Gabrielle Pollak

• Work collaboratively with customers and staff at various levels.
• Manage day-to-day operations relating to receiving, storing, packing, shipping fabrics.
• Create reports to track shipment progress, delivery times, costs and margins.
• Develop and managed logistics strategies to improve the efficiency of operations.
• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely deliveries of goods.
• Create and enforce policies and procedures for entire warehouse and logistics team.
• Resolve customer complaints that relate to shipping issues or delays in transit times.
• Oversee warehouse staff to ensure proper counting, storage is executed of fabrics.
• Implement cost-saving measures such as route optimization for shipments.
• Implement bar coding system to identify fabrics and quantities of requested every incoming fabric.
• Negotiate freight in alignment with specifications and needs and monitor compliance with budgets.
• Manage budget with CEO , analyzing previous purchases and forecasting future requirements.
• Reconciled shipment data between multiple retail and wholesale inventory systems.
• Review invoices from carriers and vendors for accuracy prior to processing payments.
• Establish transportation cost standards and economical shipping practices.
• Provide guidance on best practices for warehousing operations based on industry standards.
• Implement ordering, tracking and billing systems and associated processes to streamline procedures.
• Work with suppliers to gain up-to-date sustainable certification requirements for all current and future certified fabrics.
• Manage customer relationship and logistic timelines between our wholesale fabric account Liberty London.
• Have an advanced product knowledge to effectively communicate development fabric decisions to international suppliers and key stakeholders
• MPI certified to open and examine shipping containers.

• Managed the procurement process from purchase order generation to delivery of goods or services.
• Identified potential vendors and evaluated them according to price, quality, selection, service, support, availability, reliability and sustainability.
• Prepared daily, weekly and monthly procurement reports
• Built long-term relationships with company vendors and suppliers to secure optimal prices.
• Maintained up-to-date records of all purchases made by the organization including invoices, contracts.
• Monitored supplier performance in terms of quality, delivery and responsiveness to ensure compliance with contractual agreements.
• Investigated discrepancies between purchase orders and invoices received from vendors.
• Delegated tasks to procurement teams to expedite work processes.
• Managed a production team of jewellers and contractors, including their day-to-day tasks, quality check, KPI's
• Researched and compared vendor and supplier prices to make informed financial decisions.
• Tracked company inventories and recorded item quantities in company databases.
• Conducted market research to identify new sources of supply that offered competitive prices.
• Manage a seasonal range plan to ensure all commercial requirements are met, target pricing of the commercial collection is addressed, providing initial calculations to monitor cost and margin in collaboration with the Business Operations Manager, and organize regular reviews through the development process
• Lead reviews where relevant to discuss design, fit, sourcing, construction and material issues.
• Management of digitizing, archiving and storing final designs in preparation for wider production. Emphasis on tech packs; compiling detailed technical documents which include construction and finishing details for vendor and workshop communication
• Overseeing all casting, recasting, setting and quality control throughout production of goods to take initial designs to final product and ensure wastage is kept to a minimum
• Responsible for the overall management and enablement of production and procurement activities – overseeing all aspects of people, product, purchasing, processes and inventory to ensure commercial success

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• Conducted training sessions on new products and services for sales staff.
• Created reports detailing monthly sales performance compared to goals.
• Collaborated with finance department to create budgets for production projects.
• Prepared presentations on new product launches for internal teams as well as external partners.
• Negotiated contracts with vendors and suppliers to secure advantageous terms.
• Maintained daily correspondence with international and domestic wholesalers
• Managed domestic and international retailers stock levels & replenished stock levels consistently.
• Corresponded and negotiated with mills and suppliers to ensure timely and cost efficient sourcing of all fabric and trims, issuing all PO's
• Managed distribution of wholesale production to 50+ domestic and international accounts while meeting production deadlines and adhering to store regulations
• Created and maintained seasonal range plans to ensure sampling and production timelines are met.
• Created and updated all design files: tech Packs, technical flats and linesheets through Excel, Zedonk Specialist ERP Software and Adobe Illustrator

From December 2018, I was promoted and assigned the additional tasks of:

• Sales manager - including arranging, meeting and following up with domestic and international buyers during New York and Paris Market weeks (4 times per annum)
• Using sales program Joor to approve sales orders and sales notes
• All accounting and invoice scheduling and follow up and issuing payments