Skye Solis-Nguyen

• Responsible for the development of various products, from design handover through bulk purchase order issuance • Presented alternative design suggestions to reduce costs to meet target margins while maintaining design intent • Allocated business and assigned styles to vendors based on their manufacturing capabilities, quality and pricing • Participated in the sourcing of new fabrications, trims, techniques, and silhouettes, and presented to design for consideration • Served as the vital link between design, technical design, production, sales, planning and factories for all details pertaining to styles • Tracked and maintained records of, but not limited to, fabrics, artwork, trims, samples, fit comments, approval comments and costing • Issued sales sample purchase orders in Full Circle and tracked the status of the samples to ensure a timely delivery

• Managed the development of multiple products that met target costs, design standards, and seasonal deliveries • Communicated with merchants and vendors about achievable development timelines based on projected delivery dates • Proactively tracked and communicated development and delivery delays to cross functional partners to promote transparency • Maintained and monitored internal and external work in progress reports to ensure all deadlines were executed • Prioritized active and incoming projects to accommodate high-priority initiatives while remaining flexible to adjustments • Organized weekly cross-functional meetings to discuss upcoming projects, deadlines and pending issues • Resolved production and development issues by serving as a mediator between buyers, upper management and vendors

• Tracked development samples by using calendars and various communication tools to ensure deadlines were fulfilled • Supported cross-departmental partners to meet project deadlines and achieve desired results • Ensured design tech packs included necessary information for vendors to accurately execute each development sample • Managed seasonal budgeting reports to ensure initial markup unit percentage goals were met • Communicated with vendors to track development sample submissions and bulk deliveries • Partnered with designers and vendors to set deadlines and cost engineer products to achieve company cost targets

• Facilitated seamless communication amongst vendors and internal cross-functional teams to accurately execute projects • Supported marketing and sales teams by coordinating the manufacturing and delivery of public relations materials • Updated and monitored work in progress reports to provide accurate timeline information on behalf of upper management • Coordinated marketing samples and assisted in the photographing of products for marketing materials • Collaborated with designers to source and review fabrication submissions and design elements • Organized and maintained samples, trim, and fabric libraries for internal use

• Assessed production lead times and discovered opportunities to shorten them by improving internal processes • Resolved bulk production issues identified by quality control in a timely manner to maintain product delivery dates • Audited vendors to confirm delivery dates were maintained and ensured production was on schedule • Worked directly with buyers to issue purchase orders with international and domestic vendors • Negotiated costing with vendors to support company initial markup unit goals • Updated and maintained key communication tools including seasonal calendars, time and action reports and cost logs