Accountabilities:

• Develop and Deliver Corporate Financial Plans by strategically driving metrics including sales, margin and turn for a Division and/or Business Channel for current and future seasons
• Guide the team in strategically driving the business to maximize sales and margin, and optimize inventory
• Deliver Brand/Channel Initiatives

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop Merchandise Plans
• At the channel/division level: develop fiscal sales, margin, and receipt plans in both dollars and units
• Build and maintain an event calendar through a collaborative effort with Brand Sales Team that consistently maximize opportunities and minimize risks to plan
• Conduct a quarterly hindsight and detailed review of historical performance, providing recommendations and guidance for future plans

Weekly Business Management:

• Identify risks and opportunities based on analytical observations and provide recommendations to deliver overall company financial objectives
• Reforecast the business and provide inventory management recommendations for Channel
• Develop merchandising and financial strategies and present to cross-functional team and senior management
• Manage aged inventory through weekly curation of events
• PO approval process with partnership of cross functional and executive team
• Owner of the Open to Buy (OTB)
• Lead and direct the open to buy meeting
• Gather and analyze data
• Present current and future business on a rolling calendar approach
• Highlight risks and opportunities with recommendations to deliver overall company financial objectives
• Make recommendations based on projections (120 days out) in partnership with Planning and Brand Sales Teams
• Lead the reconciliation process between tops down and bottoms up by both category and channel
• Managing and developing talent
• Partner effectively with brand sales and cross-functional teams
• Train, develop and retain direct reports
• Provide role clarity to direct reports
• Partner with Leadership to develop individual goals for direct reports
• Assess and develop talent to ensure succession planning for team

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• Minimum 3 years merchandise planning experience; 5 or more years of total work experience
• Demonstrated experience
• Presenting and recommending strategies and building a business case
• Leading and developing a team of 1-2 direct reports
• Strategic forecasting and planning for a multi-dimensional business
• Show increased additional areas of accountability successfully managed
• Influencing and negotiating at a variety of levels
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills including presenting complex material in an organized and compelling manner
• Well-versed in advanced Microsoft windows applications

The Project Manager will support the planning, design, development, implementation, and maintenance of the Website and E-Commerce outlets.  Oversee and maintain the program & project management practices utilizing both internal and vendor resources.

Duties:

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Establish and drive the overall project prioritization, program, and project processes to ensure high-level business goals are met via projects.
• Define the project management work flow for all initiatives.
• Manage all aspects of multiple large complex projects for the respective lines of business from inception/concept through delivery. Lead the overall program/project.
• Plan, schedule, and track project deliverables and milestones using Microsoft Project.
• Lead program/project meetings with a broad cross functional team to communicate the status of various projects, discuss issues/risks, and understand the impact of any changes to business requirements.
• Manage project issues and risks.

TECHNOLOGY & ADOPTION

• Facilitate and encourage the adoption of processes across the organization, starting from technology.
• Contribute to ongoing E-commerce and mobile product roadmap.
• Provide thought leadership to further develop and maintain templates, processes, and programs.
• Participate in application testing.
• Research, and analyze new business opportunities in the digital space.
• Lead user acceptance testing to ensure that new site features match original functional specifications.
• Analyze and Measure the effectiveness of website features.
• Competitively research for Ecommerce, Facebook and Blog.

COMMUNICATION

• Establish, monitor, and maintain strong communication across all departments to create transparency regarding how projects are selected and managed as well as project budgets and forecasts.
• Work closely with team members across the organization as well as many third-party partners and vendors to deliver key projects.
• Draft request for proposals (RFPs) for vendors.
• Develop the project’s key objectives, scope, success criteria and communicate them effectively across the project team.

