Assistant Sales
Resume:
JEAN KANGAS
Glendale, CA *****
*******.******@*****.***
CAREER SUMMARY
Creative, well-organize and people-oriented Design, Merchandising and
Production professional. Uses orientation towards processes and detail to
streamline operations. Excellent, verbal, written, and interpersonal
skills; a team player with attributes that motivate others.
Significant Accomplishments
. Developed organized, user-friendly systems and processes that made the
work flow efficiently, providing consistency among cutters and sewers and
eliminating re-work by others. (Design Assistant, Kellwood)
. Using a spreadsheet, initiated the compilation of purchase order data and
tracked testing requirements of special accounts, creating the ability to
prepare production in advance of need and ensure all components were
available which led to on-time production. (Piece-Goods Purchaser,
Kellwood)
. Worked as a catalyst among designers, costers, vendors, sales,
patternmakers, cutters and sewers, negotiating changes and resolving
problems that ensured a cost effective and timely-produced product.
(Design Assistant, Kellwood)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Kellwood Corporation, City of Industry, CA 1993-2009
Group of apparel designers and manufacturers
Piece-Goods Purchaser - My Michelle, XOXO, Candies (2008-2009)
Liaise among planning, production, designers, and warehouses to secure
materials for production.
. Proactively interfaced with up to 25 vendors to ascertain production
status on over 100 orders at a time, ensuring all parties met initial
production deadlines.
. Ensured product quality and vendor performance; successfully negotiated
price reductions on unreturnable material flaws with useable fabrics,
decreasing cost of goods sold.
. Conducted wash and flammability testing, ensuring fabric met customers'
requirements.
Design Assistant and Garment Costing - My Michelle (1997- 2008)
Coordinate garment production from inception, including fabric & trim
creation and proto sampling, to final approval.
. Analyzed market trends, production costs, and sales numbers to forecast
seasonal product direction; provided input into design concepts.
. Created storyboards, wrote product descriptions and input styles into PDM
computerized system, creating sales tools used by reps to sell new
product lines.
. Facilitated product development by designing and creating rare trims or
color swatches and sourcing vendors for duplicate mass production.
. Analyzed the cost of labor, materials, and overhead to arrive at a
profitable costing price for garments.
KELLWOOD CORPORATION
Assistant Pattern Maker - My Michelle (1994-1997)
Created sample pattern pieces for apparel designs from
sketches, and using knowledge of sewing and patterning,
determined the best arrangement of pattern pieces to
minimize fabric waste.
Ensured production flow of timely pattern development by
coordinating processes among cutters, sewers, and
designers.
Reduced patternmaker overtime by prioritizing daily work
needs with supervisor.
Production Assistant - My Michelle (1993-1994)
. Worked as a liaison among designers, vendors and production: developed
and maintained specification sheets, technical packs, design layouts,
fabric evaluations and cost sheets.
EDUCATION
Apparel Design - Professional Designated Degree, Diablo Valley College,
Pleasant Hill, CA
Fashion Merchandising & Art Professional Designated Degree, Chabot
College, Hayward, CA
Drawing Diploma, Fashion Field & Illustration - Academy of Art College,
San Francisco, CA
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Office Suite, AS 400, PDM, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop Estimation
by Analogy (EBA)
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