Mervè Bekaroglu
Senior Product Quality Development Technician - Women s Performance Bottoms @lululemon
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Product Quality Development Technician - Women s Performance Bottoms @lululemon
Vancouver, BC, CA
Manages upstream design and development risk assessments from concept through commercialization phase of the product with a focus on building quality right first time. • Ensures design for manufacturability through providing input on design, process, construction, raw materials, testing and vendor capability during product commercialization.• Manages product development testing to ensure end product is in line with regulatory and performance standards. Performs root cause analysis on testing failures and advises cross functional partners on failure resolutions.• Develops SOPs and guidelines for development processes.• Supports LLO QA team for right first time bulk production through seasonal handover of new developments and raw materials.• Analyzes voice of production,voice of guest insights and partners with product team on action plans to prevent the reoccurrence of issues and improve product performance.• Drives women\'s bottoms opacity risk assessment process from initial colour palette review up until on-body assessments.• Validates fabric and performance claims during seasonal Why We Made This sessions.• Drives vendor onboarding and development.• Travels on-site with development team to execute design intent.Following are key achievements that attained:• Developed women\'s bottoms thread guide to improve seam performance and reduce seam related product returns.• Built Quality Development Seasonal Overview dashboards providing insights into product quality risks from concept through buy ready.• Received recognition at 2022 Women\'s Global Kickoff for spearheading the opacity risk assessment process development and execution.
EDUCATION
Seneca Polytechnic
Ontario College Advanced Diploma, Fashion Arts
University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies
Certificate in Business Process Management
SKILLS
ABOUT MERVÈ BEKAROGLU
Certified quality professional with 13 years of diverse experience in apparel industry with 6 years in Production and 7 years in Product Development.I have a wealth of expertise in management of product integrity; ensuring all products designed, developed, and manufactured in accordance with quality standards. I am adept at supervising and providing technical training/support to team members, while motivating them to deliver highest-quality products as per brand requirements. Some of my career highlights include: Managing quality development operations of the highest revenue product category at lululemon, overseeing 15 technical and developers and diverse vendor portfolio. Led QA inspection and reporting process improvement project at Canada Goose that emphasized on implementing an efficient technology solution to manual inspections and reporting processes, resulting in saving to overall business. Received recognition at lululemon 2022 Women\'s Global Kickoff for spearheading the opacity risk assessment process development and execution.Some of my core competencies include: Risk Management Continuous Improvement Business Process Management Strategy Planning & Execution Data Analytics Outerwear Sportswear Product Development Apparel Production
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