Blanca Williams: in San Juan Capistrano, CA

? Managed cross-functional teams: design, sales, development, marketing, and overseas team. ? Implemented new strategies to the overseas team to support ongoing customer development needs. ? Identified product opportunities in the areas above (including new products, or product enhancements) via market research, collaboration with sales reps, and direct customer engagements. ? Established effective partnerships with domestic suppliers. ? Developed procedures related to product development resulting in strong efficient practices. ? Maintained the product calendar deadlines, cost targets, and managed prioritization with employees. ? Trained employees to forecast product inventory and seasonal industry cycles. ? Support development, product management and design with technical expertise on fabrics and trims. ? Arranged annual performance reviews with employees to evaluate performance.

Actively provide input for setting the Concept to Consumer, working with our sales team and customers by providing substrate and execution recommendations to custom engineer the product to fit within our customer's price parameters. ? Worked daily with overseas office to ensure smooth movement of product, identify cost-effective sources, and meet calendar deadlines. ? Ability to provide clear product direction to all departments and offices. ? Evaluated prototypes for compliance: manage fit/size specification, and color to match tech pack design. ? Managed customer purchase orders, lead time calendar, and inventory in our system. ? Create & organize WIP charts to facilitating sample & production submits for approval.

• Worked closely with the Category Merchandise Manager and License Sale Manager • Managed calendar for categories to meet deadlines. Track approvals of all submits for production. • Identify key issues in product construction, material selection, manufacturing and pricing and proactively research alternate options in accordance with cost targets. • Participated in product reviews to ensure prototypes accurately reflect construction specifications.