With extensive experience in retail fashion, I've honed my skills in product development and pattern cutting for leading high street brands. I thrive in dynamic environments, ensuring product quality and timely delivery while adeptly managing communication across departments to meet critical deadlines.
Working for a wholesale Brand Banned Apparel Producing out of China 2 Womenswear ranges - Retro Jersey, knitwear & wovens, embroidery, velvet day wear and evening wear Alternative; stretch, denim, abd branded embellishment
• Developing China Account • Womenswear collection corduroy, cotton velvets, silk velvets and organic cotton range • Developing Turkey Account on Jersey product • Managing the critical path to ensure Tech packs are updated and sent out, liaising with China agent and factories to ensure instructions are followed and product is on schedule • WFX – World Fashion Exchange Internal software system • Fitting and sizing of product to ensure consistency across all areas of the business • Price negotiation, analysing data, and maintaining pricing consistency
• Responsible for the running of the sealing process and maintaining customer standards and service • Liaising with customer & factories at all levels to ensure all instructions are carried out • Fulfilling the brief and meeting the critical path, advising on any technical issues • Managing one customer across all departments, Occasion wear, daywear and Studio 8 (plus size) • Managing another person, training, and ensuring good practice
• Responsible & Managing Critical Path using ASL system, meeting deadlines, organising & prioritising workload • Large High St Client base Top shop, Asos, Dorothy Perkins & River Island – • Leading the fittings, overcoming any technical issues and communicating with buying team • Amending patterns manually for production • Communicating with all departments at all levels • Creating Specs, construction notes for factory using excel, • Using different workbook systems, Arcadia system (IBFL) Extranet, and Asos Lighthouse
• 1st patterns, soft woven blouses, dresses & trousers/skirts • Attending fittings, Top shop, Asos • Amending patterns manually for production ensuring accuracy • Creating Specs, construction notes for factory
• Large High St Client base Top shop, River Island, Oasis & Warehouse • Attending fit sessions where necessary, amending patterns for production • Communicating with all departments at all levels • Creating Specs, construction notes for factory
• Toiling 1st Patterns through to sealing • Attending fittings with Top shop, Wallis, Dorothy Perkins • Amending patterns for production • Communicating with all departments at all levels • Creating Specs, construction notes for factory
• Toiling 1st Patterns for Main Line & Farhi Collections • Gerber Computer System (Digitising, PDS, Systems Management). • Web PDM (Specification) • Making amendments for production • Communicating with all departments at all levels
• Responsible for accurate 1st Patterns (Soft Separates, Jersey) • Flat Pattern making • Lectra Computer System (PDS) • Liaising with Designer, Buyers, & Production
• Producing first patterns (Soft Separates) • Toiling, Flat Pattern Making • Gerber Computer System (PDS) • Attending supervised fit meetings • Making pattern amendments for production
• Liaising with Trimming Suppliers • Co-ordinating work in the pattern room • Pattern amendments
Researching new computer software for Fashion Designers Developing user-friendly technology Market research into laser printers Liaising with Lectra Systems worldwide