1. CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Lesley Sergeant Nationality:British
Email Address: lesleyelle@icloud.com Mobile: 07859811865 Location: Hornsey North London
SKILLS
Broad experience and knowledge of all areas of the ladies fashion manufacturing industry fromdevelopment
stage to delivery to the shop floor.
Excellent understandingof factories, suppliers,customers both in the UK and overseas and critical path
management.
Strong understanding of fabrics and garment construction,fittingand quality.
Dedicated and hard workingperson with strong organisational and leadership skills. Self-motivated ableto
work under pressureto meet deadlines,solveissues and prioritise.Workingon my own initiativeand as part
of a team. I also haveexcellent attention to details something I feel is very important in manufacturing.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Grandwood Asia Ltd T/A Blush March 2008 – Feb 2016
Position:Production Coordinator - Shoreditch London
Customers: Primark,Penney’s, Peacocks,Target Australia.Ladies and Children’s Wear Soft’s and Knitwear.
Managing production with 5 Factories in China from sales order confirmation stage to point of delivery FOB.
Critical Path management with both factory and customers of all stages of production. - Fabric approval dips
and bulk, sealing, cut dates, AQL inspections, productions samples and ship dates.
Approval of all garment components with both factory and customer ensuring that all meet the required
specification.
Management of test reports Bulk and Base submission to customers for approval. Solving fabric issues with
customer and factories at all stages. Approval of wash care instructions
Heading weekly production meeting with Blush sales and technical department to ensure CP dates are met.
Requesting extensions with customers if required at all stages of sealingand production.
Workingvery closely with Blush garment tech and factory to minimiseup charges requested by the factories
due to customer fitchanges during sealing.Negotiating and confirmingany pricechanges with both factory
and customers that might be required at all stages.
Confirmingall packing methods (flatpacked in cartons and hanging) with factory to ensure that they meet
customer manual requirements, discussingchanges when required due to stylingwith customer to make
certain that the goods arrive in a condition to go straightonto the shop floor.
Managing China based Grandwood QC team ensuring in line,final inspection and AQL reports were all made
and approved before delivery. Arrangingfinal AQL inspection with 3rd party testing houses when required.
Implementing factory bookings and packingnotes onto the appointed Forwarder system. Approving factory
shippingdocuments for before being sent to Grandwood shippingdepartment in Hong Kong.
Regular visits to China factories (min 4 a year) to oversee production,from point of cutting to packaging.
Makingin lineand final AQL inspections when required to ensure product meet the required sealed standard.
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2. Reggie Designs Ltd Jan 07 – Jan 08
Position:Fabric trimand component buyer and administrator.
Ladies wear tailoringand coats,CMT Romanian factories.
Purchasingof all garmentcomponents in UK and Romania.
MaintainingCritical Paths to ensureall components were delivered on time to meet planned export truck.
Managingcustomer approval of fabric lab dips,strikeoff’s bulk cloth and all trims, solvingissues as required.
Arrangingtransportand issuing all documents required for component export. Signingoff of supplier invoices.
Dare to Bare Ltd Feb 06 – Jan 07
Position:Production Controller for Miss S,ASOS and D Perkins Accounts.CMT Tunisia.
Order of all fabricand trims. C.P management to ensure all delivered on time to meet planned export date.
Approval of dips / strikeoffs, bulk fabric etc. ensuringall met customer specification.Arrangingand signingoff
all fabrictestreports with UK testing houses.
Issuingdockets to factories.Monitoringproduction atall stages to point of delivery into customer UK DC.
Signingoff of component invoices and negotiatingall fabric claims for damaged un cut and cut fabric.
Native Clothing Designs Ltd Dec 04 – Jan 06
Position:Fabric Tech / Assistantproduction manager. Morocco CMT Production Jersey
Customers: Dorothy Perkins,Top Shop, A Wear. ASOS
Purchasingall fabric and trims ensuring all met customer specified requirements.
Submission and approval of lab dips,strikeoff’s,bulk trims and fabrics.Fabric testing.
Issuingweekly fabric and trimpackingnotes and invoices to Morocco.
Signingoff of all component invoices,monitoringand finalisingjob costingon all orders on order completion.
Assistingproduction manager as required ensuring all critical path dates were maintained to meet customer
order dates.
Blue Clothing Aug 04 – Dec 04
Position:Fabric Buyer / Tech
Sourcingnew fabrics.
Approving baseand bulk test reports on new fabrics prior to order.
Fabric purchasing, ensuringagreedates were met, testing and signingoff of all purchased fabrics.
Customer approval of fabric lab dips,strikeoff’s bulk cloth and all trims,solvingissues as required.
Negotiating all fabric claims on cutand uncut fabric.
Voyeur Ltd May 02 – June 04
Position: Production manager, Ladies softs production in UK and Romania.
Customers: D. Perkins,Top Shop, Miss S.
Placingorders with factories agreeingdelivery dates and prices negotiation.
CP management with both factory and customers to ensure agreed delivery dates are maintained.
Ordering fabric. Approving dips,strikeoff’s and bulk fabric with customers.
Fabric testing,signingoff final reports with customers.
Management of technical and quality control team both to ensure garments sealed on time to meet agreed CP
dates and end product meets the required sealed standard.
Negotiating prices and date changes with factories and customers.
Signingoff factory and rawmaterial invoices,raisingand negotiatingdebits when required.
Producingmonthly figures to show valueof all work in progress,fabric,and garment and trim stocks.

3. Jeamland Ltd April 01 – April 02
Position:Fabric Administrator / Fabric Technologist
Associated Clothing Company Ltd July 99 – Feb 2001
Position:Fabric Administrator / Technologist –Arcadia approved level 2
Triangle Clothing Ltd June 98- June 99
Position:Production manager UK CMT production.
Fifth Avenue Holdings ltd Jan 97 – June 98
Fabric Administrator / Fabric Technologist.
Peter Davis Silks ltd May 91 – Jan 97
Position: Production Manager.
Cloth Development Ltd Nov 90- April 91
Position:Fabric Production Administrator
Sept 89 – Nov 90 Year taken off to travel.
Terrand Ltd Sept 86 – Sept 89
Position:Production Assistant promoted to Manager / Mail order controller.
Jeffery Rogers Oct 84 – Sept 86
Position:Production Assistant.
QUALIFICATIONS
HND BEC Business Studies specialising in Fashion Buying.
A level Economics
O levels – English Language and Literature, Maths, French, Art, Physics,Sociology,Economics and Geography
A level – Economic.
Evening classes in pattern cutting at London College of fashion.
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
Travelling
The Arts.
Sewing and making clothes for myself.
DIY and gardening.
Socializing.
Yoga and keeping fit in general