BUDGET FORECAST

• Assume budget responsibilities related to vendor and project management.
• Ensure projects are delivered on-time and on budget.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree – related discipline
• 8+ years of relevant work experience, some of which involving Internet-based projects
• 6+ years of program/project management experience
• Work experience in any of the following environments: Web-based applications, a strong technical aptitude and/or experience (e.g. working knowledge of database table structures, development tools, architecture, telecommunications, etc.).
• Excellent leadership, negotiation, conflict-resolution, and motivation skills
• Ability to work among multiple teams and communicate effectively to both technical and non-technical associates
• Demonstrate an ongoing commitment to professional growth in program/project management and other key areas
• Formalized project management training and certifications (PMP) (preferred, not required)
• Experience with MAC and PC
• Eye for details
• Strong analytical skills
• Able to adapt to a fast pace ever changing environment

Physical Capabilities:

• Effectively use office equipment including computers, telephones, copiers and faxes
• Sit for extended periods of time in one position
• Possess normal manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination

Job Responsibilities

• Brand outreach to all Jewelry Brands
• Create a detailed list of jewelry and accessory brands that we should focus on for sales
• Pitch new brands and sign them to do sales
• Analyze post event business & follow up with brand community
• Strong negotiation skills
• Communicate with existing jewelry and accessory brands to ensure they are always on the calendar for an upcoming sale
• Create communication tools specific to Jewelry brands
• Ensure communication between in-house Production Team and brand to ensure all materials are received in a timely manner from brands
• Ensure that every brand receives a post sale wrap up call
• Already have strong, established positive relationships set within the brand community for Jewelry
• Make process improvement suggestions to make the brand experience more efficient
• Success will be measured by the number of brands signed and managed and the revenue created per event.

Requirements

• Candidate should have 4+ years of merchandising/retail buyer experience
• Candidate should have 7+ years of experience with top jewelry/watch brands
• Candidate must have existing relationships with decision makers at top brands with a focus on watches
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Ability to design and improve business processes
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written
• Candidate should be ambitious, organized, and a self-starter
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

DESCRIPTION:

• manages the production of direct import, ensure development of new resources, and oversees the resolution of quality and delivery issues
• responsible for leading the product team to ensure all products are designed and produced according to the clients need
• responsible for creating and successfully achieving calendar deadlines for all critical components of the development through delivery process
• communicate with overseas offices and suppliers to ensure all information is input into our system correctly, run reports as required
• manage TNA calendar to meet all dept/division milestone dates.  Maintain production timelines to ensure on time deliveries
• provide recommendations for raw material and garment development sourcing
• partner with design in the review, evaluation, development, and acceptance of fabrics, trims, and findings
• collaborate with technical design to address construction issues
• oversee the production and shipping process, resolve quality and delivery issues
• provide technical manufacturing support in fit sessions
• manage product integrity by reviewing testing exception reports
• lead bi-weekly production update with cross-functional team

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5+ years of experience
• previous mass market experience preferred
• bachelors degree required
• proven track record of successfully leading a team
• strong communication skills
• strong negotiations skills
• overseas production experience required

DESCRIPTION:

• Sketch and design jewelry
• Create detailed tech renderings using CAD and CS5 software
• Work with internal merchandise team to build and design jewelry line
• Work with vendors to identify and source materials
• Great aesthetic and design eye
• Deep understanding and knowledge of brand

Responsibilities:

• Plan and coordinate production for in line items, private label programs and cut up programs.
• Build and execute seasonal production calendar and coordinate with Operations, Design, Product Development, and Pattern Dept during pre-production process.
• Oversee all pre-production responsibilities including coordinating sampling process and approvals with CMT vendors.
• Source factories, fabrics, and trims based on products.
• Review and negotiate pricing with factories to meet and exceed margin goals and delivery timelines.
• Manage pre-production and production WIP with factories and review fabric inventory, issue production orders to factories, and team up with operations for any special projects.
• Issue fabric and trim purchase orders and coordinate with accounting for all payment.
• Manage finished goods, fabric and trim inventory levels.
• Analyze production marker yields vs. initial development yield setting.
• Strategically plan fabric and trim buys.
• Oversee all quality control.
• Prepare reports for Senior Management.
• Position reports to Director of Operations.

