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Michelle Roberts I help entrepreneurs start their clothing line.

United States
I help apparel startups navigate the apparel industry to get their line launched on time, within budget. I have over 20 years' experience in developing and sourcing fabrics, trims, & garments, creating & maintaining testing protocols like CPSIA, RSL, and apparel performance testing, and I use that knowledge to help my clients save money on materials while launching their clothing line. The industry doesn't always make it easy, but my clients walk away from our call with extreme clarity around their apparel production calendar, sourcing options, their supply chains, and the product costing they'll need to see a profit. Apparel entrepreneurs can waste thousands of dollars and months of precious time due to poor decisions based on a lack of apparel industry knowledge…
  • Reviews 6

Michelle had a breadth and depth of knowledge that gave me a sense of confidence and excitement. She answered all of my questions and brought up things that I hadn't thought of. She has a number of valuable contacts and was incredibly helpful. Speaking with her was a minor investment that will pay huge dividends.

Source: Clarity Prentice Parrish May 14, 2016

Michelle was professional and insightful. She brought to light a lot of the intricate details of the product development and production process that I would've quite easily overlooked!

Source: Clarity Riz Onies Apr 14, 2016

Michelle was extremely encouraging, she provided me with some invaluable resources and suggestions. My call with her reaffirmed that I'm on the right path with my business.

Source: Clarity Stephanie Matthews Aug 11, 2015

Michelle has built a solid, professional, working relationships with her domestic and international clients. Her clients are "THE PEOPLE TO KNOW" within the garment and textile industries.

Source: LinkedIn private private Apr 17, 2015

Michelle was a pleasure to work with at WHBM. She was timely in her responses and answers to issues at hand.
She also was very organized in her information and lead with leadership and passion.

Source: LinkedIn Noell Romatowski Apr 17, 2015

I was part of the leadership team that recruited Michelle to Guardian Industries to, in essence, take over many of my Project Management duties as I transitioned into a new role.

Michelle was the most-unique PM candidate I had ever interviewed considering she came from an industry and background that was very different to what we typically recruited from into Guardian. However, with the first phone call, Michelle impressed me with her understanding of core business, product development and launch, and project management theory. On top of that, he professional and confident demeanor made an immediate impression to me and everyone she talked to during the interview process. In the end, Michelle was clearly the best candidate for the job and I knew that she would get up to speed quickly once she got the Guardian - and I was right.

I mentored Michelle directly for her first month at Guardian and she soon became very independent and self-motivating with her projects - needing my direct help less and less. Within 6 weeks she was flying solo on global projects in an industry she had no background in. How? Michelle just has a knack for talking to people in an open way, asking smart questions that matter, developing a realistic plan, communicating it effectively to the team, and driving that team to make it happen. Within 3 months she had more and more high-profile project put under her ownership - a testament to the immediate and significant impact she made to the organization.

In sum, Michelle Roberts is a natural and leading people and teams in strategic planning, new product development, and taking it to the market successfully. She's creative, disciplined, and great with people and has an uncanny ability to ask the right question at the right time - a huge skill in today's business world.

Michelle has my highest recommendations.

Source: LinkedIn David Maikowski, MBA, PMP Apr 17, 2015

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