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ICHAEL MARAZZO JR
Residence (954) 443-1993 E-mail Marazzo1@earthlink.net EXECUTIVE PROFILE
Senior Management Operations Apparel Textiles

Business Strategist with a proven record of: Cohesive team building, creation of shared visions, new business development, quantifiable quality improvements, and delivering strong bottom-line results. Areas of Cross-Functional Expertise: Staff Development Strategic Planning, Partnerships & Alliances Team Building & Staff Development Resource Management Networking & Sourcing New Venture Start-Up Leadership Bilingual Communication Skills in English & Spanish - Computer Literate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Free Lance Engineer LYA Inc. / Hera Apparel Puebla, Mxico March 2012 September 2012 Package goods supplier Lucky Jeans, True Religion, Fox, 7 for all Man.
Contracted to review and engineer the patterning process and cutting room processes with quality improvements. Educated team and installed quality and auditing programs with all follow-up documentation and reporting systems. Recommended and negotiated the purchase of GGT Pattern and Marking System and workstation requirement for the cut planning production and patterning departments. Improvements in product development and sample departments. Up skilled manual spreaders with the ability to match stripes, plaids, and blocking of parts. Purchased Cutting room equipment and accessories to reduce through put time, and enhance quality. Project status- completed as agreed upon. Cutting seconds were reduced by 2.63%, through put time reduced by 1.5 days.

Manager Product Compliance Department ATLANTIC DIVING SUPPLY INC. Virginia Beach, VA Prime vendor contractor to the US Government.

April 2009 February 2012

Created and developed a Product Compliance Department to inspect, test, review, and document products to meet specific requirements as designed for US Armed Forces mandated by the DCMA (Defense Contract Management Agency) and DOD (Department Of Defense). Developed Audit team members in the process and procedure of apparel auditing, utilizing ANSI/AQL slide rule, and taught all required documentation filings and reporting systems. Lead auditing support to warehouses in all process areas of product; Receiving, Product audit, and Shipping. Created an On-Site Compliance Audit (Berry Amendment Gov. Reg.) and inspection procedure. Travel / train Auditors to perform audits prepare and maintain final Audit documentation file for DCMA/DOD requests. Oversaw the creation of fabric analysis process; review fabric against AATCC and ASTM standards validating Supplier testing to compliance standards. Spearheaded the installation of ISO 9001:2008, Instrumental in the section of an outside contractor and the auditing firm that provided validation. Received ISO certification. Zero Failed Government Inspections and Product Audits during my Tenure.

Senior VP Manufacturing Latin America April 2003- February 2009 PHOENIX TEXTILES SA de CV - Div of TWIN DRAGONS Denim Package Program provider of private labels; Polo, Gap, Academy, Mothers Works, Sears, Anchor Blue, Macys, Arden B, Forever 21, Level 99, and Kayo.
Responsible for Management and P&L of a Denim products manufacturing facility; Created a cohesive Manufacturing Team by providing leadership and hands on assistance in all production process as needed, insuring incentive system would assist in quality assurance and cost containment. Development of in-process quality and auditing program and procedure for the manufacturing process. Created all documentation used in quality processes, delivering an AQL under 1.5% for harsh wash processes. Improved Customer service department for on-time delivery based on delivery needs per client. Improvements to Product Development, Sampling, Planning, and Factory product start up time.

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Taught concepts of modular manufacturing and assisted with the integration onto the sewing room floor, which yielded a through put time reduction of 3 days less Work in Process. Developed partnership with 5 Source locations providing packed goods. Processed more than 30,000 units per week through owned and operated laundry, involving complicated destruction washes and multiple processes. First cost reduced by 24%, through put time reduction of 1 week, seconds reduced to an average of 1%.

FREELANCE CONSULTANT

2/2002 to 4/2003

Project consulting services to both U.S. Based and Foreign companies; Sourcing, Quality, Manufacturing, Costing, Preproduction, Planning, and Engineering. Made recommendations to enhance the Process Information Flow, Budget planning/ Cost by department. Evaluations and Improvements to productivity and quality at the factory level while providing leadership. (List of Clients supplied on request only). Mexico, Guatemala, Dominican Republic.

MANAGER COSTING DEPARTMENT THE GAP Inc., GIS Americas, Miami, Fl.

10/2000 to 2/2002

Formalized a fact-based costing department that itemized costs on a country by country basis; created data tables for all findings. Validated all findings with back up data. Worked with Production management / Merchandising groups to supply a SHOULD BE cost sheet that provided a starting point in Negotiations. This tool assisted Production Managers in the purchase of packaged goods. Provide alternate methods of manufacturing that would reduce first costs at the Vendor base level. Creation of Production modules to teach all phases of the Apparel Manufacturing process to Staff.
OTHER POSITIONS:

FREELANCE CONSULTANT DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING / SOURCING CRICKET LANE, Division of Kellwood Co. Brands: Cape Cod, Cricket Lane, and Kathie Lee Gifford

6/1998 to 10/2000 6/1997 to 6/1998

Provided leadership, and management, to the Sourcing Strategy; Created of Facilities Selection Process; based on Key Point Indicators (KPI), selecting strategic apparel locations, throughout CBI and Mexico, 12 Locations sourced. Creation/Installation of Q.C. Department monitoring the product manufactured, delivering more than six million units with an AQL of less than 0.85%. LEVI STRAUSS & Co. San Francisco, CA
PROCESS LEADER II South Carolina (2/96-6/97)

1/1992 to 6/1997

Provided Leadership to the Cutting process at 3 separate Cutting Locations (29-million units per year), Team Leader on Supply Chain projects to reduce lead-times and enhance quality
BRANCH (COUNTRY) MANAGER, GUATEMALA (7/93-2/96)

Provide leadership, management, and motivation to both staff and strategic sourced factories. Insure manufacturing and quality improvements with seconds reduction program, and lead time reduction program. At transfer, production was 1.4 million units per month, 11 merchandising groups, multiple styles. Lead-time reduced to 29 calendar days, seconds rate less than 2%; attainment to schedule 99.78%; On-time delivery 98.2%.
STAFF ENGINEER (1/92-7/93)

Assist Branch Managers with solutions in production and quality issues at 23 strategic apparel contractor facilities.

TRAINING / CERTIFICATIONS Leadership Ergonomics Just In Time Basics of Quality EDUCATION:

Temple University, PA. BSIE 1980 Evening Division. Philadelphia School of Textiles 79-80 Evening Division North Adams State College, MA. 1978 - 79 Evening Division. Fashion Institute of Tech. NYC, NY. A. A. S. 1974 77.

Ethics Presentation Skills Communication Skills Working in a Changing Environment

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