Requirements:

• Must have 4+ years as a production manager.
• Experience with knits and wovens.
• Ability to trouble-shoot and solve problems of complex nature.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
• Superior negotiation skills.
• Knowledge and ability to read a tech pack, pattern card and marker.
• Knowledge of sewing machines, stitches, construction, tension, and how to spec a garment.
• Understand shrinkage and the difference between a piece dye garment versus garment dye.
• Strong relationships with vendors.
• Experience with Apparel Magic a plus.
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus but not required.

The scope of work includes management of sales, operations and human resources to ensure maximum productivity and profitability. The DM will lead the district through inspiring and directed communication, team building and establishing effective business relationships.

Job Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

People:

• Create positive employee relations through building, developing and leading quality store management teams that achieves financial and brand objectives.
• Mentors, guides and sponsors the development of key talent
• Partner with HR to ensure ethics and compliance initiatives are supported
• Ensures on-going specific and immediate coaching and feedback, and delivering of all performance documentation in timely manner.
• Develop and support operational processes that create standardization to achieves efficiencies and best practices
• Demonstrates creativity and strength in the face of change and adversity
• Reinforce customer experience guide
• Network and recruit to build a solid external bench strength
• Assesses the effectiveness of the store leadership team members by providing the appropriate level of performance feedback
• Creates development and training plans for direct reports
• Ensures recruitment from a diverse applicant pool
• Develops succession plans for all Store Managers
• Responsible for employee dispute resolution and escalated customer situations

Financial performance:

• Align strategies to develop; implement and monitor action plans to ensure achievement of financial goals.
• Drive sales results by analyzing business results and creating action plans
• Communicate clear corporate strategies and goals, monitors progress and ensures store managers do the same.
• Provides Corporate with feedback and analysis on store business through weekly recaps
• Partner with planning and allocation to optimize company inventory to ensure
• Adapts to competing demands and shifting priorities.
• Accountable for meeting district payroll and expense budgets
  • Manages operational execution
  • Ensure Loss Prevention policies and practices are being followed

Product and Visual Merchandising:

• Partner with Director of Stores & Visual Merchandising to ensure visual standards and seasonal direction
• Train Store Management team in Visual Merchandising expectations, tools and resources and execution techniques.
• Holds store team accountable to visual Standards through store visits, photos and feedback.
• Analyze market trends with merchandising to ensure an effective strategy exists that drive sales revenue opportunities and achieve visual merchandising standards.

Leadership:

• Drives brand loyalty by leading an outstanding internal and external customer experience
• Ensures community involvement to drive brand awareness and loyalty
• Leads and inspires customer centric culture by recognizing and rewarding team
• Keeps the store leadership team abreast of corporate direction through one on ones and management meetings

Additional Responsibilities:

• Perform additional duties as assigned by management from time to time
• Comply fully with all brand rules and regulations for the safe and effective operation of the store and all facilities

Required Skills:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; clear, concise and to the point.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues at all levels. Must be a tactful and diplomatic communicator, able to interface seamlessly with a wide variety of people
• Proven ability to prioritize effectively and manage competing priorities
• Able to work autonomously
• Adapts management style as necessary

Qualifications/Experience:

• The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years retail management experience, preferable in Children’s apparel/or premium apparel retail.
• Well-versed in communicating with all levels in a professional, results-driven manner
• Experience in a fast-paced, growing, ever changing environment
• Excellent presentation skills with the ability to articulate seasonal ideas and strategies to all levels of management
• Proven problem analysis and problem resolution skills at both a strategic and functional level
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and point of sales
• Ability to travel 80% of time
• Strong eye for fashion
• Retail math knowledge
• Ability to perform effective selling techniques to achieve sale and repeat business
• This position is based in Texas, Southern California or Seattle
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including holidays and weekends

Physical Requirements:

• Lift /carry/move 40 lbs maximum including fixtures and product
• Requires standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, listening, speaking and visual acuity
• Must have finger dexterity to be able to operate office equipment

If you have CAD  experience, a hard work ethic and are in the LA area, apply below!

