Lauren Smith

• Develop Motorcycle garments to the highest standard ensuring each style is certified to PPE regulation 2016/425. • Provide support & guidance, advising on cost saving manufacturing and certification methods. • Work alongside designer to launch detailed production packs to suppliers using Illustrator & PLM. • Provide a full risk assessment for category products. Giving garment technical support throughout the development process to ensure all products achieve the brief, fit & quality standard. • Promoted October 2021 to include Compliance Officer to ensure all fabrics used on motorcycle apparel passes to PPE EN17092. • Reviewed all Azo and Chemical testing, reported any discrepancies and action with certainty. • Lead fit sessions ensuring fit logs are maintained. • Arrange fabrics & trims to be available for the suppliers to manufacture all sample requirements. • Kept all product labelling correct and up to date include washing and compositions.

• Create all product specifications and development documentation ensuring key calendar milestones are achieved, including regular interface with the Asia team counterparts to support the development process. • Follow critical path so sealed samples are OTIF. Assess QC reports so bulk production is perfect for end use. • Participate in fit sessions, supply feedback on proto samples and instruct alterations to vendors accurately. • Support product manufacture feasibility and cost engineering to deliver cost management and margin requirements for assigned products. • Evaluate product construction risk, ensuring early identification and input on manufacturing capability, testing, regulatory and safety compliance. • Check PP samples against specs ensuring everything is correct for bulk and report back discrepancies.

• Responsible for keeping product specs updated on PLM through development and production for new and carry forward styles. Including size specs amendments and lab dip approval. • Ensure insight and customer needs are at the center of development and product engineering. • Monitor quality and function of each PP and shipment sample to confirm accuracy and reject/report any faults, including QC report analyses. • Test and log new fabric used to ensure it is high quality, compliant and optimal for bulk production. • Design products within brief, create diagrams with size specs to instruct factory for proto-type making. • Present new products and ideas in proto meetings, providing feedback to vender and updating proto specs.

• Assisted 2 Designers through numerous stages from development to packaging. • Identified potential production, quality and costing issues and pro-actively made effective recommendations to maintain brand identity. • Checked PP samples against specs to ensure everything is correct for bulk production. • Created the AW16, SS17 workbooks for Trekmates. • Superb telephone handling skills responding in a professional manner with absolute direction.

• 1 out of 20 chosen for Gear testing for Adidas, to try and test products coming in the near future. • Visual merchandising new lines to keep POS at optimum • Responsible for processing cash and card payments and balancing cash registers with receipts

• Designed multiple prints to place upon AW14 outdoor accessories. Liaised with the Buying team to build a range suitable for the market. • Creating innovative designs and following through from development and design to completion. • Studied previous samples, observing and constantly reviewing how to improve the design which will standout and deliver to all expectations. • Worked to time pressures to ensure deadlines delivered within the allotted time scales.