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Launched the adaptive product line at Kohl’s for children and young adults with a range of disabilities and special needs. Collaborated with a diverse team to engineer products that offer sensory-friendly seams, hidden access points for feeding tubes, extra room for diapers and braces as well as extra loops for easy dressing. Created an assistance tool for our vendors in to help improve fit quality and turnaround speed by building a saddle block for through room within Optitex. The… Show more Launched the adaptive product line at Kohl’s for children and young adults with a range of disabilities and special needs. Collaborated with a diverse team to engineer products that offer sensory-friendly seams, hidden access points for feeding tubes, extra room for diapers and braces as well as extra loops for easy dressing. Created an assistance tool for our vendors in to help improve fit quality and turnaround speed by building a saddle block for through room within Optitex. The end result reduced extra fit rounds and improves approval speed when utilized.Mentor junior-level technical designers and help transition them to the next level in their career.Collaborate with vendor partners and cross-functional leaders to ensure products meet or exceed all requirements. Build and maintain partner relationships with vendor accounts to manage quality, response times, and consistency in end products.Drive and evolve a technical design strategy including operations, methods, protocols, standards, and measures of effectiveness while collaborating with a multidisciplinary team.Push for continual improvement and innovation by promoting forward-thinking, continuing education, and staying on top of relevant market trends.Host and train new vendors on Kohl’s processes to help them gain certification in the Kohl’s Certified Technical Designer program. Show less

Menomonee Falls, Wi

Technical Designer for Womens Sonoma Sweaters.

Dodgeville

Managed over 600 styles per season within different product classifications and resolved critical fit issues, which reduced men’s and women’s belt returns. This resulted in a savings of $124,400 annually.Wrote the Standard Operating Procedure for Accessories, this communicated brand-specific measurement standards, fit guides, and sample expectations to approved vendors.Supervised and mentored a direct report in an effort to transition them to a full-time, self-sufficient… Show more Managed over 600 styles per season within different product classifications and resolved critical fit issues, which reduced men’s and women’s belt returns. This resulted in a savings of $124,400 annually.Wrote the Standard Operating Procedure for Accessories, this communicated brand-specific measurement standards, fit guides, and sample expectations to approved vendors.Supervised and mentored a direct report in an effort to transition them to a full-time, self-sufficient position. Collaborated with national product development and design teams to identify production, quality, and costing issues and presented recommendations with the intent to maintain brand integrity and quality standards.Reviewed garment test reports to ensure compliance with government and brand standards. Partnered with vendors on testing results while guaranteeing testing is compliant with government and company standards. Conferred with merchants, product developers, product managers and various levels of management to voice concerns, successes and potential challenges before they occurred. Show less

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Conducted analysis of competitor products and updated fit guides and grade rules which saved three cents per garment, $120,000 annually. Facilitated on-boarding which acclimates vendor fit engineers with Target’s technical processes. This ensured approval of samples upon first fit.Researched competitive benchmark trends, expressions of fit, and construction standards, through this we established body landmarks for product creating consistency across all big girl brands. This… Show more Conducted analysis of competitor products and updated fit guides and grade rules which saved three cents per garment, $120,000 annually. Facilitated on-boarding which acclimates vendor fit engineers with Target’s technical processes. This ensured approval of samples upon first fit.Researched competitive benchmark trends, expressions of fit, and construction standards, through this we established body landmarks for product creating consistency across all big girl brands. This confirmed construction details matched or exceeded consumer expectations.Contributed to the product cost breakdown project, by performing length pattern corrections in Optitex. This created a tool to evaluate the amount of savings or loss from changing body landmark lengths.Directed fit sessions that addressed all construction and fit issues for each garment and constructed technical packages by assessing design details, grade rules, proportions, styling, and fit. The outcome was communicated to vendors through pattern corrections, sketches, and photographs, resulting in expedited fit and construction issue resolution. Show less

Dodgeville, Wi

Standardized the packaging and labelling process by utilizing the Flex Product Line Management (PLM) system that improved efficiency and accuracy for the entire company.Directed fittings ensuring design details, proportion, style and fit were aligned. Communicated corrections to vendors ensuring quality standards were maintained.Trained Lands’ End Asia team on creation of measurement sets, bill of materials and fit comments in Flex Product Line Management systems.Created… Show more Standardized the packaging and labelling process by utilizing the Flex Product Line Management (PLM) system that improved efficiency and accuracy for the entire company.Directed fittings ensuring design details, proportion, style and fit were aligned. Communicated corrections to vendors ensuring quality standards were maintained.Trained Lands’ End Asia team on creation of measurement sets, bill of materials and fit comments in Flex Product Line Management systems.Created a new wear test process soliciting feedback through electronic surveys that improved quality and quantity of feedback from wear test participants. Managed workload, deadlines and fit process from concept to Top Of Production (TOP) samples through Flex PLM, phone conversations, detailed photos, pattern corrections, and illustrator sketches.Ensured all vendors, factories and business associates adhere to Lands’ Ends strict quality standards, operating and compliance guidelines. Alerted management and business associates on high-risk areas, and possible impacts to production.Performed competitive research to ensure that Lands’ End quality standards were still competitive in the market. Analyzed return data and made appropriate adjustments to current stock in an effort to bring down return rates. Show less

Dodgeville, Wi

Reviewed electronic patterns and grade rules against blocks in Optitex to determine if the block pattern was followed. Digitized garments and patterns in Optitex and made pattern corrections, applied grade rules and created samples based on patterns for fittingsManaged Excel tracking sheets to ensure timely arrival of fit samples to meet deadlines in the product development process.Performed fit model search for new customer segment and participated in the assessment of… Show more Reviewed electronic patterns and grade rules against blocks in Optitex to determine if the block pattern was followed. Digitized garments and patterns in Optitex and made pattern corrections, applied grade rules and created samples based on patterns for fittingsManaged Excel tracking sheets to ensure timely arrival of fit samples to meet deadlines in the product development process.Performed fit model search for new customer segment and participated in the assessment of qualified fit models. Show less

Dodgeville, Wi

Evaluated the construction and measurements of garments safeguarding consistent quality of products across all categories worked with. Managed product-tracking sheets to insure timely arrival of fit samples. Reduced packaging cost for men’s dress shirts by two cents per garment. This was achieved by reducing the amount of packaging per unit, which resulted in an annual savings of $60,000.Maintained packaging and labeling sections in specification packages according to… Show more Evaluated the construction and measurements of garments safeguarding consistent quality of products across all categories worked with. Managed product-tracking sheets to insure timely arrival of fit samples. Reduced packaging cost for men’s dress shirts by two cents per garment. This was achieved by reducing the amount of packaging per unit, which resulted in an annual savings of $60,000.Maintained packaging and labeling sections in specification packages according to Lands’ End and governmental standards. Show less

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Conceptualized with designer on designs and assisted in the creation of custom fit dresses.Assisted with styling and lighting of product photo shoot. Merchandised window display to increase business and brand awareness.Consulted with high-end buyers in Chicago bridal market. Aiding in meeting seasonal sales goals.