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Somerset, New Jersey, US

• Identify and execute white space opportunities that necessitate exploration into areas adjacent to but outside your traditional business boundaries. For example - take cues from apparel/ furniture/ footwear trends and.
• Connect dots: develop competitively advantaged products that generate interest by translating trends, identifying unmet consumer needs, analyzing and interpreting category and competitive activity and articulating.
• File for patents to strengthen the company’s intellectual property and protect our innovations, work with Sysco legal and patent attorneys. Part of this also includes keeping track of competitors’ patents and reading.
• Manage product lifecycle from ideation through commercialization.
• Take the lead in conducting pilots and clinical trials.

Long Island City, NY, US

• Qualify and test of new fabrics for production
• Work with PVC, PVC coated, Acrylic Coated, TPO and 100% Polyester fabrics
• Support and provide advice and insight to fabric suppliers if / when they have issues
• Work with production on processing fabric into shades – cutting, welding, seaming – including the equipment, settings, standards, processes
• Working with engineering on custom fabrics, and custom shades that require creative fabric solutions to look good in the window (battens, seams, railroading, other ideas)
• Help production when fabric issues or questions come up – incoming inspection, production issues

Acworth, GA, US

• Assisted with new item selection, creation, ordering and tracking.
• Supported all company planning and purchasing functions.
• Managed part of the New Product process as it relates to the creation of item ID’s and all aspects of order generation and management.
• Discontinued Items analysis and recommendations.
• Maintained complete and accurate new product master data sheet for all new product launches.
• Ensured timely communication and updates are sent for product changes to be completed on our website, e-commerce channel partner sites, catalog, and company ERP system.

Mcdonough, GA, US

• Developed new Institutional Apparel products i.e Institutional Scrubs, Patient Gowns andSurgical gowns
• Engineered new woven, knitted and nonwoven fabrics for institutional apparel market
• Managed new and current product life cycles
• Worked internally with Design,Engineering,Sourcing and Quality department to developa cost effective quality apparel product for the customer
• Handled & review strike offs of fabrics submitted for development (repeat, layout, scale,color position, print technique/method, hand feel and overall quality ) and sampleprototype approvals for apparel products.
• Maintained the records of performance specification of fabrics for new development.

Philadelphia, PA, US

• Made nano fibers using Electro spinning machine
• Worked on the effect of parameters of Electrospinning machine on the fiber diameter
• Experimented the wicking behavior on the nano fibers
• Calibrated and maintained electrospinning equipment, as specified by the requirements ofthe study
• Assisted with academic research
• Met regularly with supervisor to discuss research assignments

Philadelphia, PA, US

• Worked in Printing Lab as Lab assistant and made appointments for the students who want their fabrics and shirts to be printed.
• Maintained Textile printers (Mimaki Reactive Printer,Mutoh Acid Printer, Epson Dye Sub Printer and Epson T-shirt Printer
• Provided administrative assistance
• Evaluated chemical equipment and processed to identify ways to optimize performance
• Ensured compliance with safety and environmental regulation
• Organized and maintained lab storage, samples, and specimens

New York, NY, US

• Coordinated samples and production with factories
• Assisted with shipment and quality checking
• Organized photo shoots for look books
• Facilitated with fittings
• Coordinated samples for press
• Fulfilled online orders

• Forecasted requirements; prepared an annual budget; scheduled expenditures; analyzedvariances; initiated corrective actions
• Communicated job expectations; planned, monitored, appraised and reviewed jobcontributions
• Prepared and completed action plans; implemented production, productivity, quality andcustomer-service standards; resolved problems; completed audits; identify trends
• Analyzed process workflow, employee and space requirements and equipment layout;implemented changes
• Handled staff levels, wages, hours, contract labor to revenues
• Managed relationships with key operations vendors

Karachi, Sindh, PK

• Developed new woven denim fabrics for North American customers
• Built bridge between the design and manufacturing and reducing the communication gap.
• Sampled newly developed product to the customer and took feedback from the customerabout the product and passing it to our manufacturing department.
• Forecasted the washes, dye shades and weave construction for next season
• Executed seasonal fabric development briefs
• Worked on seasonal fabrics for denim trade shows like Kingpins and PremierVision

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Textile Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Textile Science

Engineering

Ssc, Science Group