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About Me
Industry: |
Merchandising, Purchasing & Retail |
|---|---|
Occupation: |
Fashion |
Highlights: |
Testing & Inspection Manager, Dillard’s, Stores Inc., Little Rock, AR (May, 04- Oct 06) *Instituting & Managing Testing & Inspections programs for Dillard’s Brands – 14,000+ styles / year – men’s, women’s and kid’s apparel; accessories and jewelry. *Evaluate products’ performance level; eliminate / reduce the hazard / risk factor from the design concept and enforce the safety / compliance. Recommend, implement and control corrective action plans and their executions; prevent issue / problem recurrence. *Review and evaluate Vendors’ quality level, capacity, performance, ability / potential, compliance. *Consulting the Design and Sourcing Teams on product’s construction, performance, quality and cost. *Communicate quality program’s status and objectives to the Management / Vendors / Partners. Accomplishments -Played a key role in Company’ Quality Initiative including selection of superior manufacturers and restructuring the product mix and improving merchandising / design strategies -Improved the process of product monitoring and reduced drastically the inferiorly manufactured goods. Corporate Product / Process Engineer, Dickies, Fort Worth, TX (July 98 – Aug 03) *Product costing; product development; Garment Construction / Technical Specifications. *Design and setup manufacturing lines; test cuts; start up; machine requirements and layout for a wide variety of products; Lean Product Construction; Lean Manufacturing / processes. *Design, set up and maintenance of operational methods; labor incentive rates; process improvements. *Training production facilities into operation / manufacturing / inspection methods; production support. *Cost reducing and optimization projects; Six Sigma projects. Accomplishments -Improved and stabilized production efficiency at the manufacturing locations by creating adequate sewing methods and providing the corresponding training. -Generated, presented and implemented cost reducing strategies annualizing more than $ US 250,000 Quality Assurance Manager, Quiltcraft Industries, Dallas, TX, (Aug 97 – June 98) *Providing quality assurance during each stage of production. *Quality / performance analyses, tests and data keeping system development and implementation. Accomplishments -Designed and implemented effective quality assurance concept for the Company. -Created QC Manual and data recording / keeping system. -Managed and trained the QC force. |
Ideal Companies: |
JC Penney, Nike, Eddie Bauer, Williamson -Dickie Mfg.Co |
Education level: |
Master |
Will Relocate: |
Yes |
Location: |
Los Angeles, CA |
Major Responsibilities
Product costing; Product development; Cost reducing and optimization projects;
Products’ performance level evaluation; Elimination / reduction of hazard / risk factor from the design concept; enforcement safety / compliance
Work Experiences
5/2004 - 10/2006
Dillard's Stores Inc
Manager
- *Instituting & Managing Testing & Inspections programs for Dillard’s Brands – 14,000+ styles / year – men’s, women’s and kid’s apparel; accessories and jewelry.
*Evaluate products’ performance level; eliminate / reduce the hazard / risk factor from the design concept and enforce the safety / compliance. Recommend, implement and control corrective action plans and their executions; prevent issue / problem recurrence.
*Review and evaluate Vendors’ quality level, capacity, performance, ability / potential, compliance.
*Consulting the Design and Sourcing Teams on product’s construction, performance, quality and cost.
*Communicate quality program’s status and objectives to the Management / Vendors / Partners.
7/1998 - 8/2003
Williamson-Dickie Mfg.Co
Individual Contributor
- *Product costing; product development; Garment Construction / Technical Specifications.
*Design and setup manufacturing lines; test cuts; start up; machine requirements and layout for a wide variety of products; Lean Product Construction; Lean Manufacturing / processes.
*Design, set up and maintenance of operational methods; labor incentive rates; process improvements.
*Training production facilities into operation / manufacturing / inspection methods; production support.
*Cost reducing and optimization projects; Six Sigma projects.
8/1997 - 6/1998
Quiltcraft Industries
Manager
- *Providing quality assurance during each stage of production.
*Quality / performance analyses, tests and data keeping system development and implementation.
Accomplishments
-Designed and implemented effective quality assurance concept for the Company.
-Created QC Manual and data recording / keeping system.
-Managed and trained the QC force.
Education
1993
Master Degree
Higher Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Sofia, Bulgaria
- Textile and Garment Engineering
