1. Linda Wong
240 East 35th
Street, New York, NY 10016
646-255-9012 / Lindawong26@gmail.com
SUMMARY
Highly motivated individual responsible for efficiently managing product development & sourcing process for Ecommerce Exclusive apparel
merchandise.
EXPERIENCE
New York & Company New York, NY
Associate Product Manager, Ecommerce Exclusive Feb2013 – Present
Daily facilitations with internal and external vendors of all Ecom Exclusive product at pre-production stage to distribution center delivery
Negotiates costing with multiple vendors daily to consistently maintain a 79 % IMU
Encompassed 3 % of the total business for the company in 2015
Strategizes and analyzes core program costing strategies and production efficiency with Merchants
Dictates product allocation based on utilizing COO and cost effectiveness by fabrications
Work with Sweater, Outerwear and Active vendors to achieve best cost and delivery for company off peak strategies with above 80 IMU
Support and on boards new vendors with company policies and procedures in accordance with our compliance and logistics team
Responsible for managing and maintaining up to five deliveries at a time of preproduction and bulk production
Advocate for all departmental Design and Technical Design team members to apprehend and aid in the execution of the entire ecom
exclusives product per delivery.
Monitored and maintained IMU recaps, purchase order issuance and delivery for all ecom exclusive product per floorset
Trained and refined production assistants
New York, NY
Store Planner, Casual Tops, Active wear and Woven bottoms July 2010 – Feb 2013
Researched and analyzed climate, demographical, LY, YTD and trends of sales history by item category
Planned out open stock levels and merchandise sets for monthly concept meetings
Ensured the correct flow of merchandise and monitored inventory levels in each store and in the distribution center
Created store plans and category ranks
Communicated with Visual Merchandising and the field associates of Select buys and late product deliveries
Reviewed size breaks based on history , like item and/or trend by category for proper allocation of goods
New York, NY
Production Coordinator, Casual Knit and Woven Tops May 2006 – July 2010
Worked with international vendors on cost negotiations and TNA calendars for both product areas
Maintained seasonal IMU roll ups and liability charts
Timely maintenance of departmental purchase orders from issuance to delivery into distribution center
Maintained and tracked all products samples requests for Design/ Merchant / Technical Design/ PR/ Visual/Ecom/ Test/ and Photoshoot
Efficiently resolved daily production issues internally with Design / Merchant/ Technical Design /RND team /QA team
Attended weekly fittings with cross functional team members to ensure TNA calendars are maintained
New York, NY
Assistant to Merchant, Sweater department Nov 2005- May 2006
Monitored and maintained Product information in AS400
Maintained manager’s related reports and organized sample racks
Liaisons for sample tracking and ordering amongst cross functional team members.
Joseph ‘s Cloak New York, NY
Sales Assistant to Brand Manager Mar 2005- May 2005
Supported designer/brand manager while supplying limited support to sales/marketing team
Provided administrative support including calendar management, written and verbal correspondences, expense reports and meeting minutes
Assisted designer in development of descriptive copy and naming of lines
Worked with customers in both sales and service capacities via phone.
EDUCATION
Pace University, New York, NY
Bachelors of Business Administration May 2004
Cumulative GPA: 3.3
SKILLS
Microsoft Office: Word, Excel and Power Point
Proficient in AS400, Web PDM, TradeStone, JDA-Arthur Allocation, Microstrategy(MSI)