Melinda Lara

Sourcing and Production at True Classic
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Norwalk, California, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Sourcing and Production
      • May 2022 - Present
    • United States
    • Retail
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Sourcing Specialist
      • Jun 2020 - Apr 2022
    • United States
    • Construction
    • Production Specialist
      • Oct 2017 - Nov 2019
    • United States
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Production Coordinator
      • Jun 2017 - Oct 2017
    • Barbados
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Production Planning Coordinator
      • Jul 2008 - Jan 2017

      American Apparel Los Angeles, California: June 2008- January 2017 Production Planning Coordinator • Distribute cut garments to sewing teams based on capacity and production needs • Responsible to meet order deadlines by working closely with cutting and sewing departments • Follow up and work closely with quality control department to ensure finished garments meet quality standards before shipping out • Update and enforced sewing orders with sewing floor to meet deadlines Production WIP Scheduler • Responsible to review WIP and Inventory Reports to schedule the correct work orders to be cut based on inventory needs and new style items • Follow up closely with cutting dept. to ensure top priority work orders are cut to meet deadlines • Followed up with coordinators daily sewing capacity, backorders, and private orders • Updated and managed WIP scheduling report External Purchase Coordinator • Responsible to analyze Tech Packs, Inventory Reports, and Buying Datasheets • Worked with pre-production team by obtaining Tech Packs and developing PP Samples with nominated outside vendor to produce retail buys of selected styles • Worked with Fabric Planning team by following up on bulk fabric ETAs to meet buy dates • Followed up with vendor to obtained PP samples and responsible to obtain Approvals • Wrote and Issued Purchase Order to vendors along with preparing and distributing bulk fabric and trims • Managed and updated daily WIP report • Followed up closely with vendor to ensure best bulk ETA • Received finished goods into system • Invoices/Pro Formas – Obtained, reviewed, and submitted invoices to accounting dept. and following up on vendor payments Show less

    • United States
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • Temporary Fabric Buyer
      • Jan 2007 - Jun 2007

      During my temporary employment with BCBG through an employment agency I worked as purchasing fabric domestic and foreign. I had the opportunity to work with vendors locally, in the East Coast, and China. My duties were analyzing fabric buying datasheets, preparing fabric swatch standards for vendors and obtaining bulk fabric approvals. My position also wrote and prepared purchase orders for vendors and following up for earliest ETAs During my temporary employment with BCBG through an employment agency I worked as purchasing fabric domestic and foreign. I had the opportunity to work with vendors locally, in the East Coast, and China. My duties were analyzing fabric buying datasheets, preparing fabric swatch standards for vendors and obtaining bulk fabric approvals. My position also wrote and prepared purchase orders for vendors and following up for earliest ETAs

Education

  • Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
    Associate's degree, Apparel Manufacturing Management
    2005 - 2007

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