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Engage in product design development throughout the design development process from initial fabric and proto development through production.
• Responsible for the development, planning, execution and communication of a production strategy that meets or exceeds financial goals.
• Collaborate on development and sourcing strategy.
• Maintain product development and production timelines to ensure on time deliveries. Troubleshoot status of milestones relative to the time and action calendar.
• Communicate with production to ensure correct, on time and efficient production and delivery.
• Initiate fabric development.
• Secure all secondary & test yardage needed for first protos.
• Maintain fabric information library including price, minimums for samples and stock, weight & width, yarn size and vendor contact information.
• Initiate approval for purchase of sample fabric.
• Coordinate any R & D related print / pattern for sales samples (i.e trims).
• Manage merchandising/design changes and requests post line finalization.
• Communicate directly with factories and fabric mills regarding program requirements, fabric construction and product development issues.
• Attend handoff at the beginning of each session with Factory and Design.
• Review all proto packets for accuracy and send all proto packets to vendors for production.
• Negotiate minimums, costs, surcharges, pricing for bulk order with vendors to meet margin/target retails.

EXPERIENCE:
• Bachelors Degree preferably with formal education in Apparel and Textiles.
• 3-5 years of Apparel sourcing and product development.
• Knowledge of Fabric and Garment Construction.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with cross-functional department
• Ability to work well with tight deadlines in a team environment
• Ability to take projects from start to finish with general supervision

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Collaborate seasonal design inspiration + color palette with Creative Director
• Experience in juniors contemporary
• Implement design direction for Handbag Division per season, in liaison with seasonal inspiration and communicate and oversee proper execution with design team
• Trend research, trade shows with design team
• Oversee and review design inspiration boards, sketches, trend and materials research, style development and creation trend + market research
• Oversee and select artwork, prints, embroideries, beadwork design, custom hardware development, graphics, etc.
• Plan design seasonal time + action design calendar in liaison with Merchandiser and Director
• Review merchandise assortment and sku plan with Merchandiser, Design, Director, and Creative Director
• Review with Merchandiser, sales needs and requests
• Review with Design, monthly and seasonal retail best sellers, obtain core repeat requests from Retail
• Attend RTW seasonal line meetings
• Approve all final materials for timely sample material ordering
• Oversee execution of sample development, technical data, quality control from prototype through to final approved sample
• Review all phases of sample line development with Director and Creative director
• Conduct design team meetings, implementing adherence to design calendar
• Supervise communication overseas, problem solving with factories
• Seasonal line presentations (retail, sales, etc.), as per calendar
• Ensure timely line completion and corrected samples for market
• Track each employee’s progress, conduct regular performance reviews – review with Director + Creative Director

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Collaborate seasonal design inspiration + color palette with Creative Director
• Experience in juniors contemporary
• Implement design direction for Handbag Division per season, in liaison with seasonal inspiration and communicate and oversee proper execution with design team
• Trend research, trade shows with design team
• Oversee and review design inspiration boards, sketches, trend and materials research, style development and creation trend + market research
• Oversee and select artwork, prints, embroideries, beadwork design, custom hardware development, graphics, etc.
• Plan design seasonal time + action design calendar in liaison with Merchandiser and Director
• Review merchandise assortment and sku plan with Merchandiser, Design, Director, and Creative Director
• Review with Merchandiser, sales needs and requests
• Review with Design, monthly and seasonal retail best sellers, obtain core repeat requests from Retail
• Attend RTW seasonal line meetings
• Approve all final materials for timely sample material ordering
• Oversee execution of sample development, technical data, quality control from prototype through to final approved sample
• Review all phases of sample line development with Director and Creative director
• Conduct design team meetings, implementing adherence to design calendar
• Supervise communication overseas, problem solving with factories
• Seasonal line presentations (retail, sales, etc.), as per calendar
• Ensure timely line completion and corrected samples for market
• Track each employee’s progress, conduct regular performance reviews – review with Director + Creative Director

REQUIREMENTS:

• Degree in Fashion Design
• 5 – 7 years prior designer level experience – accessories background in design a must
• Experience in Juniors and Contemporary
• Prior experience in planning design direction
• Experience in oversees factory development, trend research, trade show attendance
• Ability to work with merchandising, sales, material and component development
• Ability to supervise staff and effective communication on clear directives and adherence to calendars
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills