Jennifer M. Woodson

About Jennifer M. Woodson

Material Development leader with a passion for performance textiles and color! With a background in design and textiles, and experience in the apparel and automotive industries, I have pushed the boundary for material innovation. I can confidently interpret a designer\'s vision and translate it to develop a new material; as well as effectively communicate with technical teams and testing labs to ensure product meets all necessary specifications.

Experience

1. Senior Manager, Materials and Color

   5.11

   Nov 2021 — Present · Costa Mesa, CA, US

   Lead material development, from concept through production hand-off, in accordance with end-user needs, corporate standards for quality, consistency & functionality, while meeting price, minimums, sourcing strategies, and exceeding customer expectations.• Drive innovation by providing technical direction for materials (fiber, yarn, fabric), technologies, applications, processing, dyeing, printing, and finishing techniques.• Anticipate and address development challenges through testing and fiber/yarn/material adjustment• Document and maintain all fabric specification data (FDS), test reports, and approvals (physical & digital records); maintain related status trackers for visibility• Collaborate with Product Management, Product Development, Design, HK Sourcing, and mill partners to facilitate fabric innovation and development for all applicable product categories: Professional & Consumer Apparel, Professional & Consumer Gear, and Logowear.• On-going review of newly commercialized and emerging textile technologies• Collaborate with HK Sourcing Team and suppliers throughout commercialization to manage fabric deadlines on multiple project timelines and update internal team regularly on status of seasonal commercialization.• Support cross functional teams with technical information related to fabrics, technologies and related applications.• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to share updates, manage expectations, highlight/mitigate project risks/delays• Created and maintain materials library for non-commercialized materials and trims• Manage color development process, review lab dips, manage color in PLM• Innate ability to see color discrepancies on physical samples and interpret L* a* b* quantitative reports• PLM software: WFX & Centric; supported development and launch of Centric• Identify process gaps and develop / write SOPs and User Guides to support efficiency

Education

• Florida State University

  B.S., Apparel Design, Merchandising

  2003 — 2007

• North Carolina State University

  MS, Textile Technology and Management

  2008 — 2010

• Institute of Textile Technology (ITT) Fellow- North Carolina State University

  Master of Science, Textile Technology and Management

  2008 — 2010

Skills

• Apparel
• Textiles
• Merchandising
• Research
• Product Development
• Microsoft Office
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Fashion
• Photoshop
• Microsoft Word
• Teamwork
• Word
• Excel
• Retail
• Sales
• Customer Service
• Trend Analysis
• Inventory Management
• Sourcing
• Marketing
• Leadership
• Matrixone