Maria Hernandez

About Maria Hernandez

Experienced Operations Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the apparel and…

Experience

1. Quality Specialist

   Fechheimer Bros Co

   Aug 2020 — Present · US

   Works independently with established policies and procedures to support the quality assurance function. Responsible for the oversight of Fechheimer products at manufacturing facilities in the US. Uses strong analytical and problem-solving abilities in addition to effective communication with all stakeholders. Establishes and maintains business relationships and works effectively in a highly collaborative environment. Travels to Fechheimer U.S. manufacturing plants, as well as domestic and international apparel subcontractors.• Responsible for developing recommendations and implementing plans to address quality gaps and/or improve the quality of our products.• Works directly with manufacturing plants to establish and facilitate process capabilities and statistical knowledge to improve product conformance, specification development, and specification rationalization with customers.• Provides technical leadership as the product and customer quality specialist to resolve internal and external quality defects and complaints, trending, investigations, and improvement.• Partners with Supply Chain, Sales, and Customer Service to drive customer satisfaction.• Collaborates with Plant Managers on quality improvements and tracking improvement progress.• Inspection of incoming material, in-process material, and final product and packaging.• Completion of inspection data and other documentation necessary to release materials to internal and external operations or inventory.• Manages customer quality rejects and returned materials and the performance of root cause analysis and corrective actions; assigns corrective actions to appropriate person for follow-up.• Reports quality systems results and metrics.• Oversees process capability studies and assists in quality audits.• Manages quality inspection process, procedures, and documentation.

Education

• The University of Texas at El Paso

  Materials Engineering

  1987 — 1988

• Rosary College(Dominican University)

  B.A., Fashion Design,Merchandising, & Clothing & Textiles

  1988 — 1992

• El Paso Community College

  Textiles & Illustration

Skills

• Tailoring
• Styling
• Visual Merchandising
• Trend
• Sales Management
• Microsoft Word
• Sportswear
• Product Development
• Marketing Strategy
• Apparel
• Store Management
• Hiring
• Retail
• Fit
• Store Operations
• Customer Service
• Microsoft Excel
• Customer Satisfaction
• Trend Analysis
• Fashion Design
• Merchandising
• Luxury Goods
• Inventory Management
• Time Management
• Wovens
• Sewing
• Pattern
• Textiles
• Fashion
• Microsoft Office
• Sales
• Wholesale