Career Changer with a TON of Experience
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Career Changer with a TON of Experience

ANNMARIE MATTILA
125 East 12th St. Apt 1D New York, NY 10003 |------------
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CULINARY RELATED EXPERIENCE
01/19 – PRESENT Writing Intern, Pastry Arts Magazine
· Create and collaborate on content and social media to expand customer base and increase engagement
· Assist staff writers and editors on research for magazine articles

07/09 – PRESENT Freelance Baker / Pastry Chef / Recipe Tester
· Design and produce custom orders, offering a wide array of cakes, pastries, tarts, muffins, cookies and candies
· Cater events such as fundraisers, weddings, showers and birthdays for up to 300 attendees
· Meet with prospective clients to conduct tastings and collaborate on concept ideas
· Develop and test specialized recipes for various independent projects
o Recipe Tester for Les Petits Sweets: Two-Bite Desserts from the French Patisserie, published by Running Press 2016
o Recipe Developer/Researcher for natural chocolate spread startup company
· NYC food protection certificate

03/09 – 07/09 Baking Intern, Soutine Bakery
· Prepared and assembled various cookies, cakes and pastries for store front case sales
· Decorated specialty order cakes with buttercream, fondant and chocolate
· Created tastings for potential wedding cake clients

FASHION RELATED EXPERIENCE

01/13 – PRESENT PVH Corp.
02/18 – PRESENT Director, Merchandise Operations, DKNY
· Create the men’s DKNY corporate development calendar and lead cross functional adherence, ensuring key milestones are met
· Work with leadership to create solutions and pathways that align to strategic business goals and initiatives
· Establish and improve tools and processes with cross functional partners, monitoring best practices through analysis of established metrics and providing clarity to help improve overall performance
· Manage team of product development associates
· Provide education to new employees on process and procedure
· Maintain data governance of product hierarchies, seasonal line list and buy documents and ensure accuracy during implementation of new corporate systems

06/16 – 01/18 Senior Sourcing Manager, Calvin Klein
01/13 – 06/16 Senior Product Manager, Calvin Klein Jeans
· Drove seasonal costing, identified leverage opportunities, product re-engineering, and market trend analysis to maximize gross margin
· Managed calendar adherence, problem solved with CFT and hub partners to meet business deadlines
· Executed strategic sourcing plan. Allocated product according to vendor capability and onboard factories when needed. Created ramp down strategies for exit suppliers and monitored capacity planning to ensure adherence to corporate responsibility guidelines
· Project lead for change management and special projects. Created process map and calendar for transition of responsibilities between the New York and Amsterdam hubs during the formation of the Denim Centre of Excellence. Identified gaps in process and system knowledge of hub partners and trained accordingly
· Led weekly CFT meetings and interface daily on product, delivery or quality issues that arose
· Supervised and developed direct reports to ensure deliverables were met

09/11 – 01/13 Senior Product Manager Candie’s Brand, Kohl’s Dept Stores
· Created and executed all brand calendars to ensure speed to market as well as on time delivery, adhering to a 19 week lead time from concept to delivery
· Developed 12 separate collections per year to meet the needs of a fast fashion business of $100 million in sales
· Leveraged vendor relationships and partnered with cross functional team members to maintain costing structure while developing product from fabric through final samples and bulk placement
· Presented weekly sales to upper management, providing analysis to drive business, manage inventory and collaborate on future line plans with buying team in the Milwaukee office
· Partnered with testing, compliance and trim departments to ensure quality of all style components
· Supervised and developed two direct reports
· Traveled internationally to negotiate costs and to maintain vendor relationships

07/02 – 09/11 Aeropostale, Inc.
02/10 – 09/11 Senior Product Manager
02/06 – 02/10 Product Manager
02/04 – 02/06 Associate Product Manager
07/02 – 02/04 Assistant Product Manager
· Managed a team of up to six employees, overseeing a business of $425 million in annual sales
· Sourced all requested fabrics, trims, washes and samples, maintaining the approval process from conception to bulk placement
· Negotiated costs and deliveries each season to achieve target mark ups
· Executed time and action calendars to ensure on time deliveries, developing quick turn and special development calendars where needed
· Traveled internationally to manufacturing facilities, partnering with design team on development and compliance team to ensure adherence to company regulations
· Participated in multiple corporate initiatives such spearheading approval process alignment, PLM system selection, vendor score card and monthly welcoming committee presentations for new employees

02/01 –07/02 Design / Production Assistant, Collection XIIX, Ltd.

EDUCATION

09/18 - PRESENT New York University
Master of Arts, Food Studies
· Expected Graduation December 2020

06/08 – 03/09 Institute of Culinary Education
Certificate, Pastry and Baking Arts

08/99 – 05/02 Fashion Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Science, Fashion Merchandising Management
Associate of Science, Fashion Merchandising Management