Diana Tiffany: in los angeles, CA

• Elevated product development team to improve processes, optimize tools and promote cross functional collaboration • Mentored team members and managed workload through prioritization and delegation • Implemented cost processes and predictive costing tool increasing first cost accuracy and streamlining cost transparency across global supply chain • Transitioned 90% of material components to be nominated allowing for ability to pivot in the face of global trade issues and unprecedented demand volatility • Fit innovation task force member/leader for core block and inclusive sizing relaunch; executing wear tests for 250 ambassadors • Manage the identification of garment construction, material allocation and product functionality that supports product directives • Drive innovation and operational support in new product categories • Create and execute Go to Market Calendar, mitigating risk to supply chain disruptions

• Promoted several times during tenure • Strategized to deliver design’s vision at the required price point. • Re-engineered styles when necessary to hit margin • Anticipate and creatively solve potential quality issues. • Action lab and wear testing; report findings and suggest call to action to team leads • Managed relationships with vendors including quarterly international travel • Analyze season data and report metrics of margin, budget, and adoption ratio • Drove cost negotiations to ensure target margin goals were achieved • Attend Market Adoption meetings. Report revisions to cross functional teams

• Coordinate approvals for all all fabric/wash/trim/color details between design and vendors • Communicate with manufacturers to produce garment prototypes and showroom samples • Update and maintain PLM

• Supervise sample room and organize workflow for patternmakers, sewers, cutters, technical designers, and dye house coordinator • Manage the execution and timing of prototypes and salesman samples