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)