Chelsea Thoms: Costing & Pricing Manager / SMU Product Developer in Bozeman, MT
Chelsea Thoms
Costing & Pricing Manager / SMU Product Developer
Bozeman | United States
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Rock climbing
Baking
Riding my fiji bike
Cooking delicious vegan food
Essential oils and naturopathic well-being
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Summit Resource International, LLC
Costing & Pricing Manager / SMU Product Developer | 09/2021 - Current
Voormi, LLC
Apparel Production and Inventory Manager | 10/2020 - 09/2021
• Line forecast 8-12 months out; identify all related manufacturing needs and components to ensure alignment to delivery goals
• Assess processes to address waste management, whether in time or materials, and refocus team toward long-term goals of delivering improved results
Lucky Brand Dungarees, LLC
Production Manager, Specialty channels | 10/2019 - 10/2020
• Structure and balance product allocation for best success in quality and cost within a global sourcing base
• Build cost and quality initiatives to benchmark improvements incrementally season over season (+98% TOP approvals, .5-1.5%IMU improvements 2019 to LY)
• Actively engage vendor base in production management to maintain +99% one-time shipments for $6.6mil COG / 465k units quarterly business
• Cultivate trusting and effective relationships with internal teams and manufacturing network to ensure improved results or problem solving is always in works
Lucky Brand Dungarees, LLC
Associate Production Manager, Women's Tees and Active | 10/2017 - 10/2019
• Reset category requirements with our manufacturing partners to elevate communication and execution for $2mil COG / 375k units quarterly business
• Landed cost matrix initiative to save $120k in 1 quarter while building confidence in a key manufacturing partner to strive for best results
Melt Wearhouse
Production Manager, Women's Fashion | 06/2017 - 09/2017
BCBG Max Azria Group
Senior Production Coordinator, Dresses | 06/2016 - 06/2017
• Engaged overseas vendor in continuous progress review to ensure goods meet delivery, price, and high-quality
• Collaborated cross-functionally to ensure internal adherence to calendar, and continuously evaluate level of impact to final cost/quality/delivery
• Proactively worked with Material Devel, Design, and Tech departments to address undesirables like wastage, minimums, and quality callouts
• Consistently negotiated cost and delivery, communicated persuasively to problem solve any undesirables
BCBG Max Azria Group
Production Coordinator | 04/2015 - 12/2016
Lafayette Textile Ind, LLC
Product Development & Production Assistant, Full-Package with integrated Textile Mfg | 09/2013 - 10/2014
• Managed constant and clear communication with all customers / suppliers / contractors, and cross-functional team members
• Analyzed product limitations / construction / trim options / fabric performance / customer’s vision for the product, and provided advisements
• Finalized costing/sourcing for all bulk purchasing, ensure all raw material lead times correlate with delivery goals
• Built relationships with suppliers, contractors, and vendors to effectively navigate timelines, pricing, and quality goals
Golden Green
Pre-Production Account Manager / Product Developer, Full-Package | 03/2013 - 09/2013
Scott X Scott, Inc.
Design and Operations Assistant | 07/2012 - 01/2013
Education history
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
A.A. | 2011 - 2012
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