Felicity Pirdis (Constable)
Group Fabric Manager @ Kmart Australia Limited
About
Experienced Fabric Manager skilled in Trend Analysis, Apparel Product Development, Textile Sourcing and Development. Strong professional with a Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.) and Diploma of Management.
Australia
Greater Melbourne Area
Retail
Fabric Development, Fabric Selection, Fashion Management, Business Relationship Management, Quality Control, Technical Standards, Strategic Thinking, Manufacturing Processes, Textiles, Merchandising, Retail, Fashion, Apparel, Visual Merchandising, Trend Analysis, Sourcing, Styling, Fashion Design, Product Development, Wovens
Experience
Group Fabric Manager
Kmart Australia Limited
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
A dual brand role as Fabric Manager for both Kmart and Target. This role is a commitment to leveraging technical expertise across the group, whilst preserving the brand specific customer value proposition.
Fabric Manager
Kmart Australia Limited
Mulgrave, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Work closely with designers and buyers on trend forecasting, fabric development and sourcing. Work to implement the fabric related sustainability commitments for Kmart. Provide technical support to the apparel divisions and guide fit for purpose fabric selection. Support the development and implementation of the Kmart fabric strategy, including the involvement in establishing technical standards, and the development, implementation and administration of supplier standards.
Senior R&D Textile Technologist
Workwear Group
Port Melbourne
Responsible for Managing the Research & Development of new and existing textiles and technological advances within the product development process. Technical support is provided to the design team, garment technologist and sales teams across The Work Wear Group. The role included the implementation and maintenance of fabric standards to meet the commercial requirements of the WWG brands. Close relationships with mills and factories were essential to source and develop new fabrics to meet the needs of the customers in terms of quality, safety, performance and price.
Fabric Manager (Contract position)
Just Group
Richmond, Melbourne
Fabric Sourcing Manager
Country Road Group
Richmond, Victoria
Responsible for the sourcing, development, quality assurance and on time delivery of textiles that met the Country Road and Trenery requirements across all apparel divisions. Management of the fabric critical path, ensuring fabric booking dates were maintained. Ensure product margin requirements were managed to meet business targets. Management of all aspects of raw material quality assurance and garment processing from initial specification to lab testing and wear trialing to final bulk approval. Conduct on-going review of the quality standards and test methods to meet the requirements of the business. Annually review the fabric supply base to ensure the best suite of mills/suppliers were available. Develop a 12 month sourcing strategy for raw materials.
Fabric Manager
Sportsgirl Sportscraft Group
Fabric Buyer
Palmer Corporation (JAG)
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