Product Line: Outerwear (Ladies and Men’s), Ready To Wear (Ladies), Kids & Baby, Accessory (Men’s and Kids), Swimwear Market: USA, CanadaBrand: Sears, KmartDetailed responsibility:- Oversee SH and HK Technical Design teams- Align process with other offices and keep optimizing the process- Deliver technical induction to new vendors- Conduct Vendor Acceleration Program to suppliers and participating in setting up the training materials- Evaluate sample rooms and give advice on upgrading- Lead and support technical projects- Spot and analyze risk in products and give suggestion on possible solutionsAchievements:- Took over fit sample approval authority from overseas office - Successfully educated vendors to self-approve PP samples by regular training programs- Created blocks for Kids socks and accessory

Title: Garment Technologist, Senior Garment TechnologistProduct Line: Ladies wear (Outerwear, Swimwear, Woven, Knit, Sweater), Babywear, AccessoryMarket: UK, Central EuropeBrand: F&FDetailed responsibility:- Evaluated samples before sending them to UK office, and rejected unqualified samples- Worked with technical team of UK office on technical issues and get fit samples right efficiently and effectively- Provided technical advice to merchandising team and suppliers to optimize construction- Implemented risk assessment on all samples to foresee and avoid potential safety issues- Supported buying trips and gave suggestion from technical point of view- Led some vendor training program and supplier seminar- Oversaw Kids & Baby team as Senior Garment TechnologistAchievements:- Built good relationship with technical team and buying team of UK office - Be trained about fitting standard in UK office- Successfully coordinated supplier training/seminar and physically delivered part of the training

Product Line (in detail): Woven (Ladies top, blouse, dress, skirt… etc., Kids)Market: USABrand: Liz Claiborne, Juicy Couture, Ellen Tracy, MastDetailed responsibility:- Translated all Tech Pack, sample comments, and technical-related emails- Evaluated samples before submitting them to retailer’s buying office - Checked samples with buying office technicians together to better understand the expectation and standard - Daily face-to-face communication with factory’s sample room to ensure all comments are correctly understood - Called out and discussed technical issues with buying office technicians and get problems solved in a timely mannerAchievements:- Built good relationship with buying office tech. team- Bridged between buying office and sample room to smoothen the communication and speed up the sample approval process