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Los Angeles, California, Us

Developed and executed strategies to accommodate long lead time and reduce cost for purchasing raw materials.On boarded new vendors, negotiating incoterms, production scheduling and standardizing quality, delivery and shipping criteriaCultivated relationships with manufacturers and raw material suppliers to ensure quality and on time delivery.Spearheaded communication with Netsuite (ERP system) liaisons to gain new system knowledge for inventory management.Conducted weekly meetings with president, sales dept, and shipping dept, updating them with status’ of deliverables.Tracked and updated production work flow charts (WIP), to manage milestones for product life cycle stages.Troubleshooted complications during fittings to adhere with production timelines and quality standards.Optimized production processes by streamlining forms for production follow-up, raw materials, fit guides, and QA.Managed Lab dip color, PO creation, bulk approvals and rejections for fabric and trim.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Analyzed and negotiated initial, revised and final cost for buyer demand and PO releases.Reviewed vendor mini markers and made necessary modifications to achieve internal mark up goals.Corresponded with overseas vendors to identify concerns for high risk styles, communicating appropriate solutions.Led weekly meetings with coordinators to track product life cycle to stay on track with the corporate calendar.Mentored coordinators for best practices, prioritization, workload management, and production competencies.Recommended procedures to consolidate fabric buys, garment testing, etc.,to reduce cost.Determined HTS codes and duty rates based on customs descriptions to calculate landed cost.Facilitated meetings with design teams to ensure accurate BOMs for costing and sample making.

Managed production for the company’s largest buyer account of over 6M per season in wholesale dollars.Worked closely with factories to ensure production capacity challenges were resolved to ensure on time DC dates.Created WIP forms to track style progression, implementing time and action calendars to manage deliveries. Scheduled and approved large program order commitments on producing yarn, PFD greige, and dye dates.Coordinated with the product development teams for design intent and execution for overall look of bulk goods.Reviewed denim washes to maintain wet/dry process standards - base, hand feel, whiskers, abrasion, potassium, etc..Prepped orders via buyer PLM system to confirm cost, gather TPs, DXF blocks, and trim codes to establish style.Generated, issued, and revised all POs to factories, maintaining up to date information on price and delivery.

Los Angeles, California, Us

Negotiated vendor's costing (CM, fabric, trims, yields, freight, etc) to exceed internal markup goals.Utilized WIP to track product life cycle to ensure delivery was maintained per approved T&A.Assisted Prod. Director in style allocation strategies, per vendor, for advantageous production results.Worked with Design and Technical teams to acquire best yields for production while preserving style integrity.Tracked corp. calendar benchmarks to facilitate on time color/strike-off approvals and tech pack/pattern releases.Coordinated with the Fabric Department to secure best fabric price, quality and x-mill and drop-ship dates.Processed lab-dips, production bulk fabric headers and trims for color and hand quality standards.Approved garment test results for compliance, fabric content, and care instructions.Recommended discount amounts and debit notes, relating to delivery and quality discrepancies.

Trained production coordinators to execute day-to-day tasks properly and efficiently.Organized weekly meetings with cross functional teams to ensure smooth delivery of goods.Communicated daily with vendors regarding lab-dip, fabric, and trim approvals and amendments.Conducted fit sessions, sending specs and garment modifications to overseas vendors for pattern/sample revision.Checked and approved grade rules and full specs for production go-ahead.Communicated with customs broker and freight forwarders to confirm/schedule deliverables for the shipping dept..Analyzed inspection reports for quality control and vendor chargeback suggestions for upper management.Created shipping documents (BOL/packing lists) per buyers’ routing requirements.

New York, New York, Us

Columbus, Oh, Us

Associate'S Degree, Fashion/Apparel Design

Aa, Fashion Design