Lauren Smith Email & Phone Number

Nottingham, Gb

Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Develop Motorcycle garments to the highest standard ensuring each style is certified to PPE regulation 2016/425. • Provide support & guidance, advising on cost saving manufacturing and certification methods.• Work alongside designer to launch detailed production packs to suppliers using Illustrator & PLM.• Provide a full risk assessment for category products. Giving garment technical support throughout the development process to ensure all products achieve the brief, fit & quality standard. • Promoted October 2021 to include Compliance Officer to ensure all fabrics used on motorcycle apparel passes to PPE EN17092. • Reviewed all Azo and Chemical testing, reported any discrepancies and action with certainty. • Lead fit sessions ensuring fit logs are maintained. • Arrange fabrics & trims to be available for the suppliers to manufacture all sample requirements. • Kept all product labelling correct and up to date include washing and compositions.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Create all product specifications and development documentation ensuring key calendar milestones are achieved, including regular interface with the Asia team counterparts to support the development process.• Follow critical path so sealed samples are OTIF. Assess QC reports so bulk production is perfect for end use.• Participate in fit sessions, supply feedback on proto samples and instruct alterations to vendors accurately.• Support product manufacture feasibility and cost engineering to deliver cost management and marginrequirements for assigned products.• Evaluate product construction risk, ensuring early identification and input on manufacturing capability,testing, regulatory and safety compliance.• Check PP samples against specs ensuring everything is correct for bulk and report back discrepancies.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

• Responsible for keeping product specs updated on PLM through development and production for new and carry forward styles. Including size specs amendments and lab dip approval.• Ensure insight and customer needs are at the center of development and product engineering.• Monitor quality and function of each PP and shipment sample to confirm accuracy and reject/report any faults, including QC report analyses.• Test and log new fabric used to ensure it is high quality, compliant and optimal for bulk production.• Design products within brief, create diagrams with size specs to instruct factory for proto-type making.• Present new products and ideas in proto meetings, providing feedback to vender and updating proto specs.

• Assisted 2 Designers through numerous stages from development to packaging.• Identified potential production, quality and costing issues and pro-actively made effective recommendations to maintain brand identity. • Checked PP samples against specs to ensure everything is correct for bulk production.• Created the AW16, SS17 workbooks for Trekmates. • Superb telephone handling skills responding in a professional manner with absolute direction.

Nottingham

• 1 out of 20 chosen for Gear testing for Adidas, to try and test products coming in the near future.• Visual merchandising new lines to keep POS at optimum• Responsible for processing cash and card payments and balancing cash registers with receipts

Northampton, United Kingdom

• Designed multiple prints to place upon AW14 outdoor accessories. Liaised with the Buying team to build a range suitable for the market. • Creating innovative designs and following through from development and design to completion.• Studied previous samples, observing and constantly reviewing how to improve the design which will standout and deliver to all expectations. • Worked to time pressures to ensure deadlines delivered within the allotted time scales.