Andrea Larocque

About Andrea Larocque

An expert in development of successful long term sourcing and vendor strategies to meet…

Experience

1. Sr Sourcing Lead

   Coldwater Creek

   Sep 2020 — Present

   Manage global sourcing strategies for private label Knit Tops, Weekend / Lounge, Destination and Sweaters categories across Direct and ECommerce to deliver best in class quality, cost and speed to market. • Develop and maintain sustainable strategies for test product to ensure best quality, on time delivery and competitive costs to drive top line sales • Responsible for compilation and analyzation of data providing insight to executive leadership in regards to • Construct and generate key reporting tools to manage corporate financial information and PO tracking reporting to executive leadership • Manage PLM (product life management) system ensuring maximum efficiency of workflow and organization • Develop and evaluate cross functional processes to streamline as well as efficiently manage day to day workload across the organization • Responsible for vendor set up including payment term negotiations and vendor training on our systems • Create training manuals/user guides and lead all PLM system and process training

Education

• Boston College

  Bachelors of Science, Political Science and Government

  1994 — 1998

• Boston College

  Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Political Science and Government

  1990 — 1994

Skills

• Private Label
• Time Management
• Merchandising
• Purchasing
• Training
• Inventory Management
• Sourcing
• Fashion
• Textiles
• Negotiation
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Trend Analysis
• Retail
• Team Management
• Product Development
• Assortment
• Apparel
• Visual Merchandising
• Management
• Global Sourcing
• Supply Chain Management