Brandon Kajita

• Communicated with overseas manufacturing factories in East Asia to execute design intent of sportswear and accessories in a leading surf apparel manufacturing company • Liaison between design, merchandising, marketing, and sales teams to ensure sourced materials, trims, and garment samples meet corporate approved style, fit, and construction • Audited and approved technical specifications (techpacks) provided by design and communicated updates to vendors throughout the development and sample process • Analyzed material costs and ensured FOB's were accurate to meet margin objectives

• Line plan and costing development for performance running apparel and footwear manufacturer • Responsible for receiving all costing and retail pricing updates from design, merchandising, and production and updating across global ERP and communicating to all internal teams • Supported design, development, and merchandising teams for product attribute accuracy used in all catalogs, databases, and marketing communications

• Line plan and costing development for performance running apparel and footwear manufacturer • Responsible for receiving all costing and retail pricing updates from design, merchandising, and production and updating across global ERP and communicating to all internal teams • Supported design, development, and merchandising teams for product attribute accuracy used in all catalogs, databases, and marketing communications

• Document control of engineering semiconductor assembly instructions and parts request forms • Management of operational inventory process flow through the development and maintenance of key reporting metrics i.e. BARS, PeopleSoft and Agile • Generate, update and approve legal documents for technical die fabrication of 10,000+ inventory SKU’s • Assist with planning/supply chain groups to ensure all data is accurate and aligned in multiple ERP’s • Maintenance and creation of manufacturing WIP reports from over 12 overseas foundries • Data integrity and accuracy of inventory part attributes for cross-functional databases

• Assisted over 20 US sales reps and international distributors with order maintenance, order entry, shipment routing, return authorizations and order status updates • Analyzed sales reports by providing sell-through and trend analysis to National Sales Manager Provided sales data and product detail files to be reviewed for pre-book orders for major national accounts • Worked closely between accounts, allocations, production and distribution departments to ensure all purchase orders meet their appropriate deadlines • Responsible for shipment routing, manifest creation, and commercial invoicing of international orders to South America, Europe and Canada

• Operations management of 7,000 sq. ft. storefront of leading action sports retail distribution for over 100 apparel brands • Sales, personnel, merchandising, inventory and customer service management of 20+ sales members • Responsible for local grassroots marketing initiatives and community relationship building to increase foot traffic and sales in the Irvine location • Daily, weekly and quarterly payroll, sales margin and gross revenue management