Melissa Mergaert Email & Phone Number

Carlsbad, California, United States

Carlsbad, California, United States

Men’s Outerwear & Layering

• Led team and cross-functional partners to deliver products that met quality and cost expectations, for products that proved to have high customer satisfaction through sales and product reviews.
• Nurtured team recognition, celebrations, and achievements to continuously support company culture and happiness.
• Managed & designed multiple programs simultaneously throughout the product life cycle, while meeting all expected deadlines, and supporting the execution of departmental initiatives and objectives.
• Provided design expertise, and set trend direction for all managed programs, by interpreting global trends, and applying them in a way that made sense for our customer audience.

• Designed multiple overlapping programs from concept to creation, while managing sample comments, lab dip comments, costing, and developmental business shifts.
• Managed team from 2-5 and designed for categories: Apparel, Home, Travel, Toys, Collars & Leashes and Accessories.
• Proposed innovative, cost conscious solutions appropriate for the overall business and customer.
• Presented all designs to cross-functional teams and leadership.
• Traveled to overseas factories and China office for timely developmental decisions and material selections.
• Collaborated exceptionally with sourcing, product development, packaging, and quality assurance, to ensure thoughtful product execution.

• Designed complete Bond & Co. Apparel collection from concept to creation, reviewing samples, fitting samples, lab dips, and creating and updating tech packs simultaneously.
• Designed apparel, accessories, beds, and bowls for Owned Brands Reddy brand reviewing samples, fitting samples, lab dips, and creating and updating tech packs simultaneously.

Greater San Diego Area

• Communicated with factories: request samples, lab dips, and ensure all samples were sent on time.
• Created all tech packs, with new designs: adding all garment specifications, branding information, and scale prints to achieve desired design.
• Reviewed all samples, to assure specified measurements were met, within required tolerance.
• Fit all new developed garments, propose necessary fit changes, and communicate updates to factories.
• Maintained organization of all tech pack files, size charts, and copyright submit records.

Greater San Diego Area

• Analyzed sourcing, costing and plan development for most cost effective and target satisfying options
• Developed and maintained tech packs
• Managed production specification for all factories and agents
• Communicated with oversees vendors
• Reviewed and advised fit comments for protos, samples, and bulk production
• Owned shipping and receiving of protos and all samples

*Design, Product Development, and Merchandising for Robert Talbott Inc. Fall 2015 & Spring 2016 Women's Collection.

Monterey, CA

• Designed and developed complete women’s collections from concept to execution
• Analyzed sourcing, costing and merchandising plan development for most cost effective and target satisfying options
• Assisted with and maintained women’s merchandising assortment sheets
• Developed and maintained all women’s tech packs
• Managed production specification for all factories and agents
• Communicated with oversees vendors and Italian sourcing partner daily

San Francisco Bay Area

• Engaged in customer satisfaction meetings with solution proposals
• Trained at leather punching, pressing, and finishing equipment
• Maintained accurate, current and complete email list
• Performed quality control assessments on finished goods
• Organized and sorted bills, statements and inventory slips
• Packaged and received large mail orders

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Fashion/Apparel Design

Bachelor Of Applied Science (B.A.Sc.), Business Administration (Marketing Concentration)