Experience

FRAME

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Product Development / Design Manager

  • Feb 2023 - Present

• Associate Manager, Product Development

  • Jun 2021 - Feb 2023

• Product Development Associate

  • Feb 2020 - May 2021

  • Maintain all charts/reports related to the product development process• Track fabric, lab dips, handloom, knit downs, strike offs, wash submits, trim request..etc• Communicate daily with domestic and overseas factories• Develop and maintain cross functional relationship with design/tech/production in regards to changes, discrepancies, approvals..etc • Understand and communicate any potential production issue with vendor and internal teams• Vet through lab dips, knit downs, handlooms, strike offs, etc before passing to design• Support design team with sourcing/developing fabric each season from inception to approval• Review and communicate style/material minimums, lead-time and early commit to merchandising and production.• Track all proto and SMS samples within time constraints, update the merchandising/design team regularly on sample status• Quantify adoption rates to each category for management, merchandising, and design team review.• Collaborate on all chase orders & special projects as needed. Show less



C&P Branded

• Los Angeles, California

• Production Coordinator (Import & Domestic)

  • Aug 2019 - Feb 2020

  - Successfully managed 11 accounts from: Nordstrom, Tillys, Buckles, Lulus, Ross kids/men’s/junior, urban outfitter, NY&CO, Boot Barn. - Collaborated and communicated to sustain efficiency with vendors on 100-200 styles for each stage of production. - Ensured that manufacturing processes ran reliably and efficiently by planning and organizing schedules, negotiating budgets and timescales with clients and managers. - Receive new po’s from sales & trigger the order summary to China team for greige goods ordering. - Collaborate with sales, buyer, and factory for new development, negotiate costing and delivery. - Executed follow ups with China on all production aspects including preparing trim sheet for all packing details & labdip/ strike off approval. - Participated in collaborative team efforts to maintain Production WIP and presented these in our weekly team production meeting. - Communicating with local washing/printing/finishing house, coordinating everything to ensure to meet delivery. Show less



FRAME

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Production Coordinator

  • Jan 2018 - Jan 2019

  · Collaborated with Planning Team to confirm the accuracy of size breaks and item information in the system · Built and maintain approved vendor matrix (up to 10), with costing and production capacity portfolio. · Inputted and updated WIP with 300-500 styles/per season in the system or shared drives · Tracked 300-500 styles on order per day, WIPs and in-transit, to ensure timely and follow-up with vendors, factories and Tech/Design/Merchandising as needed. · Maintained Fabric & trim inventory/liability report, and track non-compliance/claims chargebacks with vendors. · Identified and raise quality and technical issues with factories, mills, vendors and teams; track capacity and performance of vendors for Production Manager and track accurate costing and commitments to raw materials. · Communicated daily with freight forwarder to guide direct/in-direct shipping method Show less



Avalon Apparel

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Production Assistant

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  · Responsible for all day to day communication with overseas vendors (Mostly China and Vietnam) · Managed Nordstrom private labels, Target, and Target Kids · Review approvals and production samples with designer and to ensure all bulk qualities are approved on time. · Receive, process and drive daily samples through internal tech design & design team · Responsible for submitting weekly WIP reports. · Follow up with customer and factory on sample, developments and deliveries · Preparing/amending tech packs, issue POs and review packing list Show less



Zero Degree Celcius

• Los Angeles, CA

• Showroom Assistant

  • Mar 2016 - Oct 2016

  · Designed and distributed marketing campaigns by using MailChimp · Constructed new website to promote company’s e-commerce · Streamlined social media operations by updating company’s Instagram profile · Managed and organized all showroom samples · Designed and distributed marketing campaigns by using MailChimp · Constructed new website to promote company’s e-commerce · Streamlined social media operations by updating company’s Instagram profile · Managed and organized all showroom samples



Siyuan International Consultant

• Taipei, Taiwan

• Executive Secretary - part time

  • Jun 2009 - Sep 2014

  · Provide personal administrative support to management and company · Collate and manage information databases for 30 domestic engineering firms · Preparation of correspondence, presentations, invoices, mailing lists and other documents as requested · Provide personal administrative support to management and company · Collate and manage information databases for 30 domestic engineering firms · Preparation of correspondence, presentations, invoices, mailing lists and other documents as requested