flash cost and cost engineer all styles at the beginning of each season to solve for any cost, quality or bulk production challenges
o Manage timeline and seasonal bookings to ensure product is delivered on time
o Successfully hired, trained, and managed a direct report where I provide coaching, guidance, and performance reviews
2019 — 2019
Greater Los Angeles Area
Maintaining responsibilities from previous role in addition to:
o Owner of all knitwear fabrics - leverage fabrics across categories to help negotiate costs to ensure IMU goal of 75% is met
o On average manages 80-100 styles per season
o Oversee entire development process through delivery to fulfillment center
o Manage and track purchase orders to ensure on time and in full
o Understanding of fabric duties and tariffs
o Travel to China to meet with vendors, oversee production and proto sample execution
2018 — 2019
2018 — 2019
Los Angeles, California
o Act as a category costing expert in meetings offering expertise and on demand costing options
o Create cost targets for all styles before tech packs are sent and engineer all garments upfront to
ensure IMU goals are met
o Manage development WIP including T&A proto tracking, sample management, fabric and costing
o Understand and negotiate component costing for all styles
o Strong verbal and written communication with domestic & overseas vendors
o Work closely with our designers and buyers to create successful product while accomplishing IMU
goal in line with company target
2016 — 2018
Minneapolis, Minnesota
o Assist the Product Manager with the creation of assortment and the development of a category
o Work closely with cross functional teams to review product details to ensure product execution
o Provide clear communication to vendor partners daily as it relates to product design and development to ensure execution of assortment
o Product Lifecycle Management Software (PLM)
o Maintain knowledge base of industry and competitor market trends
o Support and assist the Product Manager in driving overall direction and performance of category or department
Education
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Retail Merchandising concentration in Store Operations and Marketing
2011 — 2015
Regents University London
Bachelor's Degree
2014 — 2014
Champlin Park High School
2007 — 2011