Company: Richardson Sports

Title: Specialty Decoration Lead (Commercialization, Procurement & Planning)

Project Workflow -

Commercialization

Departments: Art & Pre-Decoration Teams

Task: Create a commercialization plan for best results in alignment with customer needs.

My role: Provide resources and information on best practices and product specifications to meet projects needs. Convert digital colors to actual material needs. Create purchase orders using design software, and work with vendors to purchase custom products for hat decorations that also align with production needs.

Procurement

Departments: Pre-Decoration Team

Task: Work together to develop, produce, approve, and obtain custom specialty decorations.

My role: Manage inbound and outbound projects, track progress of all orders, logistics, maintain product inventory and purchasing invoices of all products from start to finish. All while maintaining best practices, continuous improvement, team training, and cross-department education.

Planning

Departments: Pre-Decoration, Scheduling & Production Teams

Task: Hand-off of custom procured goods for decoration production in multiple warehouse facilities across the United States.

My role: Monitor and communicate logistical information to insure hand-off of product and inventory of over 300,000 items valued at $250,000,000 or 2 months worth of decoration production at any given point.