Experience

MAS Kreeda

• Sri Lanka
• Apparel Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Assistant Manager - Material Development

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  To lead and build strategic alliances with the Fabric suppliers, Dye suppliers, Fabric printers and develop colours/ innovative concepts in colours whilst, enhancing on the knowledge of colour executions with vertical material partners in order align to NIKE requirements and support the Colour Management process for the Kreeda Division To lead and build strategic alliances with the Fabric suppliers, Dye suppliers, Fabric printers and develop colours/ innovative concepts in colours whilst, enhancing on the knowledge of colour executions with vertical material partners in order align to NIKE requirements and support the Colour Management process for the Kreeda Division



MAS Intimates

• Sri Lanka
• Apparel Manufacturing
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Senior Fabric Technologist - MAS Design Center

  • Dec 2019 - Jan 2023

  Snr.Fabric Technologist for Yamamay – Fashion (Dec 2019 to July 2020) Snr.Fabric Technologist for Femtech (Aug 2020 to Jan 2023) Specialized in Functional Raw Materials, Sourcing & Development and handling all fabric Technical concerns from Design to Bulk Production (especially for intimate apparels - Fashion and Femtech – newborn, fertility solutions, period-tracking app, pregnancy and nursing care, women's sexual wellness, and reproductive system health care) Provide technical support for the designers and garment technical teams on fabric construction, innovation, and the technical capability. Research seasonal trend directions with design teams. Develop and commercialize fabrics that meet the seasonal design trends which will meet the technical & quality standards that are appropriate to deliver the highest level of customer satisfaction. Initiate functional Fabric developments which are following Business strategy and business goals –on time. Dealing with suppliers and coordinating with them to achieve the right customer standards by evaluating the physical and chemical parameters of the raw materials, while also ensuring they are suitable for other garment processes such as moulding, bonding, printing etc. Price/Min negotiations with the suppliers according to the business needs to meet the required costing points. Establish and provide all the necessary technical details & specification required by the customer, to suppliers, internal parties in an appropriate manner to facilitate product development. Drive self-development and to ensure that fabric technical skills are developed and optimized to provide a better understanding of the fabrics used. Responsible for testing fabrics, developing the specifications of fabric and testing the finished products to ensure conformity to specifications



Next Sourcing Limited

• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fabric Technologist

  • Jan 2017 - Dec 2019

  Fabric Technologist for Newborn dept / mens and childrenswear jersey / ladies jersey / mens and childrenswear woven depts Working with Sri Lankan and overseas fabric mills (China, Taiwan, India, Pakistan, S.Korea, Turkey) and printers for the developments of new technologies. (Both cotton and synthetic suppliers). Actively involves with mainly local suppliers for development of new technologies and solving day to day problems by visiting fabric mills and sitting on the mills. This covers Jet dyeing and beam dyeing and the package dyeing. Work on going production –color approval, cad approval print approval and fabric chemical and physical test approvals. Coordinate all stages with main swim and clothing Sri Lankan vendor on going production issues. Implemented a fabric development process to ensure all technical specifications matched across multi-sourced fabric qualities Liaise with suppliers in order to develop seasonal fabrics whilst negotiating cost effective prices. Visit new suppliers & evaluate their machinery, lab & product mix to ensure the mills can deliver the products as required. Identify specific competencies and capacities of different mills so as to ensure different customer’s products are placed at the most suitable mills. Work closely with customer’s RM teams, business teams to provide seasonal trend collections, participating in customer presentations so as to facilitate Business teams to obtain new business by providing accurate & Attending to Fabric Technical and administrative issues from the cluster, attending to Fabric issues with fabric mills and Buyers, managing the approval process of fabrics through Buyers and ensuring smooth flow of production Review bulk color & lab dip submits against official standards and print submits for engraving, print technique & color in light box. Provide technical training and new technical updates for suppliers and vendors for enhancing their products and solving their facing issues.



Hayleys Fabric PLC

• Sri Lanka
• Textile Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Executive - Process Control

  • Jul 2004 - Jan 2017

  Process Control Department Dyeing Laboratory Quality Assurance Department Member of Hayleys Fabric Innovation team • Supervise & monitor in preparing necessary recipes for lab in respect of color, shade and other quality parameters. • Instruct team members that which chemical-dye formula/process be appropriate to create the right color. • To make program, sample checking and color measurement. • Carry out assigned responsibilities for developing, directing and coordinating material planning activities for executing laboratory activities. • Analyze lab data, consumption of raw materials and quality control measures. • Follow-up in developing samples with a high degree of personal responsibility. • Ensure optimum utilization of men, machine & material to achieve higher efficiency. • Higher analytical skills of understanding the dyeing, printing, finishing and washing processes. • Advancing through technical discussion with subordinates. • Prepare daily lab reports. • Check and test the quality of different dyes, pigments and other auxiliaries. • Evaluate samples received for testing. • Perform all assigned tests. • Review final testing data/worksheets. • Ensure supplying of updated and corrected TDS, MSDS and other necessary documents of different products (dyes, pigments and other auxiliaries) to clients, sales & marketing team and others. • Act as an effective corporate communicator. We are a subsidiary of Hayleys PLC., and we are a Public Quoted Company listed in the Colombo Stock Exchange established in 1992 with a workforce of over 1100 employees. Our principal line of business is manufacturing (knitting, dyeing and finishing) of knitted fabric for export (through garment manufacturers). The turnover of our business is approximately USD 65 Million per annum.