Elise Lorenz: in Orange County, CA

• Achieved all product development, costing and sourcing activities, in-line with supply chain strategies, cost, quality, and TOE requirements. • Managed a line of 200 new children’s products from concept, development, through bulk production. • Responsible for the execution of prototypes/samples to meet all deadlines. • Collaborated and fostered strong cross functional relationships with merchandising and design (M&D), finance, supply planning and various other departments. • Trained and mentored our team’s Product Development Assistant. • Improved processes to reduce and/or eliminate discrepancies between suppliers and M&D teams. • Resolved safety testing and fabric/trim issues. • Collected and processed large amounts of data in FlexPLM and Excel to support operations. • Increased supplier source base to allow for production flexibility. • Negotiated COGS (cost of goods sold) for new and carryover products, consistently exceeding KPI’s for each season. • Partnered with our international suppliers and field offices to ensure accurate sample delivery. • Analyzed and reported quarterly product savings and development metrics to brand’s Vice President.

• Assisted team in the development of men’s denim/non-denim pants (average of 500 new SKU’s per season) and denim/non-denim jackets (average of 100 new SKU’s per season). • Issued vendor PO’s and service entries in SAP for sample orders. • Generated seasonal BOMs and set-up fabric records in FlexPLM. • Supported team in execution of GTM calendar deliverables. • Communicated with international field offices about development product packages, finish comments, sample approvals and preproduction/ production deadlines. • Partnered with M&D teams to resolve supplier inquiries. • Maintained accurate product data across multiple systems.