Project Development Manager

• Jan 2019 - Present

Fabric Coordinator

• Mar 2016 - Jan 2019

• Communicate daily with fabric vendors and designers for development inquiries; follow up, fabric approvals, sample orders, and delivery status for specialty retailers • Request FDS sheets and work with agents/mills on prices, minimums, fabric width, fabric content and fabric care • Lead design team with the brand’s price structure to position their fabric selection to meet their price points • Meet and coordinate meetings with fabric agents on seasonal fabric developments • Identify fabrics that need to be cost engineered and communicate with the agent and mill to execute change. • Work closely with the Company’s international fabric team on all fabric developments – identify all fabric construction requirements to meet design’s intent • Meet seasonal fabric calendar deliverables • Manage seasonal fabric budget - track total seasonal spend • Issue all sample yardage and line review fabric PO’s • Create seasonal raw material chart and manage all pertinent fabric information updates • Negotiate fabric minimums, and deliveries with fabric mills and agents • Partner with garment production manager on bulk fabric lead-time to garment factory • Input fabric details in Product Lifecycle Management system for garment tech pack for specialty brands • Counter source fabric qualities for better pricing • Participate in style weekly product development meetings with design and garment production manager Show less

fabric production manager

• Jul 2013 - Mar 2016

• Assist in daily communication with fabric vendors and designers for development inquiries; follow up, fabric approvals, sample orders, and delivery status for specialty brands • Review bulk shade lots for color and quality and send comments to mills prior to ship dates • Review weekly work in progress (W.I.P.) reports from nominated fabric mills to make sure all bulk fabric deliveries are on time to garment factory • Responsible for alerting team of any delays or issues with production, timing, quality, etc • Negotiate production fabric prices, minimums, and deliveries with fabric mills and garment factories • Partner with garment production manager on bulk fabric delivery to garment factory • Input fabric details in Product Lifecycle Management system for garment tech pack for specialty brands • Send fabric qualities out for testing to nominated testing facilities • Comprehend the expected quality standards for garments and the quantity targets set by the sales department as per the orders from customers • Hand-off new qualities to garment production manager when entering production stages • Allocate fabric qualities to fabric mills for development and production orders • Participate in style hand-off meeting with product managers and garment production manager Show less

fabric specialist

• Aug 2012 - Jul 2013

• Worked closely with Fabric Manager to understanding design intent, customer and their fabric expectation to deliver fashion right fabric within our price parameter • Supported fabric Manager research new fabric trends for design teams and develop value priced and executable fabrics to meet their needs • Responsible for sending all the approved fabric information to the mills, over sea's production team and sourcing teams in Hoffman • Responsible of upkeep of current fabric information in the master fabric chart, PDM/Flex PLM and the divisional binders • With guidance of supervisor, able to communicate with designer the performance standards on new fabric developments and assist in quality related issues as they apply to fabric • Participated in quarterly (business product reviews) line presentation as necessary Show less