Andrew Charles Bishop

June 2008 –April 2011                      Production/Design                    LM Clothing Ltd

Responsibilities:

Production Planning & Supplier Liaison

• Designing new sportswear ranges for international client base.
• Enter and maintain all garment details and relevant production schedules
• Calculating yields and sales projections and then ordering fabrics and trims to fill production requirements and timeframes.
• Maintenance of stock levels, ensuring all products were available for instant shipping.
• Advising production suppliers, cutters, CMT’s, and final processors of forward planning dates, qty’s and expected delivery due dates.
• Liaising with suppliers to achieve and drive forward deadlines, resolving any and all production issues effectively, professionally for a positive outcome.
• Approving quality of deliveries of fabrics, trims, and garments ensuring that orders are complete in full to order and on time.
• Set up garment costings in spreadsheet forms.
• Monitoring of the cost of fabrics and trims at time of ordering checking against costings and delivery notes from suppliers, whenever there is a discrepancy, manage the resolution with the supplier and/ or manager

Patternmaking and Production Management

• Design and patternmaking for the sportswear ranges and the new children’s’ wear range.
• Standardizing the fit and grading of existing patterns to match new styles and make allowance for new hi performance fabrications.
• Liaising with sample machinists to improve production processes and time and motion refinement.
• Developing and training staff in new techniques to speed up production and improve finish of end product.
• Researching new machinery, fabrics and processes to improve the range and productivity.
• Creating artwork for garments web pages and e-marketing campaigns using Photoshop, Illustrator and Corel Draw.
• Developing e-marketing campaigns to promote sales and awareness of new products and their features.
• Daily up dating of the company’s website.
• Setting up a photography studio for new product photography.
• HR management and maintaining staff moral.

Key Result Areas:

• Reinvigorating an aging sportswear range and standardising fit and grading within the range.
• Developing an entirely new product line of designer baby clothing including branding and marketing materials.
• Improving relationships with staff, suppliers, existing customers and developing new wholesale accounts.
• Working as part of a team to develop two entirely new websites.

Key Achievements:

• Sales turnover for the new sportswear range tripled in two years.
• Turn around times for customer orders reduced by 75%. With 95% of international orders delivered within 5 days.
• An 80% reduction in the time required to photograph, process, and upload products onto the website.

Sept 2007- June 2008                       Design Assistant      Adrienne Winkelmann Ltd

Adrienne Winkelmann is an exclusive high quality woman’s wear label producing off the rack and made to measure garments. Andrew was employed as an assistant to Adrienne Winkelmann in a varied role which encompassed pattern making, fitting, fabric selection, cutting, liaison with workroom and shop staff, work room management, and consultation with customers. During this time he was able to increase production efficiency by making improvements to work processes and allocation.

April 1987-Sept 2007                        Partner / Designer    FELINE

Feline was a high fashion boutique business that manufactured and retailed both off the rack and made to measure garments. The brand built a loyal following with a strong witty design style known for its use of beautiful fabrics cutting edge technology and stand out graphics. The business took great pride in their quality and friendly service and never missed a deadline.

Responsibilities

• Business management and planning.
• Creating new collections (designing, sourcing materials local and international, production planning).
• Pattern making and consultation with staff and customers on improvements to fit and construction.
• Checking quality, construction, measurements of all products local and imported.
• Training, supervising and managing of workroom and retail staff.
• Design of graphics for clothing and marketing.
• Brand marketing and promotional events and happenings including over thirty fashion shows.

Jan 1985-April 1987              Storeman / Sample-room Assistant          Snow Rainger Textiles

Jan 1981-Jan 1985                Station Manager / Production Manager                             95 BFM