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Chelsea Willingham: Product Developer / Sustainability Coordinator in Ventura, CA

Chelsea Willingham

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Product Developer / Sustainability Coordinator
Ventura | United States
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AFTCO

Product Developer / Sustainability Coordinator | 09/2020 - Current

Manages approximately 100 new styles and 50 carryover styles for Men's, Women's, and Youth products each season from design concept through to production ready hand-off while ensuring the fit and construction/BOM meets or exceeds expectations of quality and cost. • Partners with Design to understand the fit intent of styles and the overall aesthetic and translates this to Proto Samples. • Plans and tracks the development schedule of prototypes. • Communicates with overseas factories to ensure on time delivery. • Works cross-functionally with marketing, product development, production, and design to implement and maintain responsibility across economic, social, and environmental categories. • Oversees the sourcing and development of sustainable materials in packaging, trims, fabrics, and hard goods. • Works with suppliers to obtain certifications for materials and ensure they are up to date. • Establishes vendor workplace requirements and ensures proper working conditions are being met across the supply chain. • Monitors and improves supply chain practices through the reduction of water consumption, carbon emissions, and waste generation.
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Southern Shirt Co

Product Development Manager | 11/2018 - 06/2020

Directed the Technical Design department by: maintaining standard for customer fit; creating pattern blocks and spec bases; organizing production fittings on live models; updating PLM construction callouts and stitch types; and conducting quality and value analysis of samples to suggest product improvements that deliver customer expectations. • Negotiated costing and reduced costs as necessary without sacrificing product quality to maintain retail margins, despite the 15% punitive tariffs with China. • Communicated clearly externally - with international & domestic factories, and internally - with cross functional teams. • Developed collaborative relationships with our existing vendor base to drive the sourcing of new vendors for new and existing categories. • Established and implemented an Apparel Quality Standards Manual for the company's sampling procedures, construction quality, technical specifications, and labeling/packaging requirements. • Renegotiated payment terms with all manufacturers and reduced deposits by an average of 20% to improve cash flow.
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The University of Alabama

Adjunct Professor - Apparel Design | 01/2017 - 12/2018

Taught and developed a curriculum for: Apparel Construction, Pattern-making, and Product Development.
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Waters Bluff

Senior Technical Designer | 03/2017 - 03/2018

• Created tech packets, including design, fabrication, Bill of Materials, CAD drawings, and construction details to send to overseas factories and communicated any changes as needed. • Tracked sampling of products from prototypes to TOP samples and maintained on time deliveries. • Worked with the team to identify trends, fabrications, colors, and styles and plan collection assortment.
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Billy Reid

Product Development/Fashion Design Assistant | 05/2015 - 05/2016

• Worked with the design team to develop tech packs, including creating CADs, BOMs, and construction details using ASTM/ISO stitch numbers. • Attended all fittings and took detailed notes to apply changes to tech packs. • Maintained spreadsheets and tech packs with fabrics, trims, and construction details and ensured changes were applied after fittings and line reviews.
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The University of Alabama

Bachelor of Science | 2013 - 2015

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The University of Alabama

Master of Science | 2015 - 2017

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