Juan Cervantes
Summary
Adaptable and professional with over 20.5 years of experience, possessing substantial knowledge of the production process from inception to final product completion. Expertise in providing technical support, ensuring efficiency, maintaining quality standards, accuracy, and delivering higher quality final products. Deep understanding of costing, committed to maintaining profitability and margins within company standards. Aiming to leverage skills as a valuable asset for your organization. Diligent [Desired Position] with extensive experience in managing production workflows and optimizing processes for maximum efficiency. Successful in leading teams to achieve project milestones and improve operational performance. Demonstrated expertise in resource allocation and process improvement will contribute to company success.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Manager
HERIONE SPORT llc
03.2024 - Current
- Company Overview: Active/Sportwear - Yoga (produced in Los Angeles)
- Responsible for domestic production from design handoff to completion
- Calculate fabric needs and place fabric purchase orders with appropriate vendors
- Trim sourcing, and issue purchase orders
- Allocate workload with contractor base and maintain on-time deliveries
- Order production markers and write cut tickets
- Update AIM360, purchase order (fabric and trims), cost sheets, cutting tickets, and sew/finish contracts
- Actualize the system after all stages throughout the production process where needed
- Updating teams during weekly production meetings
- Active/Sportwear - Yoga (produced in Los Angeles)
Pre-Production Manager
Sadie&sage llc
11.2021 - 07.2023
- Company Overview: Woman's Fashion - Woven/ Knits (Domestic/Import Production)
- Costing, maintaining profitable margins, actualizing final costs, updating ERP system
- Fabric Sourcing, issuing buy PO, creating FDS, tracking fabric shrinkage reports, maintaining fabric inventory, actualizing after cutting, and returning unused fabrics
- Review S/O, submit bulk for approval, and communicate bulk status with factories
- Work with the design dept with fabric buys (sampling and SMS needs), trim, and fit approvals
- Trim sourcing, issue buy POs
- Order production markers and write cut tickets
- Allocate contractor work, plan based on workload and maintain/update WIP report
- Assign UPC numbers, order price tickets, and update the GSX website
- Updating teams with weekly production meetings
- Provide technical support (garment construction and problem-
- Woman's Fashion - Woven/ Knits (Domestic/Import Production)
Production / Account Manager
CFL West / Trans-Ocean Product Ventures
07.2016 - 08.2021
- Company Overview: Custom Blank Supplier w/Screen printing - Knits (South America Production)
- Analyze costs before providing full package quotes and negotiate with vendors
- Download/review artwork files for cost adjustments that need to be included in the final quote and share them with the team
- Review/Approve bulk (jersey) submits for quality and color, Maintain blank inventory
- Oversee and review screen printing S/O for approvals with team members (quality, color, registration, and overall quality)
- Provide TNA plan, Manage and maintain WIP
- Assign/issue cut numbers to the factory
- Create Excel formatted order summaries and cheat sheets for team members
- Order price tickets (Avery, SML groups)
- Communicate/update production status with various licensee accounts
- Team Management
- Custom Blank Supplier w/Screen printing - Knits (South America Production)
Technical designer / Account Manager
SAMSUNG C&T AMERICA
01.2015 - 04.2016
- Company Overview: Missy Fashion (produced in China and South America)
- Review construction/spec (Proto, first, PP, Top), review customer fit comments on submits
- Confirm corrections have been applied
- Receive import counter samples (development), review garment construction/specs before submitting for review, and enter data into Flex PLM
- Receive/review vendor Tech pack update teams
- Allocate and schedule workload for sample room and prioritize sample room workflow
- Track sewing room efficiency
- Communicate with vendors on their counter sample status (WIP) and ETA
- Maintain communications with the client's tech team
- Review garment costing
- Team management
- Daily problem-solving
- Missy Fashion (produced in China and South America)
Production Manager
Hot Cotton/Marc Ware
06.1999 - 12.2014
- Manage import production (issue Pos) / Allocate domestic workflow
- Issue fabric Pos (Import and domestic)
- Work with dye house to prioritize workflow
- Provide and maintain WIP for management team
- Lead weekly production status meeting
- Lead technical team for (first, PP and TOP) submitted comments from buyers, provide comments to teams
- Provide technical support and work with design team
- Lead/support field QC personnel with help in problem solving
- Approve/comment on lab dips submits
- Provide costing
- Travel to China
- Source/develop domestic contractor base to meet quality, efficiency, and reliability standards
- Allocate/ issue sew contracts/ review workload to maintain timely deliveries
- Lead warehouse team to maintain fabric inventory and submit shrink test for bulk (jersey and woven) fabric/garments log and maintain records
- Order production markers, issue cut tickets to cutting service and provide priority list
- Coordinate garment deliveries to dye house according to priorities
- Lead/manage trim department team
- Travel Mexico
Education
Associate (A.A.) - Business
Pasadena City College
South Pasadena, CA06.1984
Skills
- Operations Management
- Production Planning
- Materials Management
- Report preparation
- Fluent Spanish
- Apparel Technical support
- Quick Books
- ERP (Aims360, AS400,AS200)
- Cost Sheet and Price negotiation
- Microsoft
- Strong leadership abilities
- Staff Management
- Production Scheduling
- Quality Control
References
available upon request
Timeline
Production Manager
HERIONE SPORT llc
03.2024 - Current
Pre-Production Manager
Sadie&sage llc
11.2021 - 07.2023
Production / Account Manager
CFL West / Trans-Ocean Product Ventures
07.2016 - 08.2021
Technical designer / Account Manager
SAMSUNG C&T AMERICA
01.2015 - 04.2016
Production Manager
Hot Cotton/Marc Ware
06.1999 - 12.2014
Associate (A.A.) - Business
Pasadena City College