Jersey City, New Jersey, United States
Manage the complete development for both hard and soft goods under Fitness and Active Lifestyle categories, such as weight training and exercise equipment, recreational and official sporting goods, swim and snow, camping gear, & more. Generate new business by developing into brand new categories under our owned brands and with licensed partners such as Coca-Cola, Banana Boat, FIFA, Skechers, HEAD, US Army, Marvel, Disney, Mattel, Nickelodeon, and others. Manage and update PLM along with internal charts daily to reflect most accurate item statuses while in development with teams overseas. New style creation, update techpacks to reflect correct technical artwork, specifications, material selections, required testing, and overall construction Establish and maintain acceptable quality standards to adhere to during DVP, PP, and TOP stages, confirming the techpacks were followed. Organize Development Team workflow and manage shifting priorities based on business demands to meet daily and overall departmental targets. Collaborate with Sales & Design Teams to create and finalize products that are engineered to meet cost and quality standards for customers including Walmart US/ CA, Costco US/ CA, Sam's Club, Amazon, Dick's Sporting Goods, and more. Attend and showcase at OR Winter/ Summer Tradeshow, ASD, & more to follow.
Handle the manufacturing process and oversee daily production activities for thousands of various products amongst ten suppliers through organizing workflow and managing multiple priorities to meet daily targets. Visit various cities of China, a minimum of ten days at a time, to review product schedule timelines and verify they are accurate and mass production quality is up to par with inspection reports. Establish and maintain acceptable quality assurance procedures to review proto samples and product strike offs for mass production approval, ensuring the correct product materials are used and proper execution, resulting in greater quality control, and reduced waste of time and materials. Manage and update Production Schedule Reports daily to record the most recent product and ship date statuses, confirming factory capacity, and product timelines are on time to meet the needs based on business demands. Converse with suppliers overseas to increase responsiveness and prompt turnaround, in turn increasing efficiency in confirming that shipments are correct and stay on schedule. Submit and monitor product design and concept submissions for all current product rights, and potential new product rights, to all major professional sports leagues, colleges, universities and select entertainment property license sites for approvals. Ensure compliance of all licensing standards by organizing all feedback provided by the licensors and working directly with the design, development, and production teams.
Manage and coordinate the complete development for projects covering upwards of five-hundred products across various category lines with collective sales grossing more than forty-five million dollars in 2019, averaging an increase of 15-20% year over year; while simultaneously assembling quick react Hot Market programs for Championship Series across all leagues. Initiate market research studies while analyzing company sales data to understand customer and market strengths and opportunities for growth and new items. Travel to various cities of China, a minimum of ten days at a time, four times yearly, to view showrooms for new materials, and new coming trends and products, while also directly communicating with suppliers to help expedite the development process therefore increasing efficiency. Consult with CEO and top management for product approvals and work collaboratively with various departments to evaluate margin grids, mass production execution and material quality, production schedule timelines, and sales catalogs along with ecomm marketing materials and listings to maximize product success. Selected as “Key Contributor” - Built valuable and exclusive relationships with top ten company accounts, including Fanatics, Walmart, Target, and Kohl’s, through traveling for in person meetings to present current product lines and to create account exclusive items and product lines. Connect with the UK Office and Canada Team to successfully translate goods established in the US product line to adequately fit the European and Canadian consumer market. Arrange product line displays for major sales trade shows, such as Tailgate, Magic, and ASD, along with NFL and MLB Summit Shows, in addition to office showrooms to showcase suitable merchandising set up.
Maintain the municipal housing database of more than 7,500 indentures by adding new single and multi-family housing indentures and updating reported amounts and collateral to provide accurate and timely bond information. Reviewed documentation of 1,800 municipal bonds to determine the appropriate credit enhancements of each in order to provide clients with additional insight and precision in evaluating bonds. Analyze over 3,000 escrow agreements and documents in order to update collateral. Verified and updated over 2,500 conditional redemptions of municipal bonds through contact with paying agents and trustees. Worked on various projects covering secondarily insured bonds, bond purposes, and DTC in order to validate data for several benchmark indices.
Collaborated with seventeen other employees in order to provide excellent customer service for a club consisting of 400 members. Assisted director with financial documents such as income statements, inventory invoices, and payroll. Responsible for scheduling hours and events as well as ordering of products and supplies for an establishment generating $4,000 in weekly revenue.