Technical Design Manager with over 20 years of experience in Team Managing, Fashion Design & Concept, Digital Pattern Cutting & Grading, Manufacturing Process, end to end product for women's, men's, and children's wear, in different types of fabrics like cotton, silk, leather, lace, wool, sequins, knitting, jersey, woven. Also experienced on different types of products like outwear, trench , coat, jackets, tailor, skirts, trousers, dresses, shirts, lingerie, loungewear, sport wear, bras, nightwear.
Responsible for a few key teams in the manufacturing process as follows: - pattern cutting and grading team , - sample cutting, -production marker’s cutting - Clo 3D team Together with the cross functional teams we are offering end to end product fully made in Uk ,for Heritage, Fashion and Bespoke samples from 1st proto to bulk - working with the team to find the most easy and cost effective methods starting with the 1st proto - planing and organizing the team workloads and priorities - responsible for recruiting new members
* I was responsable to plan and organise the pattern cutter team, the cutting departement and the sewing departement * To plan , organise and create the collection for each season * Responsable to respect our costumers request regarding the qualities and the look of the samples and of the production garment * Responsable to find the solution to improve the quality of the models * To find solution to improve my team level, efficiency * Following the trends I was responsable to do the sketch of the collection , to choose the fabrics for the models and to discus with the pattern maker and the stitching ladies the samples have to be done * Responsible for the fit of the garment and to help the pattern cutter to adjust the pattern according with the needes * Responsible to decide the bugget of the departement and of the collection * Responsible to hire new people in the team
* I was responsable to coordinate and organise the pattern maker team departement * To keep the contact with our costumers ( Massimo Dutti, Sandro, Iro, Gerard Darel, Maje, Comptoir des Cotonniers, Une Jour Ailleurs, Claudie Pierlot, Bon Point, Batela, Chevignon, Ted Baker , Fleurisse, Tara Jarmon, Morgan ) * Responsable to respect our costumers request regarding the quality and the look of the samples and of the production garment * To find solution to improve my team level as pattern cutter and garment developpers * Creating patterns in Modaris - Lectra System * Responsible to respect the designer sketch and to have a sample as near is possible with costumer demand, to improve the look of the garment by finding technical solutions, and following the garment doing the stitching process * Responsible for the fit of the samples * Following the trends I was responsable to do the sketch for local market, to choose the fabrics for the models
* Responsible to respect and follow our designers sketch and discus with the designers the adjustements * Responsible to respect our costumers quality and style (Debenhams, Top Shop, Primark, John Rocha, Debut, Principles, Dorothy Perkins) * Responsible to respect the designer sketch and to have a sample as near is possible with costumer demand, to improve the look of the garment by finding technical solutions, and following the garment doing the stitching process * Pattern maker on Assyst System * Responsible for the fit of the samples * Responsible to do the technical file and the measurement chart * From July 2008 pattern maker team leader * Responsible to find solution to improve my team level, to improve as pattern cutter and garment stitching * From September 2008 responsible to teach a new pattern maker team of 7 people , how to create patterns starting from a sketch From November 2008 team leader of cutters team ( 5 people) and stiching ladyes team (36 people) for 2 years
* Pattern maker on Vetty Graph System * Responsible to do the technical file and the measurement chart * Responsible to do the lay plan and the markers for creation departement and production departement on Vetty Graph System * Responsible to find solutions to improve the quality of the garments * Resposble to create patterns and to do the grading * Responsible to create the new collections for local market , by following the trends * Responsible to do the sketch for the new collections * Responsible to chose the fabrics for the models
* Pattern Maker responsible to create patterns and do the grading in Modaris -Lectra System * Responsible to do the technical file and the measurement chart * Responsible to do the lay plan and the markers for creation departement and production in Diamino -Lectra System * Responsible to find solutions to improve the quality of the samples and of the production garments * Responsible to do the fabric consumation * Responsible to respect the designer sketch and to have a sample as near is possible with costumer demand, to improve the look of the garment by finding technical solutions, and following the garment doing the stitching process * To keep the contact with our costumers, and to respect our costumer request (Grupo Moda, Wenda , Cyrillius, Promod, Une Jour Ailleurs ) * Responsable to coordinate and organise the pattern cutter team and stitching team departements
* Pattern maker responsible to create patterns on paper and do the grading on paper * Responsible to do the technical file and the measurement chart * Responsible to do the lay plan and markers for creation departement and production * Responsible to find solutions to improve the quality of the garments and of the production garments * Responsible to do the fabric consumation * Responsible to create the new collections for local market , following the trends * Responsible to do the sketch for the new collections * Responsible to chose the fabrics for the models
Yes, I would definitely work with Ana again. Ana was a great asset to my team, bringing a very high Patterning & Technology Skill to the team. Ana always worked extremely hard together with her team, to deliver the daily / weekly priorities on time. I found Ana to be very honest, trusting & 100% dedicated & reliable at all times, and would do her up most to deliver the impossible. I am absolutely sure that Ana would be a great asset to your business & I wished her all the very best.