Tawnya Peduk: in Escondido, CA

Tommy Bahama is a Seattle based global island lifestyle brand complete with men's and women's sportswear, swimwear, accessories and furniture. Men's Casual Knit and Graphic Tee Designer March 2015 - January 2019 • Develop and implement strategy for casual and active knit tops, bottoms and graphic tees. • Lead and manage workload of assistant / associate designers. • Conduct research of competitors and trends via internet and shopping to develop strategy/direction for the season. • Study in-house and wholesale sales data to find available opportunities. • Research/Analyze in-house retail buyers' line plans and past season selling to create line assortment for upcoming season. • Create color offering for carry over and new styles. Select trim colors and finishes for selected styles for the season. • Review and select fabrics and trims for style assortment. Partner with vendors and Hong Kong office to develop and research new fabric development. • Partner with art department to create yarn dye, print and graphic direction for the season • Color artwork and create development cards for print houses to follow. • Responsible for sketching bodies and pairing with appropriate fabrication that falls in line with the line plan. • Manage sample schedules, ensuring that they are arrive and are delivered for brand launch. • Partner with vendors and HK office to resolve issues throughout sample production process. • Partner with third-party vendors and Hong Kong office to set sample pricing. • Resolve manufacturing and costing issues throughout development process. • Create initial tech packs using Flex PLM; partner with product developer and technical designer to create tech packs. • Partner with graphic T-shirt vendor to select graphic direction for the season. Collaborate with graphic artists to fine tune each graphic through multiple submissions. • Present season's line to the retail buying team and wholesale sales force. • Created active wear trim suite to be used on new men's active line

May 2003 - October 2006 • Supervise the overseas production of multiple orders. • Evaluate sample garments ensuring accurate measurements, construction, styling and color. • Negotiate costs with factories to provide clients with competitive pricing. • Enter and maintain tracking spreadsheets with all purchase order details. • Collaborate with customer's design team to develop new styles for upcoming seasons. • Work with factories and forwarding companies to supervise the coordination of overseas shipments of orders. • Process shipping documents, invoice customers and submit bank documents for letters of credit.

October 2002 - April 2003 • Record and maintain inventory of customer and shop merchandise. • Provide one on one customer service to ensure an exceptional level of customer satisfaction. • Maintained high capture rate of first time customer sales. • Consistently exceeded monthly sales goals • Style head-to-toe looks for bride and bridal party

Shah Safari designs, manufactures, markets and distributes many of its own brands as well as produces goods as a vendor for larger brands. Assistant Merchandiser January 2002 - October 2002 • Source and order garment trims to ensure they are received by the factory in the most efficient and timely manner. • Evaluate approval sample garments and prepare specification sheets. • Provide clients with excellent customer service throughout the production process. • General upkeep of the sample line including organizing, tracking and recording sample movement and showroom display. • Record and track all overseas shipments and packages.