Assistant Customer Service

Kiahnni Frierson

**B Debs Place Bronx, NY ***** *******@*****.*** 929-***-****

Profile A personable and positive individual with a passion for fashion. Strong Sense of Style & Trends with a great eye for fabrics & color. Works well with others & demonstrates abilities to deliver results and follow up thoroughly.

EDUCATION:

State University of New York, Old Westbury Old Westbury, NY B.A. in Sociology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Gloria Vanderbilt Jeans/Jones New York 2010 - 2011 Production Assistant New York, NY

Ordered, Tracked & Received Sample Shipments from overseas factories

Heavy Daily Overseas Communication with factories & fabric mills

Maintained Production & Textile Charts

Trim Sourcing

MTL Testing

Maintained & Updated SAP Charts

Renovazio Textile Company 2008 - 2009 New York, NY Fabric Specialist

Heavy email communications with overseas vendors & factories concerning all pre-production issues

Researched trends and shopped the market for the fall, spring & holiday seasons

Fabric & Trim Sourcing Expert

Sourced & selected fabrics for presentations for major accounts for upcoming seasons

Request swatches, sample yardage, lab dips & strike offs

Created Beautiful Seasonal Fabric/Trend/Color Presentation Boards

Fashion Forecasting & looking for new trends to send to overseas for sourcing

Followed up with accounts regarding payment release for sample yardage Victoria’s Secret Design 2007-2008 New York, NY

Raw Materials/Product Development

Daily Overseas communication/correspondence with fabric mills

Maintained both Knits & Woven Excel Chart

Created & updated seasonal fabric boards

Trend Forecasting

Maintained Fabric, lab dip & strike off library

Domestic Trade Shows

Researched & shopped trends for Woven Tops, Sweaters, Denim & Dresses for upcoming seasons

Checked in & organized new samples & development

Photographed new seasonal samples & development

Created & Updated handoff sheets for overseas development

Created Color, Yarn & Silhouette Boards For Internal Meetings

Began & Maintained Button Sourcing

Assisted in Styling & putting together look books for the Victoria’s Secret Catalog Forth & Towne (Gap) 2006-2007 New York, NY

Fabric Research - R&D Department

Assisted Design Team in fabric selection and development for 2007 Fall & Holiday collections

Maintained fabric library for Knits & Wovens

Requested sample yardage

Followed up with lab dips & strike offs

American Eagle Outfitters 2005-2006 New York, NY

Production Assistant

Quality Assurance – Maintained and followed up factory evaluation charts and MTL Testing

Woven/Separates Pre-production – Maintained excel charts of samples & sample yardage

Denim Pre-production – Maintaining All trim charts & wash charts

Distributed Wash Standards to overseas factories to solicit wash samples

Men’s & Women’s Graphic T-Shirts – Organized seasonal strike offs & lab dips

MTL Testing

Organized Screen Files

Men’s Cotton & Sew Knits – Tracked, received, and distributed development samples to the designers

Heavy email correspondence with overseas vendors & factories concerning all Ventura Enterprise 2002-2005 New York, NY

Fabric Specialist (Woven)

Researched trends and shopped the market for the Fall, Spring & Holiday seasons

Sourced Fabrics and made presentations for major accounts for new seasons

Requested swatches, sample yardage & sample yardage development

Followed up with fabric mills to make certain all sample yardage production is on time & correct

Responsible for Showroom displays to show our factories production capabilities

Maintained & Updated the Excel chart

Maggy London/Muse 2000-2002 New York, NY

Showroom Assistant

Receptionist

Assisted buyers in selecting products & placing orders

Customer Service

Domestic Trade Shows

Responsible for sales at Ditchik & Zuckerman trade show in LA; generated $75,000 in first trip ever

Maintained Showroom

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