Yvan Tran

Senior Materials Developer @ Vuori · Vuori

Denver, Colorado

In My Own Words

My experience and interests include: fabric development, sourcing, outdoors, sustainability, personal finance, and bass guitar.

Let's connect! Email me at ttranyvan@gmail.com for any inquiries.

Work Experience

Senior Materials Developer

Vuori

2024 – Present

Materials Developer

The North Face, a VF Company

2021 – 2024

Manage on time materials developments for Youth, Prints, and Collaborations. Collaborations: TNF x Supreme Spring 2023 TNF x Comme des Garçons 2023 TNF x Undercover 2023 TNF x Supreme Fall 2023 TNF x Supreme Spring 2024 TNF x Undercover Spring 2024 TNF x IKB Fall 2024 TNF x Comme des Garçons Fall 2024 TNF x Cecilie Bahnsen Spring 2025 Partner with mills, Design, Merchandising, Product Development, Technical Design, and QA to deliver innovative fabrics that meet performance, aesthetic, sustainability, and costing needs. Manage and improve print development process: Manage print developments across all categories. Partner with the main print house to lead the digital sms printing process in order to reduce leadtime. Update the WIP tracking chart by moving it from Excel to Airtable and adding new features. Partner with the Digital Product Creation team to introduce 3-D methods to improve the material development process. Establish relationships with international partners: South America and Asia sourcing teams, mills, and factories.

Associate Materials Manager

Eddie Bauer

2019 – 2021

Manage on time material developments for men’s and women’s sportswear, SMU, and Collaborations (4 seasons per year). Collaborations: Eddie Bauer x ASAP Rocky Partner with mills, Design, Merchandising, Sourcing and QA to deliver innovative fabrics that meet performance, aesthetic, and costing needs. Organized and created the mill matrix as a resource for the teams. Establish relationships with international partners: Asia sourcing teams, mill, and factories.

Junior Materials Developer

TravisMathew Apparel

2019 – 2019

Manage on time material developments for in line and SMU (2 seasons per year). Establish the fabric library for cross-functional teams to use. Oversee internal wash test sample process to test against lab testing results. Lead and present fabric adoption meetings to senior management. Establish relationships with mills and factories in Peru and Asia.

Sourcing Assistant

TravisMathew Apparel

2018 – 2019

Education

Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)

Woodbury University

2018

Special concentrations/skills learned in Woodbury Fashion Design: swimwear, denim, sustainable design, textiles design