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Dedicated garment industry professional with over 20 years of experience in Domestic and Overseas Garment Production, Product Development, Technical Specifications, Cutting Production, Quality Assurance and Warehouse/Logistics management. Professional ability to manage overall production processes resulting in overall growth and efficiency.

Managed all aspects of domestic swimwear and active wear production including the planning, development, implementation, maintenance and management of methods for production processes pertaining to garment manufacturing resulting in an
increased 50% monthly production output and 30% increased on-time order deliveries.

•   Developed and implemented policies , procedures, and operation strategies pertaining to garment production.
•   Recruited, trained, and motivated related employees to reach company targets regarding garment production, quality, and compliance standards.
•   Communicate daily with factories and monitor all phases of production and shipping schedules.
•   Ensured on time and spec approvals for pre production and TOP samples to maintain on time order deliveries.
•   Managed production forecast and develop T&A monthly calendars with factories to execute on time production schedule to maintain quarterly production goals resulting in a 50% increase production output.
•   Researched and acquired new sewing factories, developed relationships, and negotiated best sewing prices increasing 10%
in growth revenue..
•   Worked with CFO and Inventory Planner to establish quarterly production budges and schedules to reach company's sales
targets.
•   Managed company warehouse, fabric and trim inventory.
•   Responsible for fabric, trim order placement, and tracking of purchase orders for on time deliveries.
•   Created and maintained WIP and Issue fabric ,trim Inventory reports
•   Worked with Design and Pre Production teams in accordance to style line requirements and company standards to ensure
all fabrics and trim used in production meet quality standards.
•   Attended final style selection review meetings with designers, sales, pre-production manager, costing, purchasing
manager, and COO to address any possible production issues, or availability of materials for production.
•   Lead the development of new sewing factories to meet our quality compliance program and oversee all new and potential
factory quality audits.
•   Responsible for reviewing and increasing markers efficiency to reduce cost.
•   Worked with Cost department to develop fabric yield procedures and trim requirements for garment cost accuracy.
•   Implemented (CAD) software and hardware within the company (Gerber PDS Software) to ensure fabric usage accuracy, yield efficiency and actual garment fabric cost.

Director of Production and Manufacturing

Directed centralized fabric and cutting operations of entire company. Ownership of fabric inventory and cut production
processes from prioritizing, monitoring, component deliveries and T&A delivery schedules. Vast experience in managing fabric
and cut production to develop strong collaborative relationships with internal and external partners including Pattern Making, Tech Design, Fabrics, Trims, Production Planning, Quality control, and Marking / Grading Departments.

•   Proven track record of managing fabric, cut and sew production in the US, China, and in Central America /Mexico with an excellent understanding of fabric, cutting and sewing lead times and processes, calendars and potential production
challenges.
•   Established control related standards and
•   Monitored fabric inspections, yards efficiency, and quality following a 4.0 fabric inspections system.
•   Developed strategies to ensure on time delivery in all fabric orders and cutting functions and look to maximize best
practices and cost reduction measures.
•   Managed daily workload for all fabric shipments and cutting functions including managing the in-house cutting team
department personnel and in-bound / out-bound warehouse operations.
•   Assured cutting utilizations on tech packages and BOM were correct. Work with import and domestic production
departments on all yield challenges and work with marking / grading department to correct any errors or issues.
•   Negotiated, managed, and approved all cutting prices and cut invoices from all factories and verified against cut tickets
prior to submitting for payment.
•   Planed and scheduled best practices to achieve and beat cost targets for all products.
•   Responsible for reviewing and approving markers efficiency to reduce fabric utilization, yields and total cost.
•   Managed /Scheduled and oversee Import fabric QC Dept. on daily tasks and performed fabric repairs and replenishments
as needed.
•   Recovered and implemented charge backs to vendors who were not compliant.

Director of Raw Material and Cutting Operations

Managed and stream lined all aspects of production for contemporary ready to wear collections. Improved overall production
efficiency by introducing new management guidelines, executed product planning, creative process, line building, product
development, and costing.

•   Responsible for all product categories (Jackets, Pants, Dresses, Shorts, Skirts in both woven and knits classifications)
•   Developed T&A monthly calendars with factories to execute on time production schedule.
•   Conducted extensive overseas travel visiting factories for Quality Assurance Training programs, Inspections, Price, and Margin negotiations.
•   Negotiated cost with vendors to maintain targeted product gross margins.
•   Worked with Design and Sales teams to best commercialize product from development through production.
•   Fabric and trim PO management in accordance to seasonal roll out schedule.
•   Implemented Pre-production management process to ensure quality of garments match specs and approved production
samples.
•   Attended fit sessions and worked closely with tech design team to ensure factories accurately and efficiently execute our fit
requirements.
•   Worked with multiple customer compliance guidelines on fabric, product lab tests approvals and arrange factory social
audit approvals.
•   Solved production problems and improved sewing techniques to meet company's quality standards.

Import Production Manager

Manage warehouse and all phases of cutting and fabric domestically.

•   Coordinated all garment and fabric inbound and outbound freight deliveries to warehouse.
•   Supervised daily operations of the warehouse and personnel, receiving of containers with a large variety of materials to be
•   Responsible for purchasing and maintaining sewing and cutting equipment within the company.
•   Staged and monitored piece goods inventory levels.
•   Responsible for fabric quality inspections and to solve fabric problems.
•   Coordinated with third party fabric inspection agencies for fabric inspections and measurements.
•   Supervised fabric inspections following the 4.0 fabric inspection systems and reconciliation of fabric usage, damages and shortages per purchase order for each fabric vendor.
•   Review, test and approve questionable fabrics before cutting and follow up on fabric production schedule.
•   Coordinated all the quality control activities of fabrics before, during and after production.
•   Assisted in all aspects of fabric buying and follow-up on fabric purchases for sample room.
•   Tracked all fabric orders, shipments and monitored receiving.
•   Reported and documented all fabric defects / damages, and coordinate with fabric mills for modifications or corrections.
•   Implemented, monitored and measured cutting room's capacity to obtain company's monthly goals.
•   Managed the cutting room and implemented operation procedures to reduce cut production cost.
•   Worked with production teams to develop applicable time and action calendars for all domestic cut programs.
•   Controlled cutting cost, product quality and production cut efficiency effectively.
•   Lead and trained cutting room's employees to achieve objectives and help improve staff capacity and skills required to effectively control cost, meet delivery due dates, and cut work quality.

Cutting Manager

Planned and executed trim purchases domestically.

•   Managed trim buys and provide inventory reports
•   Communicated to all parties inside and out of company to make sure deadlines were met.
•   Sourced, developed and managed new trim developments.
•   Negotiated the most effective pricing, terms and trim availability with vendors.
•   Prepared all samples for testing and follow up on results, and also when orders receipt, making sure the requirements
were met.

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