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Men’s Product Developer

- Twelve years of broad experience in the apparel industry and four years experience in textiles with increased responsibilities.
- Career-focused attitude; maintain a proven track record for improving business operations.
- Ensure Quality Control standards in areas of development, production and distribution operations while maintaining productivity levels and reduced costs. 
- Exceptional problem-solving, interpersonal-communication, and time-management skills.
- Maintain strong team management skills centered on effective supervision, training, and motivation of others.
- Fluent in English and Mandarin. 

- Sourced fabrics and trims with overseas vendors from concept to production.
- Issued and tracked sample PO’s corresponding with vendors ensuring timely delivery of samples.
- Negotiated costs with vendors in order to achieve marginal goals for each product category.
- Provided detailed submit comments, visual comments and approvals to overseas vendors to assuring next sample is reflected.
- Communicated daily with overseas vendors to negotiate costing, delivery dates, lead times; sample execution, and minimum order quantities.
- Collaborated with quality assurance to identify any potential quality issues during the development process before going into production. 

- Source for and negotiate with vendors to obtain competitive pricing on fabric
- Coordinate production delivery schedules between manufacturers and customer. 
- Consult with company principles on a daily basis to discuss the status of the production and delivery schedules, and to address issues requiring immediate and long-term corrective action plans
- Developed and implemented a cost-effective system, eliminating unnecessary overages and improving fabric quality.
- Coordinate sample production for North America with overseas fabric suppliers to deliver quality goods with on time delivery to meet each market week in NY.  

Textile Production Coordinator/Assistant Manager	

- Consult with client and/or supervisor and/or designers about fabric requirements. 
- Work with clients in the action sportswear industry for their specific fabric construction requirements and create patterns in which to meet client’s needs.
- Working closely with clients on costing, testing and production planning. 

US Sales Representative

- Track and analyze all phases from initial development stages to final production. 
- Attend industry functions to keep informed of current trends and establish new contacts.
- Approve customers spec sheets to ensure quality control standards. 
- Source for and negotiate with vendors to obtain competitive pricing from designs to materials.
- Coordinate development and production delivery schedules between manufacturers and material suppliers. 
- Consult with company principles on a daily basis to discuss the status of the development, production and delivery schedules, and to address issues requiring immediate and long-term corrective action plans. 
- Lead and motivate 5 development/production staff members, creating a productive and team spirited environment.
- Direct all aspects of departmental personnel issues in areas of hiring, training, supervision, assignmment delegation, performance evaluations and salary recommendations.

Product Development and Production Manager

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Samantha Wan: Men’s Product Developer in Huntington Beach, CA

Samantha Wan

RVCA, Costa Mesa, CA

Samsung C& T America, Commerce, CA

Eashinn Textiles Co, Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan

International Alliance dba Traders Alliance Inc., Fountain Valley, CA

Chapman University

Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising