Sarah Howson Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

-Manage end to end production process monitoring and controlling the critical path to ensure on time deliveries -Management of portfolio of customers with focus on product development and range planning to build business-Source, develop and negotiate with FE -Maximise sales through negotiation and commercial awareness -Responsible for team management and.

London, England, United Kingdom

• Managed, prepared and collated production details to make sure our required deliveries and deadlines were achieved. Main responsibilities entailed chasing on prices, minimums and lead times to create costings.
• Raise Po’s and responsible for production orders, especially CMT fabric requirements, making sure all fabric testing is approved to our brand standards
• Handle all fabric deliveries including packing lists & invoices, whilst tracking usage, stock levels and communicating with the warehouse when necessary
• In constant contact with all factories and mills receiving regular updates for purchase orders, samples and critical paths so accurate dates can be advised
• Collate and manage the allocation of garment packs, including specs, cloth and trims to factories
• Deliver regular critical path meetings to feed updates back to design and technical team

• Constantly liaised with suppliers and factories to ensure delivery times and production samples were on track and built strong relationships with them for future business
• Required to work under pressure, prioritising daily tasks and ad hoc duties whilst keeping an organised daily schedule
• Demonstrate professional communication skills not just face to face but also via email and phone
• Suggested ideas and vocalised opinions which were key in product sales decisions
• Aware of current trends, looks and business strategies to improve judgements and benefit the brand
• Supportive of my team and relied on this involvement to use initiative and build decisions

• Researched databases using relevant information to confirm correct legal data
• Worked with high priority financial data so required concentration and excellent numerical skills
• Fast paced target based work which I frequently accomplished to a high accuracy and was rewarded for the quality standards with company bonus scheme
• Consistently held up under the pressure of meeting required imperative deadlines