Jennifer Fraik Boykin

Studio or location portrait and pet photography. Matterport 3D and 360 models and images. Real Estate Photography

Portrait, Pet, Real Estate, 3D, and 360 Photography

Visual On-line marketing solutions and content, Immersive 3D tours, Photography, Staging, Web and On-line marketing.

Military Sewing Contractor located in Puerto Rico • Soldier Plate Carrier & Army Gen III Extreme Cold Weather Clothing System - late deliveries due to material delays & quality issues: Worked across all departments to identify product issues, manufacturing delays & their causes through step by step analysis of company processes. Discovered 2 major areas of concern- materials purchasing & incoming materials quality. Made required personnel changes, worked with department heads to develop new operations & inspection processes, negotiated returns & charge backs on rejected materials. • Army Combat Uniform- large scale quality issues - $60 million contract: Lead full process reviews across supply chain, manufacturing & quality to identify & correct multiple compounding issues contributing to product rejection. Partnered with DOD to revise specification to eliminate found material/ supplier issues & provided product resizing solution. Worked with production engineering in complete manufacturing overhaul of all operations & equipment, resulting in the reduction of sewing operations, improved efficiency & finished product quality. This allowed the company to meet delivery dates and maintain contract. • Startup of Navy All Weather Coat production line - $1.4 million contract: Negotiated material prices, approval & deliveries. Coordinated with product development, engineering & production on line startup & approvals- identified manufacturing knowledge/ equipment gaps. Contracted 3rd party production engineer to work with production & QA on production implementation & training. • Managed direct reports- material purchasing, product development teams.

• Marine Corp Physical Training Uniform $30 million contract- turned "at risk" program not yet shipping to 20,000 suits monthly within 6-month period. Added 3rd subcontractor, implemented product enhancements & manufacturing efficiencies while improving quality. Reduced material costs throughout supply chain & stabilized labor costs. • Certified Optional replenishment programs- managed procurement & production to transition from occasional buys to planed replenishment programs, meeting customer ramp up needs, building required internal inventory, positioning capacity & materials for future. • Physical Training Program- small volume program strategy, develop & produce multiple small projects through cost effective tiered pricing, capable domestic supply chain & positioned materials. Transitioned programs from small runs to consistent replenishment. • Negotiated product costing to achieve corporate margin goals for $18 million military business • Managed supply chain for $14 million WH/ Domestic activewear business. • Managed Military/ Domestic product development, technical & production- total 16 head count. • Lead cross functional process review of military operational requirements & corporate Berry Compliance programs across apparel & footwear resulting in standardized, documented company policies.

• Lead multinational sourcing team for global performance apparel business totaling $75 million in sales, shifting the sourcing strategy from reactive to proactive & strategically planned. Sourcing team was responsible for developing & managing supply base, materials, finished goods, product costing, quality, purchasing, production & delivery for 4 different regional product lines shipped to 20 plus global customers. Responsible for New York sourcing office personnel review & integration from company acquisition in 2008. • Reduced FOB costs, improved percentage of style/ color product placement as well as factory volume through reducing supplier base to focused key relationships & planned monthly capacity commitments. • Partnered with US & regional design teams to build commercial, quality products up front, improving product integrity & margins while providing greater performance technology. • Managed multiple product development, order placement & production calendars. Worked with all regions to create consistent product development & order placement processes. • Implemented materials & color development team- reduced mill base from 50 to 20 suppliers, focusing on key fabrications used over multiple styles at same time improving material costs 20% to 30%. Improved fabric & trim color consistency within each product throughout the assortment. • Implemented factory level quality audit program, significantly reducing manufacturing quality issues & customer complaints. • Partnered closely with corporate planning, logistics, transportation & distribution functions to identify & implement improved processes which yielded LDP cost savings between 5-10%. • Managed team of 14 in Hong Kong office, 1 in UK office, 12 in US office. January 2008 added New York office team of additional 14 head count.

Product Labeling & Packaging • Responsible for sourcing & implementation of garment labeling, packaging, & variable product data program, process successfully improved accuracy, shortened lead times & reduced costs across all company product divisions. Sourcing Manage- Central America • Managed factory direct full package programs of cotton knit discount product category startups for Target, Walmart, Sam’s Club, total annual volume of $100 million. Responsible for negotiation of product cost to meet target margin goals, achieved required delivery dates, & delivered finished product which met established quality, & safety requirements.

Sourcing Manager : • Responsible for negotiating product cost & delivery, maintaining established product margins to financial plans & meeting required floor set dates for combined annual $150 million business. • Negotiated positions on core programs- fabric/ color/ style. Managed Liabilities • Developed & managed cross functional ‘time in action calendar, coordinated between cross-functional work-groups to insure program commit dates & all activities were maintained. Project Manager Sourcing & Production: • Lead project team to develop & implement “Production Tracking Data Base” an Event Management application for sharing & tracking of product/ approval information across all company work groups. The system was later adopted by Limited corporate group for future deployment at other company divisions • Lead “PDM” libraries project team- developed technical drawings, materials & grading/ tolerance database for technical & design departments. This included revised QA & “How to measure” standards & manuals. • Developed & executed Factory Compliance Inspection Program- on-site factory assessment evaluating supplier’s capabilities, systems, quality & social compliance. Technical Design Manager: • Managed technical design team & production lifecycle for $400 million woven bottom categories. • Successfully took single pant style from limited test quantities to 1 million shipped units within single season. Multi sourced fabrics/ colors/ manufactures • Managed technical design team & product life cycle for $350 million knit, active wear & sweater product categories.