Tamara Walters Email & Phone Number

Lakeland, Florida, Us

Northbrook, Illinois, Us

Travel to US business sites to conduct final inspections. Verifying compliance of specification of garments, fabric or ingredients. Product safety and function testing. Quality sampling of entire order reviewed. Document all findings on inspection reports using technical judgement, interpret and analyze test results. Communication with clients, manufacturers and vendors in regards to job assignments, requirements for testing, and results.

-Strategic manager experienced in quality control, graded specifications, vendor compliance, technical design, fit evaluations, trend forecasting, and production/ sourcing. Knowledge on all women’s knits sportswear, wovens and sweaters. Traveled to NYC, Las Vegas and LA for market and trade shows.-Managed Product Development of all private label items which included shopping trends, flat illustration, guideline specifications, costing, fabrication, detail sourcing, and working directly with factories and agents in Hong Kong.-Established a fit process, new standards, and hired Missy and Plus size fit models. Revised outdated sizing chart by completing a thorough evaluation based on our competitors market standard sizing charts. Authored a garment terminology workbook for call centers to follow, along with a video on how to properly measure pivotal body points to assist customers in finding the correct sizes. Designed private label seasonal tees, sweaters and also key item knits.

Bradenton, Fl, Us

Responsible for purchasing career departments of petites, and promoted to associate buyer of golf, active and outerwear. Negotiated cost, vendor relationships, analyze sales and trends, create and maintain open to buy.-Developed a Spec log for Petites department and created a fit process, assisted in Product Development/ Import Designs and created private label prints, seasonal designs, created five new labels for product development items, developed trend forecasting boards for all missy buyers to follow, traveled to NYC and Las Vegas for buying trips, trend direction and product development.