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Inline Apparel Product developer

Engineering & Production

Product Development and Brand management
Skilled and committed professional working in product development, brand management, and international relations. Expert in
mastering product-specific information and supporting merchandising team in cost control and profit expansion initiatives.
Demonstrated ability in creative innovation, and appeal management, successfully able to disseminate products, services, and
company brands.

- Manage all aspects of product development of inline apparel categories including: woven, knits, fleece, board shorts,
jackets, and printable
- Collaborate with designers to audit and update technical design packages, ensuring accurate design documentation
- Assist designers to update tech packs with Adobe Illustrator software when needed; Manage and maintain library of relevant fabrics, trims, and samples
- Build and maintain development work in progress reports, with up-to-date schedule progression to ensure timely delivery
- Coordinate domestic and international vendors in problem solving on a daily basis to track development progress
- Communicate with a range of personnel bilingually, assisting and supporting the design, development, production, and
actual factories and vendors to improve product development efficiency and minimize miscommunication
- Manage all product line reviews from proto to production sample stages. 

Categories: Inline Men’s Cut & Sew categories, knit (top and bottom), woven (top and bottom), boardshorts, denim, and outerwear. 
• Coordinate with designers on assembling tech packs to include spec sheet created by tech designers, send fabric swatches and trims to vendors for incoming season development. 
• Build and manage WIP report from development to early production stage. 
• Work closely with overseas suppliers in all aspects of the development process and require initial costing.
• Follow-up with vendors/factories on all inquiries and provide collaborative problem-solving.
• Collect strike offs and samples, inspect quality, review with designers, and provide comments to vendors.
• Attend fit sessions with designers and technical team during sample stages to maintain the accuracy and integrity of product performance.
• Provide visual approvals/rejections to vendors and ensure samples meet approval standards.
• Work closely with production team to update development status. 

Apparel Product Developer - Inline 


• Monitor and analyze company efficacy within and across departments, identifying areas for improvement and generating informed and sustainable process improvement solutions
• Manage and retain vendor and client relationships through informative and continuous phone-based and email-based outreach and marketing strategies
• Design, develop, and launch new and innovative sales promotions and expansion plans to reach customers while optimizing product appeal, through B2B sales communications and end-user targeting
• Manage daily warehouse operations related to distribution, inventory, equipment layout, change implementation, personnel allocation, workflow generation, while designing and implementing operating system improvements for enhanced efficacy

Operation Manager

•	Led and directed major accounts through continuous collaboration with factories and vendors to advance product development, consulting with a range of personnel and organizations to streamline production competencies 
•	Communicated  bilingually, assisting and supporting the design, development, production, and actual factories and vendors to ensure up-to-date technical packages, reviewing services to ensure alignment with standards
•	Consulted with domestic and international factories and vendors related to account management and market resources, while conceptualizing and implementing seasonal concepts and developments
•	Negotiated price margins, performing on-the-job cost analysis to support budget updates, while actively establishing and disseminating financial business plans and ensuring company-level compliance
•	Maintained, prepared and tracked time and action calendar information, ensuring alignment between company and clients

Product Coordinator Manager

HUIHUA KU is an Inline Apparel Product developer at Neff Headwear in Phillips Ranch, CA.

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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

University of California, Irvine