Ken Konecko Email & Phone Number

Lyndhurst, Nj

• Review, draft, negotiate & distribute all fabric/hardware sign offs (& revisions) after completing physical testing and/or analysis of bulk performance history using current company guidelines (all based on ASTM & AATCC industry standards) • Secure all completed sign offs w/ their approved outside testing reports regarding fiber content, pH level, flammability etc. as well as lace pattern indemnification letters to satisfy pertinent national, international, customer & legal guidelines• Evaluate results for approval all midpoint fabrics for the company’s stockroom (which feeds the design team)• Evaluate initial raw material color of lab dips & bulk regarding 3rd party contractors. Backup colorist for internal styles.• Travel to domestic dye houses for evaluation, direction and approval of lab dip or bulk color on-site in special case scenarios regarding delivery issues

Bayonne Nj 2005-2007 & Islen Nj 2007-2014

• Oversaw the color management of new Bangladesh contractors for two years in a successful cost saving initiative program• Co-developed and supported the launch of new online raw material tracking system, vastly improving reporting capabilities, while shifting the majority of submission data entry to the raw material supplier’s side, resulting in significantly reduced workload• Successfully guided primary Santoni tube suppliers in improving production color continuity at their Israel, Jordan and subsequent China mills • Completed upper management requested modification of raw material tracking system to give FPP contractors access to submit both raw materials and finished garments for color approval, increasing efficiency and overall product visibility (while expanding security measures to meet legal requirements)• Streamlined contractors’ color approval process down to main material and component card approval only, cutting submission counts in half• Consistently aided merchandising teams in acquiring the closest manufactured or customized standards to meet their color concepts using a variety of color tools• Successfully handled color workload increase of 79% over a two year period• Configured raw material tracking system to allow 3rd party labs to enter raw material test package results in a time and cost saving initiative• Co-developer/co-administrator of LabVantage Sapphire (customized web based raw material tracking system with on-line data entry, bar code receiving method & extensive reporting capabilities). Developed a modification so 3rd party testing labs can import results directly into this system• Evaluate results and approve durability of care labels and logos (pad prints, heat transfers etc.)• Aid merchandising teams in acquiring the closest manufactured or custom standards to their color concepts • Advisory liaison between company's Asia color lab & U.S. Merchandising teams regarding print strike off approvals & color match issues

Bayonne Nj

- Conduct physical testing on raw material bulk submissions & evaluate test results against sign off tolerances (on categories which include: measurements of width, weight, dimensional change after laundering, construction count, pattern repeat, thickness, elongation/modulus & recovery, tensile, burst, crocking and colorfastness)- Send electronically all test results to suppliers and/or contractors- Enter all required information & agreed upon performance tolerances into material tracking system upon completion of material sign offs- Wash test garments, foam cups, heat transfer & pad print labels etc. to evaluate color & appearance change, shrinkage & durability- Backup colorist- Developed batch system to maximize the total amount of physical test results completed daily- Assisted in the gradual migration of phys. test & color evaluation to HK lab- Trained & supervised temps regarding tracking data entry & required preparation of bulk submissions for phys. testing

Bayonne Nj

Including shipping dept. pieceworker & raw material buyer's assistant

Education record

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