Anum Slahuddin

The Product Integrity Champion supports vendor product quality initiatives at the brand, category, and product levels through vendor engagement, process monitoring, and performance measurement and reporting with a focus on quality performance. The PI Champion's overarching objective is improving raw material and product quality performance against Gap Inc brand standards, product safety regulations, and customer expectations, as measured through internal lab/3rd party test reports and market feedback. Versatile, result driven person having experience in Textile R&D/wet and Physical Laboratory.

An autonomous employee committed to providing high quality services. Strong organizational and problem solving skills, a fast-learning curve. A dedicated professional with the drive and skill-set of high qualification to excel in a fast-paced leadership role.

VENDOR PRODUCT INTEGRITY CHAMPION (GAP INC. BRAND) at ARTISTIC GARMENT INDUSTRIES (AGI DENIM) (2021-01 – Present)

• Application of Standards and Requirements for Gap Inc Products for Relevant Markets
• Participate in seasonal product development review meetings to identify potential quality, product safety and regulatory concerns and solutions before adoption and booking
• Develop, manage, and report metrics for product category development reviews
• Support vendor and material supplier's quality performance and improvement through ad hoc projects and research to ensure success in production
• Establish bulk production testing guidelines within vendor and monitor compliance
• Review performance & safety production testing failures, conduct root cause analysis and ensure vendor corrective action plans are appropriate and completed
• Develop, manage, and report metrics for production performance
• Conduct root cause analysis of market feedback on product performance and provide corrective action
• Provide periodic standards training to vendor management teams
• Train new vendor factories on product performance standards and product safety requirements

ASSISTANT MANAGER QC/WET LAB at KINGS APPAREL INDUSTRIES (2018-01 – 2021-12)

• Working for controlled documentation and test protocols for compliance of Inditex RTM (Ready to manufacture), GTW (Green to wear), MRSL (Manufacturing restricted substance list), and "The List" (Inditex chemical register)
• Responsible to lead laboratory team members and implementing SOP's, equipment calibration procedure, compliance of customer and protocol
• Responsible for implementation of Testing methods according to buyer test protocol including colorfastness to crocking ISO 105 X12, colorfastness to washing ISO 105 CO6, colorfastness to perspiration (acid & base) ISO 105 E04, domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing ISO 6330
• Responsible to maintain documentation for ISO 17025 Laboratory Accreditation (in process) and team member of INDITEX RTM 2.0 Technical Audits and also GTW 2.0 Audit
• Expertise in shade matching and developing lab dip as per buyer protocol and exhaust dyeing of Reactive & Disperse on Knitted Fabric
• Strong knowledge of color chemistry and dyes behavior, responsible for preparing recipe for production
• Responsible for maintaining the record of new dyes evaluation and preparing the evaluation data of new dyes stuff
• Supervises activities in the research and development department
• Write technical reports detailing procedures, outcomes, and observations
• Ensures proper procedure, and helps devise new development techniques
• Sound knowledge of raw material testing, textile chemicals, dyes (reactive & dispersed) and auxiliaries further testing include formaldehyde ISO 14184-1, pH ISO 3071, and fibre composition of fabric ISO 1833
• Assist in the performance of chemistry lab experiments and analyzing experiment results thoroughly
• Conducted requirement analysis for internal audit
• Extensive teamwork and professional collaboration experience in operating standard chemistry lab equipment and instruments with calibration standards

Teacher at THE EDUCATORS & ADAMJEE COACHING CENTRE (2014-01 – 2017-12)

Taught Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics from matric till B.Sc level. Selected as "Best Teacher" many times.

Internee at BYCO PETROLEUM PAKISTAN LIMITED (2012-01 – 2012-12)

Observed plant site and realized how chemical engineering is utilized in refinery by studying the processes running in plant, visited QC Laboratory, maintenance and oil movement department and generated comprehensive report

MPhil in Marketing – KARACHI UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL (KUBS) (2020-12)

B.E in Chemical Engineering – N.E.D. UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY KARACHI (2013-12)

HSc in Pre-Engineering – GOVERNMENT DEGREE SCIENCE COLLEGE MALIR CANTT (2009-12)

SSc in Science – SUPERIOR GRAMMER SCHOOL (2007-12)