James Widner Email & Phone Number

Fort Myers, FL, US

Fort Myers, Florida Area

• Approve and control all bulk shade bands/tolerances of washed product (denim, garment dye and dip/tie dyes) across the 3 brands under the Chico’s FAS umbrella.
• Maintain full responsibility for all Laundry Technical evaluations and assessments for the manufacturing capabilities across the Supply chain
• Create, implement and monitor fabric and garment testing for all products across Chico's FAS, including new innovations and marketing claims.
• Responsible for all Quality investigations across Chico's FAS; including technical assessment, conclusion of findings and communication of deposition
• Travel with the Design and Merchant teams globally, leading the on-site wash development and innovation of washed products.
• Develop and lead a number of Learning and Development courses for Chico’s FAS.

Henderson, Kentucky

• Provided detailed training to staff in the areas of Industrial Chemicals, Laundry Calibrations and Fundamental Controls regarding efficiency and tracking systems.
• Led in terms of the development of new washes, providing a product history folder that included the process, the wash formula and technical details by development.
• Continually evaluated and trained the skill set of the Dry and Wet Process department, streamlining the production flow, rewash and quality reporting.
• Established reporting systems for accurate daily schedules and output per department.
• Completed detailed chemical evaluations in terms of quality and cost comparisons.- Consulted with the Raymond/UCO group based in India, implementing strategy that reduced chemical costs by 22% within the first year..

Henderson, Kentucky

• Provided comprehensive oversight and direction to a number of key global strategic partners in the Dominican Republic, Turkey and India.
• Lead a team that provided facilities training, establishing highly effective processes and procedures to streamline the manufacturing.
• Served as the production manager for all Dry and Web Process departments while managing the Kentucky facility and the start-up and Production Manager for the Mexico facility, overseeing the efforts of 300 employees..