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Costume Buyer
Disney Live Entertainment: Creative Costuming
2022 - Present (2 years)
Manage, place, and update purchase orders within SAP.
Partner with Vendors to establish working relationships and confirm pricing and availability of product.
Partner with Inventory Planning on any updates that need to be made when placing the orders.
Partner with our Quality Control team to insure that all incoming product is up to our standards.
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Costuming Manager
Disney Live Entertainment: Walt Disney World
Lake Buena Vista, FL
2013 - 2022 (9 years)
Leads a team of approx. 40+ Cast Members by conducting daily track talks, monthly meetings and 1 on 1’s with coordinators and trainers, and reviewing updates, process changes, and expectations for the areas.
Effectively implemented processes to promote safety and organization in our costuming areas.
Prioritize, organize, and delegate workload, based on day of staffing needs from Entertainment priority standards.
Efficiently manage inventory by overseeing daily show quality checks and planning within $400K quarterly budget.
Maintain strong relationship with Creative partners and Stage Managers through frequent area visits and providing sustainable solutions. Update costuming labor based on entertainment offerings.
Partner with events group to provide costume and labor support special events, media, and photoshoots in the location.
Local team liaison for WDW Costuming consistency teams: Communication – composing Global and Local Costuming Track Talks weekly, Recognition, Training, Safety, and VoluntEARS.
Opening Projects: Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser; Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge
o Partnered with production team, project team, and cosmetology to establish supply needs for new and existing spaces to keep within the allotted project budgets.
o Partnered with the project team and entertainment on room layout and design to efficiently and safely set up the costuming and green room spaces for daily operation.
o Met with vendors and contractors to obtain quotes for installs and discuss project needs.
o Established costuming labor needs for room set up, costume delivery, rehearsals. Projected needs for daily operation based on entertainment offering. Create Operating Guides and Track Sheets based on new offering.
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CAM Specialist | Support Staff to the Buying Team
Disney Live Entertainment: Creative Costuming
Orlando, FL
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Managed purchase orders, created new materials, and verified accuracy of inventory numbers within SAP.
Sustained records in the Yuniqe system for new fabrics, notions, emblems, and garments.
Maintained lists of shortages for fabrics/notions and alerted Buyers when received.
Created a training sheet on how to update SAP when we received excess fabric that is returned from Vendors.
Assisted Cintas team with invoicing and locker inventory.
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TA Textile Manager | North Service Area - Costuming
Walt Disney World: Textile Services
2015 - 2016 (1 year)
Lead a team of approx. 60+ Cast Members by checking the systems numbers, production numbers, and coaching the cast.
Made sure the plant and team were hitting daily production goals in sorting, washing, dry cleaning, hanging, pressing, folding, shipping, and processing garments/specials for internal resort and park clients.
Main guest service contact for clients and partners of textile services regarding all services that the plant provides.
Collaborated with Creative team to wash test new fabrics/garments pre/post production for locations worldwide.
Communicated processing information about new costumes for entertainment/operational cast.