Tarika Richter

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

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ABOUT TARIKA RICHTER

Developed new and innovative raw materials and trims that achieved the brands overall product strategy and met business objectives.• Travelled to trade shows to provide seasonal trend direction to design; presented trend report and fabric boards to Design heads; collaborated with Design on seasonal fabrics appropriate for each business; interpreted trends to key suppliers to cost engineer fabrics/trims to meet our quality/pricing parameters.• Utilized trend resources and seasonally shopped domestic/ international markets for new fabric trends.• Managed all woven fabric/trim developments for Adults/ Kids/ Baby and maintained fabric information within PLM. • Managed development timeline in alignment with brand seasonal calendar.• Owned carry-over and new development meetings with Design/ GP/ Merchandising to aligned and leveraged fabrics across the brand to support AUC reduction initiative. • Created fundamental fabric library/ boards for ease of reviewing cost/ regional options. • Partnered with Global Production each season on program allocation; sourced fabrics by region to reduce transit lead time to support Product to Market - 28 week pipeline.• Responsible for Mill landscape strategy and SWOT analysis for Wovens; updated bi-annually to streamline developments with appropriate mills/ vendors to support GP vendor strategy.• Partnered with Product Integrity on testing to ensure all fabrics met Gap Inc. standards. • Partnered with Design/ Merchandising on new product categories for the brand; brought innovation and newness while meeting our costing parameters.• Managed Associate Manager of Denim/Wovens & Trim.