Veronica Rosa

About Veronica Rosa

Sr Manager; Global Sourcing, Product Development, and Production with 20 years\'…

Experience

1. Senior Manager Product Development, Production Management & Global Sourcing

   Talbots

   Jan 2011 — Present

   Conceptualize and implement efficient and scalable supply fulfillment processes across all seasons. Partner with appropriate sourcing channels and build a reliable global resource base. Ensure product standards and factory audits are in line to sustain branded customer appropriation. Deliver exception-based support such as troubleshooting and confirm all corrective action plans are met. Provide competitive and vendor analysis to strategically launch sourcing initiatives. Grow vendors according to their strength and maximize costing leverage while offsetting market trends. Visit production facilities to ensure skilled relationship building, assess process, minimize lead-time, negotiate cost, and provide orientation to new factories. • Promoted multiple times to positions of increased authority and responsibility due to exceptional leadership skill• Manage a $70 million business through strategic planning, value engineering product, negotiating cost, and decreasing speed to market by 60%.• Negotiated deliverables with factories and improved initial markup with seasonal incline and accomplished a 488bps improvement over 3 years.• Established creative solutions to value engineered products by analyzing quality, construction, and machinery. • Aid overseas merchandisers in understanding the U.S. market and current business strategy, and manage performance and expectations to ensure design intentions were sustained while meeting departmental frameworks and meeting or exceeding margin goals.• Manage T&A process and functions to ensure key production lifecycle milestones are met, including resolution of all disruptions related to product development, sourcing, • Lead weekly cross-functional team meetings consisting of multi-disciplinary individuals to form a cohesive final output & improve department productivity.• Train junior associates in corporate strategy, processes, & systems, resulting in improving department productivity.

Skills

• Coaching & Mentoring
• Quality Assurance
• Demand Planning
• Lead Time Reduction
• Competitive Analysis
• Fashion Design
• As400
• Trend Forecasting
• Apparel
• Retail
• Trade Stone
• Streamlining Operations
• Knitwear
• Wis
• Accessories
• Fashion Soft
• Styling
• Trend Analysis
• Footwear
• Negotiation
• Production Management
• Microsoft Office
• Global Sourcing
• Wovens
• Rlm
• Supply Chain Management
• Production Managment
• Fit
• Target Costing
• Textiles
• Fashion
• Sourcing
• Aims
• Private Label
• Management
• Forecasting
• Outerwear
• New Business Development
• Problem Solving
• Product Development