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Determined, Focused and Relentless Brand Builder.  Creating value thru authenticity and focused on moving from surface to substance with collaboration, community & culture.

Being an agile, contributive & creative "thinker" has allowed me to be a valued member of some of the greatest brands and teams; and ultimately as an agent for profitable change.  

I am driven by purpose, curiosity, creativity, product, lifecycles, process efficiencies and new technologies.   I remain focused on listening to the customer, building communities, organizing and reorganizing around product value.

I will always aim to lead with respect for people, culture & planet; continue to seek knowledge & flexibility in organization & process; and am committed to the balance of innovation & sustainability.

Work History

11.1909.20

Design Director - Wrangler Modern Global

Kontoor Brands
  • Lead and align global design teams across all territories from ideation to final sample delivery & meet the merchandising planning requirements  - remote office from early March 2020.
  • Cross functional coordination for both modern men's and women's teams - pattern making, product development, merchandising, marketing, and sourcing - by territory and product type.
  • Directing a lean local team for special products, collections & collaborations: Heritage collections, Fred Segal x Wrangler, Young Men's and Women's, Chinese New Year, Graphic Tees, and Women's Traditional / Mid Tier Range, Bob Marley, and  collaborations to be released in future thru FW21.
07.18 10.19

Product & Merchandising Consultant

Self Employed
  • 7 for All Mankind. - DMM Menswear (Mat Cover).
  • Rent the Runway / Nordstrom Local - Customization Event Coordination.
  • Champion Groom / Summerwinds, Private Investment Oversight.
04.1707.18

Vice President Product & Visual Merchandising

Global Brands Group - Women's Contemporary
  • Leading teams for both Juicy Couture & Bebe businesses.
  • Organization from product concept to in-store visual & creative strategies with 450+ branded retail stores globally, online marketplaces,  Showrooms (NYC & London) and global wholesale accounts. 
  • Collaborations and Special Projects  examples include: V-Files; Runway Presentations NYFW & LFW; & Farfetch; Customizations for VIP's & Popups.
01.1503.17

Product & Merchandising Consultant

Self Employed
  • Tala LED - development, global supply chain, brand planning and retail / wholesale North America launch.
  • Morv Ltd. - E-commerce branding and product strategy, OTB and successfully gained 3 years of funding.
  • Harrys of London - Retail Merchandising, OTB development, production, supply chain and strategic consultant.
  • Hunter Boots - Merchandising, product development and strategic advisor.
10.1301.15

Chief Merchandising Officer

Temperley London
  • Working with the executive leadership team to streamline processes and organization from design to customer.  
  • Building a merchandising and planning department to support commercial & retail buying initiatives - assortment planning, costing / pricing / margin analysis for RTW, runway and bridal markets.  
  • Responsible for  OTB for retail and e-commerce buys; allocations, quick response, made to order, markdowns, off-price strategies and operations.  
11.1110.12

Managing Director, E-Commerce

UVU UK Ltd.
  • Launching a startup vertical sports brand engineered for the extreme ultra- marathon market.
  • Responsible for all aspects of global vertical digital retail operations; project management of e-commerce build and ongoing site direction & management, social media, PPC, etc; merchandising and product development led business using a design and technology driven concept.  
  • Direct head of reports in product development, merchandising, e-commerce, finance, marketing, operations.
02.0807.11

Product & Brand Director

Gieves & Hawkes
  • Restructured  product organization: design, development, merchandising, planning, graphic design / CAD,  production, and supply chain.  In January of 2010: retail ops, marketing & public relations.
  • Implemented low cost Microsoft solutions for PLM and MMS.  Created created a product range, adding new European vendors with price value engineering; showroom sales; OTB management; retail and concession buys.
  • Implemented digital solutions to manage new supply chain, distribution center, ticketing, labeling, and lean replenishment.
  • Launched, integrated and directed e-commerce solutions, content and seasonal photography bringing to life with multi-media historical and product quality storytelling.
  • Worked side by side with CEO in order to manage design, budget and operations for retrofitting flagship.
  • Integrated new concessions for antiques, bespoke shoe making, and a gentleman's grooming / spa.  Launched dedicated ares for bespoke, made to measure, and the blazer room.  Opened the 200+ year old archive and VIP Bespoke rooms on alternative floors giving exclusive views into the brand history creating a super VIP customer experience.
09.0510.07

Global Director of Merchandising - Womenswear

Burberry
  • Joined to serve on the management committee to build and integrate PLM into SAP; redirected to womenswear to create and implement a global merchandising and planning department; costing, pricing, IMU / margins, and all sales and operating budgets.
  • Directed and managed CAD Department, Product Development & Production, Customer Service, Sampling and Production Teams.
  • Integrated a fully factored procurement model giving the factories full responsibility to manage logistics and procurement of raw materials.
  • Successfully created a profitable "made for outlet program" utilizing excess raw materials.
03.0309.05

Director Vertical Retail

Ralph Lauren
  • Responsible for building and implementing a retail vertical buying and production management process - bypassing wholesale and licensed business units and direct to source purchasing.
  • Created digital reporting for costing and pricing in order to create and manage 50,000+ purchase orders per season (MS Excel with pivot table reporting) across the buying teams with all 49 labels / divisions;
  • Directed and managed all inbound transportation with consolidated reporting; and dove-tailed into a supply chain compliance guideline via the team which implemented a centralized European 3PL and POS
03.0110.02

Senior Director Wholesale - UK, Ireland & Scandinavia

Polo Ralph Lauren
02.9901.01

Vice President Retail Development

Ralph Lauren, Polo Jeans Co
09.9601.99

Senior Director Retail Operations and Design

Ralph Lauren, Polo Jeans Co
07.9409.96

Director of Digital Product Information - Design and Production

Ralph Lauren, Chaps
09.9307.94

Associate Manager Product Development

Ralph Lauren, Chaps
01.9206.93

CAD & PD Intern - Knits and Sweaters

Ralph Lauren, Chaps

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RYT200 + 200 October 2011

Practitioner Since 2002