Margaret Foster

• Managing all functions within the production department effectively and efficiently and develop a sound understanding and knowledge of all systems.
• Working alongside Designers, Technical assistants & production team to ensure that all technical and design aspects are achieved/viable across all products.
• Ensuring the team develops & maintains good employee relations whilst ensuring that all members of the Department work together as a team.
• Overseeing all aspects of the department, formulate production plans and strategies in line with the Co-ordinator and the Production Assistants. To ensure that production capacity, staff and equipment are available to achieve agreed output and any foreseeable demands.
• Monitoring production performance, both financial and non financial to ensure that the overall objectives of accurate costings, work in progress, quality standards, competitive prices and early deliveries are achieved.
• To maintain, control and observe all production processes both manual and computerised.
• To predict on fabrics with the sales team & look at the optimal time to buy cloth for the best price for the company.
• Recruit, train and develop production staff as necessary. Build an effective production team whilst maintaining and developing motivation, commitment, sound employee relations and morale.
• To produce monthly reports for the Co-ordinator on production performance, deliveries, costings and all aspects of production. To also produce reports as and when required for the directors.
• To oversee the product from design to delivery by supporting the Designer / Director and the production assistants. To formulate strategies to meet deadlines and objectives as set by the Co-ordinator.
• To follow deadlines created within the critical path to maximise all aspects of the schedule relevant to production and when required sampling.
• To assist the department and technical team to achieve sampling deadlines. To oversee costings, sample sets, swatch books and invoicing in line with showrooms/agents requirements where necessary.
• To work closely with the sales & retail team to achieve Production delivery dates and fulfil any special delivery requirements.
• To update stakeholders on a regular basis with regards to any outstanding production or sampling issues.
• To Visit Factories around the world to check there compliance & ethics are followed. Assist Factories with any Production or sampling issues they may have. Negotiate with Factories across the world with Prices, & deadlines & Critical paths.
• QC Garments.
• Assist in all general enquiries and activities designed to ensure the smooth running of the department.

• Reduced waste generation by promoting recycling initiatives.
• Implemented safety protocols, improved workplace security.
• Delegated tasks efficiently to promote team productivity.
• Overcame production challenges by strategic problem-solving methods.
• Developed strong vendor relationships for better negotiation power.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams for smooth workflow.
• Ensured quality control by rigorous testing procedures.
• Managed project timelines for successful product delivery.
• Enhanced operational procedures with cutting-edge technology integration.
• Complied with all industry regulations, ensuring legal operations.
• Ordering Fabric & Trims for Sampling & Production, Chasing & Liasing with suppliers on & deliveries of fabric & trims.
• Keeping up to date stock records of Fabric & Trims
• Approving samples
• Exporting goods to wholesalers
• Liasing with Factories, visiting Factories & overseeing Production.
• Ordering of Greige cloth,
• Quality control
• Developing styles from sampling through to Production
• in charge of specs sheets & costings.

• Complied with all industry regulations, ensuring legal operations.
• Overcame production challenges by strategic problem-solving methods.
• Met market demands by scaling up production capacity.
• Streamlined production processes to enhance efficiency.
• Delegated tasks efficiently to promote team productivity.
• Ensured quality control by rigorous testing procedures.
• Coordinated cross-functional teams for smooth workflow.
• Ordering Fabric & Trims for Sampling & Production, Liasing with suppliers for delivery of Fabric & Trims.
• Coordinating sampling & production , creating work dockets & trimming up dockets. for sampling & Production.
• Delivering Fabric & trims to suppliers in London, visiting them weekly to ensure production is flowing & keep on top of any issues & deliveries.
• Ordering Greige cloth & predicting on trends.
• Attending fir meetings with designers & Pattern cutter,
• In charge of spec sheets & Costings.
• Delivering completed Production to shops when needed.

Assisting Production Manager

Ordering of Greige cloths

Ordering Fabrics & trims for sampling & Production. Liasing with suppliers to ensure all Fabric & trims come in on time.

Creating dockets & trimming up dockets to send to factories.

Offshore production planning,

In charge of companies Imports & exports.

In charge of factory Invoicing & dealing with Letters of credit .

Creating Invoices for domestic & overseas customers.

Issuing declarations for Import & export of goods.

Overseeing AW driver duties, In charge of his daily schedule, & ensuring the smooth running of pick ups & deliveries for the company.

Overall Office Manager.

Assisting Production Manager

Ordering Fabric & Trims for sampling & Production.

Creating dockets & trimming up dockets

Quality checking goods

Exporting goods

Delivering sampling & Production to various factories around London.

Vising Factories to ensure Production is flowing & coordinating delivery of goods .

Delivering finished Production to wholesalers in London when needed.

Using various industrial sewing machines,

Lockstitch, Overlocker, Blind Hemmer, Jig Machine,

Also using the computerised Pocket Machine

Using the hoffman press

Making Tailored Garments from start to finish.

Carrying out any alterations to various garments that would need repair, as I was making garments for the film Indiustry & police force.