Liza Hein

• Create line sheets
• Communicate with factories to meet prices points of each customer
• Create tech packs for factories to follow for orders
• Stay current with the design/fashion industry including global and consumer trends, and communicating their potential impact to the business
• Creative concept and styling
• Development of raw materials and components that balance the design intent along with Merchant's and Customer expectation regarding quality using the best testing standards
• Travel to China, India to meet with factories and trade shows
• Shop stores and research the current market, new trends and identify customers’ needs

Managed merchandising of specialty store accounts. Worked as a liaison between sales staff and designers to assure proper assortment is shown to customers during market weeks. Managed a department of ten staff members, including 3 designers, 4 sample makers, 2 clerical assistants and a product coordinator.

• Build lines of assorted costume jewelry for variety of customers including Target, JC Penney and Walmart
• Finalize costs for all samples prior to presenting to customers
• Assure assortments represent each customer’s point of view
• Manage sample making progress in house and overseas for every presentation
• Visually merchandise every presentation
• Manage showroom merchandise of over 3,000 skus that change every quarter for market weeks.
• Communicate daily with overseas manufacturers
• Shop stores and research the current market, new trends and identify customers’ needs.