Ryan Lupton Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

Huntington Beach, California

• Established product test packages and guidelines based on company and global regulatory requirements
• Provided restricted substance and performance standards for multiple products including casual and performance apparel and footwear
• Determined product testing limits based on best practices to meet the highest global standards
• Collaborated with cross functional teams on fabric development and product feedback to identify risk and potential production issues
• Created vendor assessment program and provided training on testing processes. This led to 75% less test failures after 3 monthsCreated and implemented the Quality Assurance Processes and Procedures which led to 35%.
• Composed clear and concise quality inspection criteria regarding critical, major, and minor defects for vendors and inspection teams

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Establish and update quality assurance processes and standards
• Assess all fabric and garment testing procedures to assure quality requirements are met and confirm compliance of company regulations
• Write and implement quality standard operating procedures
• Standardization of audit procedures and standards leading to the number of rejections reduced by 35% by providing a clear understanding of quality requirements to inspector and vendors.
• Analyze statistically driven quality audit reports to make strategic decisions and monitor performance
• Implementation of a risk bases AQL sampling plan to improve auditing accuracyManagement of domestic and overseas vendors

Greater Los Angeles Area

• Apparel production and account manager for clients needing tailored sourcing solutions.
• Client costing / Sourcing negotiation
• Fabric and garment engineering
• Fabric and garment testing management
• Global trend analysis and understanding
• Employee management and development