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Product Coordinator

Administration & Clerical

I am a recent Graduate with my Bachelor's of Science in Merchandising and Design. I am a hardworking, dedicated individual seeking full-time employment in the Apparel Industry. I have experience at the Corporate level in Buying, Product Development, Purchasing, Quality Control, and Product Coordination. I have experience in Missy's, Swimwear, Active, Sweaters, Loungewear, and more.

-Conduct and execute all Product Development responsibilities
-Produce all Women's Swimwear brands, reporting to Senior Merchandiser
-Create and maintain line sheets including: style numbers, colors, fabric names and style pricing.
-Create and maintain style packages in conjunction with Design and Technical Design in PLM.
-Set up styles in PLM & Essentus.
-Create and close sample purchase orders.
-Request fabric/trims for sample room, track and distribute all sales samples.
-Track all L/D, S/O and trims and communicate comments to overseas offices and through PLM.
-Communicate line changes to the New York and Los Angeles Sales Teams and overseas offices.
-Work with Sourcing in calculating fabric and trim needs for sales samples. 
-Review Sales off-price & speciality pricing inquiries and partnered with Sourcing to meet the needs of the buyer, while trying to meet target pricing & maintaining our internal margin. 
- Partner with Design to create Sales presentation boards for market appointments and Sales meetings. 
- Oversee sample yardage orders each season for Sales sample line for market appointments, while staying within our allotted fabric budget.

-Assist the Product Manager in follow up with Design and Merchandising to manage the pre-production approval process from
turnover of tech packs to insure delivery dates are maintained.
-Monitor status of orders/shipping to insure Delivery Exception report reflects correct dates and comments.
- Assist Product Manager in printing technical design packs, sending tech packs to vendors & maintaining style tracking system.
- Duplicate standardized tech packages for distribution to secondary vendors for competitive costing and dual sourcing.
-Maintain spread sheets and PDM task manager for Product Manager.
-Assisting with the sample review and approval process.
-Constant communication overseas with International Vendors and factories.
-Attending and assisting in fit sessions and commentary.
-Creating, updating, and reviewing Week In Progress reports for individual programs.
-Understanding and interpreting duty rates per individual clothing article content.

Product Development Intern

-Guide clients in choosing and locating outfits based on evaluation of client’s personal style.
-Assists client in establishing perfect fit through fitting room evaluation and client preference recognition.
-Complete transactions through cash register and maintain contact and relationship with clientele.
-Assists manager in visual merchandising.

Stylist/Merchandising Suppot

-Assisted buying team in line reviews, open to buy, style outs, and best/worst sellers review and provided explanation of
strategy and entry/exit plans.
-Built proficiency in multiple micro-strategy planning tools, IPR selling strategies, Excel, and price-inputting tools.
-Accompanied head buyer on vendor visits.
-Sample management, forecast estimates, markdown strategies and in store execution.
-Assisted with the advertising process for weekly circulars; set-up, obtains samples, ad proofing, subsidy collection, and post
analysis recap.
-Actively maintained awareness of products, customer preferences and competitors for the assortment planning process.
-Provided analysis and feedback on current business and/or process improvements to various levels of management including
the SVP & the senior leadership team of merchandising.
-Created line item comparative analysis final project presented to senior vice presidents.

Buying Apprentice Intern

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