Victoria Mallano
Staten Island,NY
Summary
Experienced Production Manager successful maintaining consistent on-time delivery for customers. Well-organized, proactive and resourceful in dealing with routine and complex production issues.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Private Label Production Manager
Sunrise Brands
07.2017 - Current
- Handle daily emails with customers and internal teams
- Communicate with suppliers on production issues in liaise with the VP Production
- Anticipate production issues and suggest solutions to VP Production and team
- Daily communication of information to design/merchandising/tech and production teams
- Weekly zoom calls and face time with overseas vendors to maximize and engage understanding, this includes approvals and compliance
- Assist head of Manufacturing with the pre-costing process
- Collect costing charts/cost sheets and create/update cost charts to provide visibility for costing strategies
- Track status and manage sample/submit packages to/from NY to overseas team, includes physical opening and checking garments upon receipt
- Partner and work with technical teams in garment constructions and specs
- Engage in weekly fittings
Private Label Production Coordinator
Maggy London
03.2012 - 01.2016
- Handle daily emails with customers and internal teams
- Communicate with suppliers on production issues in liaise with the Sr Production Manager
- Anticipate production issues and suggest solutions to Sr Production Manager and team
- Track Fabric & Trim deliveries
- Focus on managing pre-production and action calendars
- Ensure internal associates and customers meet deadlines related to L/D’s, S/O’s, Fabric Development, and Garment Samples for customers and internal teams
- Ensure timely deliveries in finding solutions to problems regardless of where the fault lies
- Attend Sales Presentations in showroom and at customer’s office
- Provide input to fashion, value, pricing, etc
- Review all customer manuals to ensure all other team members are on board with existing and new protocols including but not limited to compliance, testing and logistics
- Maintain Weekly Work in Progress Reports for customers.
Trim Development & Purchasing
Elie Tahari / Theory
04.2011 - 02.2012
- Researched and developed all novelty trims for Woman’s Suits & Bridge Line
- Attended daily fittings and line review meetings to monitor any trim revisions
- Review development and final bulk approvals
- Sourced suppliers while negotiating pricing, deliveries, ensuring quality standards and trouble shooting.
Trim Manager
American Eagle Outfitters – Martin + Osa
07.2006 - 03.2010
- Research and / or developed Trim and Fabric for both Men’s & Woman’s apparel
- Manage Trim Library and trim database to be up to date
- Work with Design Team and Marketing Team on artwork approvals and further development, supply comments to vendors
- Work with Design, Merchants, and Planning to place seasonal blank orders for certain trims
- Evaluate completed samples for construction and initiate testing process for trims
- Attend key Merchandising and Design milestone meetings to advice on Trim Development.
Trim Coordinator
Calvin Klein / Kellwood
04.2005 - 06.2008
- Work closely with Design to source and develop seasonal, novelty trims for Woman’s Bridge & Better Sportswear Line
- Work closely with Sample Room, providing them with trims and maintain in-house trim inventory for each season
- Create & Maintain Excel & PDM Trim Sheets on a timely manner in order to provide information to factories and technical department for each season
- Research Domestic and Overseas marketplace for new trims and trends.
Education
The Wood Tobe-Coburn School
New York, NYSkills
- Detail-oriented
- Scheduling and Coordinating
Additional Information
Work with vendors to receive and review standard WIP reports weekly to ensure production schedule is on time. Reviewing/monitoring weekly shipping reports prior to be on target with customers’ delivery expectations. Meet key milestones and monitor on-time delivery of production from Proto/SMS Fitting through production. Anticipate and highlight issues.
Timeline
Private Label Production Manager
Sunrise Brands
07.2017 - Current
Private Label Production Coordinator
Maggy London
03.2012 - 01.2016
Trim Development & Purchasing
Elie Tahari / Theory
04.2011 - 02.2012
Trim Manager
American Eagle Outfitters – Martin + Osa
07.2006 - 03.2010
Trim Coordinator
Calvin Klein / Kellwood
04.2005 - 06.2008
The Wood Tobe-Coburn School