Julie Urish
Seattle,WA
Summary
Respected Apparel Professional who leverages expertise in development, production, supplier management, and relationship building skills, to drive and deliver optimal business results. Passionate leader for growing, enabling, and retaining talent.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Developer
Nordstrom
03.2015 - Current
- Currently manage all Women's categories for Open Edit, T&B, Melrose & Market, Leith brands
- Supervise a team of product developers-mentor, grow, enable, and promote talent within our organization
- Manage vendor strategy, allocation, production capacity and influence design & material teams to meet our intent
- Lead cross functional cost meetings providing analytical data, category margin rolls, and elevate styles or programs of concern with quantitative strategies or recommendations to influence decision making
- Manage vendor relationships, travel to visit vendors to strengthen relationships and explore new sourcing/development opportunities
- Create seasonal T&A calendar, monitor and ensure on-time delivery of production by troubleshooting issues with development and managing the calendar on daily basis
- Identify programs eligible for strategic negotiation, provide projections and booking large volumes
- Work closely with cross functional team management on design, technical design, material, and production team to ensure team alignment and milestones are met
- Work closely with my overseas counterparts from development tech pack thru production
- Highly focused on maintaining overall margin and negotiating all costs involved
- Reviews all testing protocols by product category; for all failed testing reports, works with manufacturers to resolve as needed
- Onboard new vendors while working closely with our social responsibility team
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product launches and post-launch support
Product Development/Lead Product Developer for High Impact
Lucy Active Wear
04.2011 - 03.2015
- Manage up to 5 direct reports on high impact team
- Work closely with Asia counterparts, overseas pattern makers, design, to drive the tech package process
- Develop and maintained all Bill of Materials for products developed in both Central America and Asia Production
- Create tech packs for both domestic and overseas Vendors and oversee all garments from 1st proto to production
- Highly focused on maintaining overall margin
- Lead fittings and fit process
- Develop specs and grade rules
- Generate timelines for samples and bulk production
- Monitor and ensure on-time delivery of development by managing the T&A calendar on daily basis
- Conduct and oversee all wear test process for high impact category
- Write guidelines for garment construction
- Travel to Asia and Central America for product development and inspection of production and factories
Product Development/Production Manager
Golden Bear Sportswear
09.2010 - 04.2011
- Use Project Management skills to actively lead and develop process through tech package generation
- Work closely with Asia counterparts, pattern makers, design, and marketing, to drive the tech package process
- Develop and maintained all Bill of Materials for products developed in both Domestic and Asia Production
- Create tech packs for both domestic and overseas Vendors
- Oversee all garments from 1st proto to TOP's
- Lead fittings and fit process
- Develop specs and grade rules
- Work with fabric mills to develop new fabrics and modify already existing fabrics
- Generate timelines for samples and bulk production
- Ensure on-time delivery of development by managing the calendar weekly
- Supervise all color standards and approvals
- Write PO's for fabric and trims for sampling and bulk
Product Development Assistant Manager
Erickson Outdoors
03.2008 - 07.2010
- Maintained Bill of Materials for products developed in both Domestic and Asia Production
- Monitor efficiency and quality of sample sewers
- Worked with Product Development Manager to provide quality, production ready garments
- Procurement specialist for all product development fabrics and trims
- Tracked the development schedule of assigned programs resulting in timely execution
- Reviewed clients spec packages and guided execution of original design intent
- Monitored developments, anticipated problems, and addressed /facilitated solutions in a timely manner to help minimize potential quality problems and/or production delays
- Communicated clearly with vendors on a timely basis, to convey design, function, quality and spec requirements
- Liaison between Product Development and Production Purchasing to define fabric, trims and yields for Production
- Managed all fabric and trim ordering for Product Development
Assistant Designer for Apparel & Textiles
E & E Ltd. Co.
12.2006 - 02.2008
- Responsible for managing the development process of company product lines as assigned (includes line boards, samples, & technical specifications of product)
- Interaction between Buyers, Overseas Production teams, & Sales/ Merchandising
- Developed products competitive to relevant market trends while offering fresh & innovative design
- Received recognition for excellent team leadership & communication skills
Assistant Designer / Internship
PL Sportswear
12.2005 - 11.2006
- Created line boards and flat sketches using Illustrator and Photoshop
- Created a streamlined sales tracking system to chart trends among top selling
- Extensive knowledge in production parameters, both domestic and imports
- Developed original designs from concept to finished product
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Fashion Design -
The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago
Chicago, IL12.2005
Skills
- Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Excel, & Microsoft Office programs, Micrografx Designer, WebPDM/Accumark (Gerber U4ia, Software), FlexPLM, Tableau, Trello
- Experienced in merchandising, costing, & planning
- Exceptional ability to work under pressure
- Strong communication skills & work ethic
- Excellent project management skills
- Experienced with flat sketching, color & trend boards
- Sourcing fabrics and trims
- Developing robust relationships with domestic and overseas vendors
References
References Available Upon Request
Timeline
Senior Product Developer
Nordstrom
03.2015 - Current
Product Development/Lead Product Developer for High Impact
Lucy Active Wear
04.2011 - 03.2015
Product Development/Production Manager
Golden Bear Sportswear
09.2010 - 04.2011
Product Development Assistant Manager
Erickson Outdoors
03.2008 - 07.2010
Assistant Designer for Apparel & Textiles
E & E Ltd. Co.
12.2006 - 02.2008
Assistant Designer / Internship
PL Sportswear
12.2005 - 11.2006
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Fashion Design -
The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago