Hulya Gurhan Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Inspecting all top of production samples - checking specs, color, fit, and quality is up to standard and relaying concerns and callouts to factories• Managing all style set up in ERP system Blue Cherry and uploading new styles to catalogs and NuOrder• Placing and communicating purchase orders to factories - ensuring all quantities, cost, and packaging are accurate before placement• Conducting and leading warehouse visits for quality inspections of all new merchandise• Collaborating with Customer Service team to review damage and return reports, and escalating major issues to our overseas quality control team• Analyzing MOQ and fabric yields for new styles, calculating approximate order quantities necessary to meet suppliers' minimum order quantities • Communicating daily with factories and tracking production schedules for multiple brands• Advocating for more sustainable production practices (recycled fabric and packaging materials, reducing use of plastics, decreasing carbon footprint)• Streamlining procedures, successfully finding the root of issues especially within the systems being used (Blue Cherry)

Greater New York City Area

• Placed and communicated purchase orders to factories for Natori and Dana-co brands• Inspected packaging, care labels, UPCs for all top of production samples, communicated any disparities or errors to factories• Delivered new UPC reports to factories, assisted in checking UPC and polybag sticker layouts before production• Conducted inventory and organization of all TOP samples on premises • Arranged photoshoot and special sample requests from sales, merchandising, and marketing teams

Poughkeepsie, Ny

Student run boutique at Marist College.Responsibilities:- Exhibited visual merchandising skills for jewelry and also consulting with other divisions- Conducted trend research for season’s open to buy

London, England

- Assisted in production of Autumn/Winter 2015 Collection through garment specing and contributing to technical packs- Communicated with outsources and designer in regards to production- Responsible for developing inspiration and mood boards

Lyndhurst, Nj

- Inspected fashion garments based on company standards- Accountable for approving and rejecting garments

New York, Ny

- Participated in product development meetings- Assisted in preparing costing sheets- Collaborated with team while naming products- Completed project of designing a garment, choosing fabrics, preparing pattern pieces, and having a sample produced

Bachelor’S Degree, Fashion Merchandising, 3.847

Activities and Societies: Alpha Chi, Fashionology (student run boutique), Silver Needle Fashion Show VolunteerGraduated Magna Cum Laude.

Education record

Marist College Study Abroad Program