Product Development Raw Material

Kathleen Hynes

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OBJECTIVE: Product Development and Fabric Research Position in Apparel SUMMARY OF CAPABILITIES

CREATIVE ABILITIES:

• Market shopping regularly to identify fabric trends

• Webex presentations with Suppliers to find the latest and greatest material ideas

• 20+ Years experience in Product Development and Fabric Research

• Present new ideas to designers and merchants every season

• A trained eye for hand, color and texture with an eye to cost and logistics

• Knowledge of wide range of qualities for dual gender fashion RESEARCH SKILLS:

• Global Travel attending major fabric shows and visiting mills

• Knowledge of European, Western Hemisphere and Asian fabric resources

• Research for all lifestyles and all product categories

• Offer new ideas and find solutions with urgency

• Learn and Drive participation in PI Apparel Shows to explore and investigate 3D product development

• Innovation of product, raw material and processes LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS:

• Consistent record of training and developing people

• Manage communication overseas with suppliers

• Establish all fabric standards for all bulk orders

• Resolve and offer solutions as necessary

• Find solutions when others have given up

• A go to person for cross functional co workers to get support help and advice. EXPERIENCE

Express, Director Knit & Print Raw Material R&D September 1998 to Present

Norma Kamali, Fabric Buyer June 1993 to September 1998 Anne Klein, Assistant Fabric Buyer March 1988 to June 1993 EDUCATION

University of Georgia, B.A. Art History 1987

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