Allyson Brainard-Smith

• Oversee all Domestic and International production and communicate with vendors on a daily basis. • Generate seasonal WIP per season including all fabric, trim and notion information. • Create Time and Action Calendar to make sure that all deadlines are met and to see production timeline. • Supervise all costing meetings with Sales and Design to price out collections accordingly and negotiate production pricing with factories. • Quality control all incoming units per season and update inventory lists to ship to customers accordingly.

Issue purchase orders for all bulk overseas and local fabrics, notions and trims for the production season.  Assist with weekly production fittings involving patternmakers, design team and merchandising team.  Create and monitor time and action calendars for each season to meet all necessary deadlines. Partner with vendors and patternmakers to ensure that deadlines are met for SMS, PPS and TOP samples.  Communicate with all local factories daily to develop strong working relationships.  Assist production manager with seasonal costing, factory allocations and negotiations.  Build and maintain a seasonal WIP chart to supervise various steps in product lifecycle.

Maintain production calendars and develop production timelines to ensure the timely delivery of all pending orders.  Work closely with the design team and pattern makers in creating and drawing fur patterns.  Communicate daily with local and overseas vendors regarding style development and production status.  Perform quality control for all outgoing garments to local stores and customers.  Assist the design team, production team and sales team with daily duties

Create and input purchase orders using Simparel and monitor transmission to factories.  Assist with fit process; keep detailed notes; adhere to and enforce production standards set by Garan, Inc.  Ship all packages containing garment samples, lab dips, tech packs, etc. to vendors.  Coordinate lap dips; strike offs, trims and hangtag labels submittals from factories with the Design department.  Monitor all CTL testing activities, as well as vendor specific testing at both fabric and garment stages.  Prepare all LCs and follow up with accounting department to ensure vendors are paid in a timely manner.

 Prepare trims, fabric, and lining for factories and cutting rooms.  Create and maintain line sheets with approved silhouettes, fabrications and supplier/vendor information.  Follow up with factories and cutting rooms on status of production and samples.  Communicate with overseas and domestic vendors on a daily basis.  Organize and maintain sourcing leads through trim library and sample library