Alan Chan

*** *** ********, *** *******, CA*****

510-***-****

adxfdw@r.postjobfree.com

Objective: Seeking Product Operations Specialist position, which utilizes my professional expertise with opportunity for career advancement to grow professionally.

Summary:

Over 20+ years of combined experience providing pattern, fit and technical expertise in product development, operations, and production management for the apparel industry.

Skills:

20 years of experience in patternmaking, grading, and garment constructions for both Men & Women’s products.

Mass experience and competent in all aspects of patternmaking from sketches, photographs, draft patterns from measurement, tracing fits from outside purchase garments and create new styles from blocks.

Analyze garment for fit and construction, review, monitor, and approve bulk production, instinctive communication with vendors.

Extensive experience in manufacturing environment and good knowledge of industries machines.

Cost Reduction.

Experience with ENOVIA PLM, Gerber Electronic pattern making system, Illustrator, MS Excel MS word MS outlook.

Fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin.

2010- 2019: Pattern Engineer, The North Face Alameda CA

Block Pattern creating for all categories (Men’s & Women’s products).

Supporting Technical Developers on creating pattern for new seasons.

Being a fit support to answer any fit or construction question to all different levels of technical developers.

Involve on fitting with live models and dress form’s fitting on supporting my Manager to provide solution for making better fit improvement for different body shape.

Created articulation pattern as needed for fashion trends and for NorthFace’s products for all different sport activities.

Worked with 3 sewers on providing patterns for sample making.

Give training to technical designers by using Gerber computer system on different functions to show them how to make pattern corrections.

2009-2010: Pattern Maker, Karen Neuberger. San Rafael. CA

Developed block patterns.

Lead fittings to direct all aspects of fit, garment detail & construction.

Provide technical direction and ensure solutions on issues related to garment construction, quality, cost effective manufacturing.

Communicate with Design on regarding development in sewing/manufacturing.

Provides information for problem solving on manufacturing.

1999-2008: Pattern maker. Whiten Sierra. Technical Designer. Sunnyvale, CA

Product development for Men’s, Women’s' and Youth.

In charge of pattern making for all prototype of product line.

Responsible for model fitting.

Problem shooting and give advice as needed.

Control accurate garment cost.

Implement any pattern, spec, construction, fit comments onto evaluation forms, add pictures of revision on difficult styles for better visual view for factories.

Support products from jeans, shorts, skirts, dresses, woven shirts, sweaters, T’ Shirt, knit tops and jackets.

Review 1st proto with Design, make suggestion to fit & measurement spec and construction detail.

Hand off and review proto packages with Design, Merchandiser and factory, making sure measurement spec are correct to fit, required dimension and make pattern & construction’s suggestion to factories.

Review proto with Design, make fit recommendation including spec or pattern changes.

After fit sessions, review patterns on products that require changes and make pattern revision to send to factory for reference.

Implement any pattern, spec, construction and fit comments to factories.

Review grading as needed.

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