IMBULANA LIYANAGE SARATH VIJAYA KUMARA
Montreal Canada,QC
Summary
To achieve the highest professionalism in the field of management and aspire to achieve the highest standards in all endeavors through teamwork and commitment.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Product Developer
Sheertex Inc
10.2022 - Current
- Working as a senior product developer for seamless wear/ socks/ hosiery/ warp knitting
- Do the innovation for the new fabrication and set up a way to apply it on the seamless garment and make efficient running conditions on the bulk production
- Do the yarn development and share technical instructions with the innovation team
- Make the knit construction library for the concept design team for application on the seamless garment
- Get to understand the limitations of each product and machine
- Do patterns and programming and necessary arrangements to develop the new styles
- Machine adjustment and troubleshooting day-to-day running issues.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure successful product launches and post-launch support
- Resolved complex technical issues, ensuring seamless integration with other system components and platforms
Product Developer and Technical Advisor
Yew Nangyo Creation
01.2017 - 10.2022
- Participate in the technical improvement of the garment at the development stage
- Provide technical instruction to bulk production
- Coordinate customer end for explaining and negotiating fit comments and the tolerates
- Assist with the marketing team in approaching the buyers.
- Evaluated prototypes for performance, aesthetics, and durability, refining designs as necessary prior to mass production
- Established strong relationships with external vendors and suppliers, ensuring a reliable network of partners for future projects or collaborations
Yarn and Fabric Developer
Lulu lemon Athletica
01.2016 - 01.2017
- Responsible for leading the engineering of new textiles, seamless, fully fashion, socks products, and specifying technical requirements for materials utilized in product design
- Responsible for working with vendors and consulting to understand their capabilities and constraint and transfer the information to the Design and development team
- Responsible for researching new yarns for the product and designs
- Act as team expert for seamless, socks, fully-fashioned initiatives and challenges
- Responsible for developing new product materials specifications for seamless, socks and fully fashion
- Review product requirement with designers and developers and recommend optimal yarns specifications to meet product design requirement and quality goals
- Serve as a costing partner for seamless product with sourcing team
- Create new product materials for seamless, socks and fully-fashioned and work with suppliers in their implementations.
Head of Technical Development and Innovation
Whitex Knitting SDN BHD
05.2012 - 10.2015
- Identify the yarn of the garment
- Make the yarn condition process to have good quality
- Find the cost effective yarn for the product
- Make design very short time and send the sample to customer short lead time
- Control production Process to Develop the program before start bulk production
- Minimize reject rate in knitting
- Improve production efficiency
- Introduce quality techniques for the QA department
- Control Maintenance process
- Find the cost effective spare parts for the Santoni Machines
- Improve the needle usage (Broken Needles)
- Provide training programme to New candidates.(Programers,Technicians,Operators)
- Standardise the machines
- New machines installation
- Troubleshooting programming Mechanical electronic electrical of Santoni Machines
- Assist to the HR as a welfare officer for the Sri Lankan employees in the company.
Head of Seamless Technical Department
Johns New York Group
01.2011 - 05.2012
- Sourcing the yarn of the garment
- Conduct training program for the designers, technicians and operators
- Find the cost effective yarn for the product
- Make design very short time and send the sample to customer short lead time
- Control production process
- Minimize reject rate in knitting
- Make all the coatings in effective manner
- Improve production efficiency
- Introduce quality techniques for QA department
- Control Maintenance process
- Troubleshooting all Mechanical, Electrical, Electronic, and Programing of the Santoni Machine.
Programming Technician
MAS Active (Pvt) Ltd - Linea Intimo
03.2001 - 05.2010
- Working as a programming technician in development and innovation Department
- Linea Intimo is a high-tech seamless Knitting apparel development and manufacturing facility of MAS Holdings with about US$ 30M turnover in 2008
- Working as a Product Development Technician and designer for Lasher & Intimate and Active wear
- Interpret Customer design and develop knitting machine programmes in order to facilitate the product development process
- Managing international and local customers, Machinery, Technology, Yarn suppliers and people
- Developing Production feasibility product while exceeding the customer expectations - Involve in product costing etc
- Involve in lean manufacturing implementation project in product development process and covered areas
- I have excellent knowledge about Santoni seamless Knitting marching, weaving knitting, warp knitting, weft knitting All Trouble Shooting
- I have excellent knowledge about Lonati circular Knitting marching Traubel Shooting(machine AreL462-Graph 5,G612 & G61Q-Dising is Graph 6)
- I have excellent knowledge about Graphic design & Pattern making
- I have excellent knowledge about Yarn & Yarn producing process
- I have excellent Knowledge about identifying the yarn, Weaving & Knitting Defects
- Maintain test procedures and analyse bulk and development testing report with brand testing requirement
- Provide seamless instructions for the developers and Introduce new techniques
- Check the test reports and make fabric approval
- Develop yarns for the yarn brief requirement for seamless, socks, knit and solve the technical problems with Vendors
- Provide seamless training for developers and designers.
Education
Master of Business Administration (General) -
University of Gloucestershire UK
Diploma in Textile And Apparel Technology -
Open University of Sri Lanka
Executive Diploma in supply chain and logistics management -
UniAthena
Diploma in international business and transactions -
UniAthena
No Degree - Genaral
-
0Diploma in Steam Boiler And Thermal Energy Systems
Institute of Industrial Techno Management
Colombo Sri LankaSkills
- Very competent in all commonly used computer applications such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Internet & e-mail applications Positive Thinker, Fast learner & Good listener Team player & committed to working
- Innovative thinking
- Continuous Improvement Mindset
- Data-driven decision-making
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Technical problem solving
Languages
English
Full Professional
Timeline
Senior Product Developer
Sheertex Inc
10.2022 - Current
Product Developer and Technical Advisor
Yew Nangyo Creation
01.2017 - 10.2022
Yarn and Fabric Developer
Lulu lemon Athletica
01.2016 - 01.2017
Head of Technical Development and Innovation
Whitex Knitting SDN BHD
05.2012 - 10.2015
Head of Seamless Technical Department
Johns New York Group
01.2011 - 05.2012
Programming Technician
MAS Active (Pvt) Ltd - Linea Intimo
03.2001 - 05.2010
Master of Business Administration (General) -
University of Gloucestershire UK
Diploma in Textile And Apparel Technology -
Open University of Sri Lanka
Executive Diploma in supply chain and logistics management -
UniAthena
Diploma in international business and transactions -
UniAthena
No Degree - Genaral
-
Diploma in Steam Boiler And Thermal Energy Systems
Institute of Industrial Techno Management
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