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PD&D DIrector

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Creative and technical product designer / developer with corporate experience developing recognizable/name brands & successfully executing them.

Practical & proven record of bringing unique concepts to market – safety mask hoodie and safety mask – creating unique design campaigns, developing, training, coaching & mentoring teams, building & expanding merchant, buyer & supplier relationships, solving QC issues and reducing operational expenditures.

• Creative & Technical Director – apparel, accessories, branding, packaging design & technical design.
• Conceptualize, design & develop Yellowstone Ranch & Workwear, Eddie Bauer Workwear & Nautica Angler.
• Manage, develop, and implement design to ensure licensor requirements are met.
• Brands:
Yellowstone
Mid-tier workwear: bibs, outerwear, canvas/denim pants/shorts, button front shirts, shirt jacs, hoodies, fashion knit tops & tees 

Nautica Angler:
Mid-tier performance thermo-regulating & sun blocking fishing / outdoor apparel
Pants, shorts, fishing shirts, long/short/mock-neck tees, hoodies, hats, jackets, waders, etc.

Eddie Bauer Workwear:
Mid-tier workwear: bibs, outerwear, canvas/denim pants/shorts, flannel shirts, shirt jacs, hoodies, fashion knit tops & tees

Joe Marlin (JM) & Buckhorn River (BR):
JM = Tommy Bahama aesthetics; BR = outdoor recreation sportswear / workwear. Both private label brands are mass-market

•  Creative direction  – product, branding, technical & packaging for all product lines.

•  Directed UAE government product & domestic programs.

•  Developed & trained staff on all design programs, tech pack creation & “How To” manuals.

•  Managed internal / external creatives, sourcing agents & factory representatives.

•  Partnered w/Merchandising, Sales & Sourcing to define costs & maintain GM goals.

PD&D Director

•  Advised & managed company wide product transition to one “Global” product strategy.

•  Creative development, PLM, technical & packaging on North America, Europe & Asia product.

•  Partnered w/Merchandisers & Factories to define costs & maintain GM goals.

PD&D Design/Tech Design/Packaging

•  Creative direction on all North American, South American & European product.

•  Managed design, package & brand depts., developed T&A calendar, system flows & budgets.

•  Developed POS materials, corporate trade show collateral & directed photo shoots.

•  Developed & trained staff on all design programs, tech pack creation & “How To” manuals.

•  Developed “Fast-Track” process – reducing lead times – “Most Improved IMU” all 5 yrs.

•  Trained & developed staff on PLM, tech pack creation & “How To” guides.

•  Traveled to & worked with factories to resolve technical QC issues.

PD&D Manager

Find out detailed information about Roger Kulak, PD&D DIrector in Overland Park, KS

Roger Kulak: PD&D DIrector in Overland Park, KS

Roger Kulak

MS Apparel/Global Action Group

MOR Brands / LAD Global

GAP

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Mervyns

Columbia College

Fashion Institute of Technology