Working in the Home Accessibility Project Management Office team to support business improvement projects.

Senior product technician for Ladies Outerwear.Working on Coast to Country and ReEngineered outerwear product.

Working on outerwear category, covering Berghaus brand.Working across a variety of product including base layers, mid layers and accessories. Development process covers design hand over to SMS sign off and bulk tech pack preparation.Leading fit meeting, and presenting key proto rounds to cross functional teams. Tracking team KPI, and reporting to managers.Provided team PLM support and guidance.

Working for the Global menswear line, covering products such as true knit garments, waterproof outwear, polo shirts, trousers and accessories.Owning technical specifications, including building tech packs from initial design handover, for internal and factory use and marketing communications.Coordinating and facilitating fit and product meetings with cross functional partners.Reviewing AQL’s and production quality concerns regarding bulk product, both at source and destination review.Developing innovation tech packs for out of season developments.Factory sourcing materials and trims for in-season development to be compliant with testing and company standards.Attending product launches and showcases with regional sales teams to provide product expertise.

Working within the accessories team, focusing on cut and sew run accessories, headbands and true knit winter accessories such as gloves, toques and ear warmers, as well as seamless accessories. Owning tech packs updates after initial design hand off to maintain product history and ensure accurate sample management.Developing Standard Operating Processes for my product specific categories to streamline workload and gain development efficiencies.Managing sample timelines and sample quality in order to achieve buy ready deadlines. Partnering with cross-functional partners to provide technical construction support, using BOM management and product expertise, ensuring the highest quality product.Proactive support of development and innovations within specific categories, working with cross-functional partners in order to achieve realistic intro dates.Running wear tests and developing wear testing standards / forums to ensure we are innovating the correct product for our guests needs.Collaborating with the quality team to ensure we are producing the best possible product for purpose. Providing PLM support and expertise within my team to ensure smooth transition into new systems.Presentation of Final Proto samples during sign off meetings to cross functional partners to gain product approval to achieve Buy Ready deadlines.

Reebok Uk (Reebok Stadium Bolton) June 2008-August 2009.Reebok GHQ (Canton Mass, USA) August 2009 - September 2011 : project management- developmentAdidas / Reebok South Europe Creation Centre (Barcelona Spain) October 2011 - December 2012 Valuable International market experience gained through working in regional offices. Working on Accessories covering Bags, true knit accessories and new development of headwear, transitioning Accessories from the 18 month to 12 month calendar as well as working on the 15 month calendar.Constructing and managing BOM's, ensuring correct material and colour information is available in the system for factory and marketing use, according to the relevant calendar dates.Working on Costing of styles, developing a style from Pre-Cost through to confirmation of final FOBs, through BOM management, and suggesting product amendments to Design and Marketing to ensure the product achieves target margins.Responsibility for lab dips approvals for trims, and on bags fabrics, as well as ensuring receipt of relevant testing needed to be able to set trim and fabric references correctly in RMS. Setting up fabric references in RMS for bag fabrics, and working with the Materials team to develop new trims.Ensuring all overview boards and colour cads were correct each season, editing in Illustrator as needed and feeding back to the relevant parties.Developing a good relationship with several of the factory contacts, and have been working with them through the SS12 direct development, as well as using LO support.

Responsible for new product development on their environmentally friendly range, as well as their sportswear and leisurewear ranges.Working on spec sheet development and lab dip, fabric, samples and production approvals.Oversaw orders from initial order placement until shipment using critical paths, and helping perform AQL and quality control checks, both at source and once goods arrive in house.Attended trade shows such as Printwear and Promotion to advertise our various brands.Worked with customers to develop bespoke orders to cater to their specific needs not met by our core range.

Working for a London Design and Sales office for a large Bangladeshi knitwear and T-shirt manufacturer. Responsible for spec sheet development and sample ordering, yarn and trim development, tracking yarn sourcing and shipment progress.Tracking sample development progress through critical path software. Attending client meetings and fit sessions as well as providing shop reports on our customers and competitors' current trends.