IONE FUZZELL
UPWEST
Senior Product Development & Raw Materials Coordinator
2021- Current
Women's & Men's Apparel, Accessories & Home
Coordinate the creation of a comprehensive apparel line by engaging directly with design, merchandising & production partners. Establish project-specific timelines aligned with the production schedule to ensure seasonal deliveries. Take the lead in strategic initiatives for building a raw materials library, fostering direct relationships with mills and trim suppliers to enhance the company's flexibility in changing production partners. Oversee the development and monitoring of lab dip progress for each fabric per season.Generate sketches and formulate trim tech packs for the development of novel trims. Spearhead the development of fabrics, establishing strategic timelines tailored to category-specific needs such as denim and accessories. Collaborate with designers & merchandisers on costing for prototype development to adhere to our “good, better, best” structure fostering cross-functional teamwork. Produce digital and visual presentations highlighting seasonal style and fabric trends based on thorough vendor, market, and digital research. Stay abreast of industry trends to ensure the company remains innovative and competitive. Create opportunities for UpWest to continue sustainable efforts in the fashion industry. Contribute to total brand promise of product integrity through mindful material management and practices.
EXPRESS
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Women's Studio & Tops
- Negotiate and manage e-commerce styles for tops department
- Attend fit sessions to provide accurate cut and production time lines per style
- Contribute cost saving measures per style to reach targeted AUC by merchants
- Sample management: request samples with vendor and achieve due dates as company need.
- Record sample, receive data into sample metrics; bamboo rose.
- Support Senior Production Coordinator to send Purchase Orders to vendor by due date.
- Communicate with logistics services & vendors to Ensure Purchase Order deliveries on time.
- Work cross functionally with merchants to ensure order accuracy & style/retail ticket updates
- Track cut & ship of orders
- Maintain and ensure accuracy of On Order system through Bamboo Rose.
- Support departmental or cross-functional partners on projects as needed.
- Create & update liability & cancellations though production planning and Bamboo rose of Non- finished goods
- Make weekly smart chart updates per category
- Update and add HTS & wt to style tickets for accurate duty charges
ABERCROMBIE KIDS - 2018-2019
SENIOR DESIGNER
Girl's Fleece Tops, Bottoms & Graphic Tees
-Team Lead-managed an associate designer
-Assisted in conceptual projects for creative direction per season
-Created & Sewed garments for core meetings including but not limited to photoshoots,
creative direction & line review
-Collaborated with Graphic Designers to create trend right graphics per season
-Worked with Production on development of product
Approved color for fabric and trims
Found and sourced new fabrics and trims
-Created excel charts for sample yardage & sample requests per season for factories
-Tracked & organized samples for milestone meetings
-Communicated directly with factories and mills to solve issues related to costing, construction & delivery
-Designed creative packets for seasonal inspiration
-Balanced and delegated workload for 3 categories; worked with merchandisers from design to buying of product through weekly/ monthly milestone meetings
-Collaborated with merchandisers in the curation of seasonal lines to maximize sale of product
-Helped meet sales targets through strategic trend right designs
ABERCROMBIE & FITCH - 2014-2018
DESIGNER
Women's Fleece Tops & Bottoms
-Managed one assistant designer
-Managed over 200 skus over multiple seasons
-Worked with Production on development of product
communicated directly with factories and mills to solve issues related to costing, construction & delivery
color/ l/d approvals
fabric & trim approvals
print approvals
found and sourced new fabrics and trims
-Managed lab dip charts through smart sheets for all fleece fabrications
-Created excel charts for sample yardage & sample requests per season for factories
-Tracked & organized samples for milestone meetings
-Manage & organized fabric, trim, print & graphic submits
-Created & managed line sheets, all product trim sheets & technical development
-Collaborated with merchandisers in the curation of seasonal lines to maximize sale of product
-Helped meet sales targets through strategic trend right designs
-Collaborated with R&D Lab & in country factories to develop new dye techniques
chromophore reduction (emulates garment Dye)
-Contributed trend research, created trend packets & story boards for product season
-Created mock-ups for creative kick-offs
-Sketched technical flats
-Worked cross-functionally with Merchandisers, Technical Designers & Sourcing to develop product from concept to delivery
EDUCATION
Kent State University
BA- Fashion Design