Leslie Barbazette

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About Leslie Barbazette

Action-driven, forward-thinking leader with proven abilities to successfully execute a start-up organization and bring product to market in a timely cost effective manner. 20 years of Design, Development, Production and Sourcing experience working with product from concept through execution. Proven leadership and managerial experience developing both teams and individuals. Creative and innovative problem solver with the ability to anticipate potential issues at an early stage. Strong credibility and influence with teams, cross-functional partners and vendors through transparency, feedback, candor and a bias for action. Highly experienced in building efficient and nimble processes that focus on impact, production lead-time reduction through strategic raw material management, sharp cost negotiation through strong vendor partnerships and seeding product to support category growth driven by data. Having worked in apparel, accessories, jewelry, luggage and home furnishings, I am comfortable with the unknown and learn quickly how to design and develop any category. Utilizing a philosophy that simple design with high quality and sustainable materials is always the best route, I partner closely with vendors and factories to understand production efficiencies and design and develop product with those in mind.