Dina Battipaglia
About
Dina Battipaglia is from New York, New York, United States. Dina works in the following industries: "Retail Apparel and Fashion". Dina is currently Co-Founder at DMBT Consulting, located in Greater New York City Area. In Dina's previous role as a President, Jewelry & Better Handbags | Accessories Market Leadership at LF USA (A Li & Fung Company), Dina worked in New York, NY until Jul 2015. Prior to joining LF USA (A Li & Fung Company), Dina was a Group President, Handbags | Accessories Market Leadership at The Jones Group Inc. and held the position of Group President, Handbags | Accessories Market Leadership at New York, NY. Prior to that, Dina was a Senior Vice President, Merchandising | Accessories Market Leadership at Henri Bendel | Owned by L Brands, based in New York, NY from Jan 2008 to Jan 2010. Dina started working as Acting Co-President at Kate Spade in New York, NY in Jan 2007. From Jan 1986 to Jan 2008, Dina was Multiple Divisional Business President & Vice President Roles | Jewelry, Handbags & Accessories at Liz Claiborne, based in New York, NY. Prior to that, Dina was a Associate Buyer Designer Handbags at Macys from Jan 1983 to Jan 1986.
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Dina Battipaglia's current jobs
The Third Piece- Innovative luxury knitwear start up with a Made by US/Made by You market positioning. Developing brand architecture as the foundation for brand strategy, defining financial structure to drive profitable results, and engineering customer acquisition strategy to drive top line sales.
Dina Battipaglia's past jobs
10-brand+ portfolio and 125-member+ organization Recruited to lead strategic evaluation and growth planning for owned and licensed businesses and newly acquired brands, B. Makowsky and Crimson Rose. • Stabilized organization through brand portfolio consolidation, redirecting focus from unprofitable to high-growth businesses; transitioned domestic sourcing operation to China; right-sized bloated inventory levels; and developed strategic growth plans for Erikson Beamon Rocks, Rebecca Minkoff and Rachel Zoe brands. • Launched higher-end Juicy Couture Black Label for international distribution and relaunched Cole Haan for DTC, international and wholesale distribution.
5-brand+ portfolio and 75-member+ organization Appointed to lead turnaround and restore business profitability. • Assembled best-in-class leadership team, crystallized strategy and sharpened financial discipline to deliver double-digit sales and profitability increases. • Through strengthened value proposition and elevated product mix, relevance, quality and consistency, regained business confidence and brand reinvestment from largest customer. • Reinvented and re-launched Anne Klein business, and launched Rachel Roy and Brian Atwood brands to achieve substantial growth. • Delivered significant expense savings and efficiencies, and accelerated product turnarounds through reengineering sourcing operations in China.
Upon retailer’s apparel category exit, hired to lead strategic shift to vertically integrated proprietary brand operation with accessories focus, and build new organization across Design, Merchandising, Sourcing & Product Development. • Developed brand concept, DNA, strategy and operating infrastructure that fueled successful business transformation, expanding from three to 12 retail locations and launching e-commerce. • Built cross-functional team from the ground up, established partnerships with vendors in China and Italy and developed and launched 15 new and expanded categories, including handbags, jewelry and home fragrances.
Following participation in M&A due diligence and subsequent brand acquisition, appointed to lead business integration, ensuring preservation of brand’s individual identity, stabilizing organization to minimize business disruption and developing strategic growth plan to set business up for future success.
Over course of company career, served in transformative leadership roles to grow accessories division from mono-brand to multi-brand, multi-category, multi-channel business. Joined company as a Senior Account Executive and advanced to Director of Merchandising for Jewelry and Director of Merchandising and Sales for Int’l Accessories prior to senior executive role appointments leading of up to 200-member organizations. President, Liz Claiborne Int’l Accessories (2006 – 2007) President, Liz Claiborne & Contemporary Accessories (2004 – 2006) Vice President | General Manager, Liz Claiborne, Monet & Kenneth Cole Jewelry (2002 – 2004) Vice President, Merchandising, Design, Product Development for Jewelry, Handbags & Accessories (1995 – 2002) • Expanded from single handbags and accessories division into 20-brand+ business across multiple categories in domestic and international retail and wholesale channels. • Through rigorous financial management — with firm focus on product cost — and efficient operations, delivered direct operating profit and product turnaround improvements. • Grew Kenneth Cole licensed jewelry brand and turned Juicy Couture into highly successful accessories business, pioneering young, contemporary brand’s entry into department stores, earning ACE industry award for “Accessory Brand of the Year” and influencing market’s future course. • Turned around acquired Monet brand with outdated assortments to develop relevant merchandise collections for modern customer with improved positioning, pricing strategy and inventory management.