This position is an excellent opportunity to work with a highly successful sportswear fashion house based in the Eastern Suburbs. They offer an excellent working environment and career opportunities. You will want to work there for years and years.
Reporting to the Senior Product Developer, your primary role will be developing commercially viable products for the cut & sew categories. Create technical packages, ensuring high standards of both quality and fit for our ever-evolving school wear & sports wear customers.
Responsibilities: Develop tech packs, including garment construction, spec measurements, grading, and embellishment information. Create CADS for our tech packs to assist the factory in the sampling and production of our cut & sew garments. Coordinate sampling of garments to ensure quality and design are as per customer expectations. Ensure delivery of samples are achieved in a timely manner. Liaise with local embroidery suppliers for sample approval. Communicate promptly to the Senior Product Developer of any concerns or issues relating to sample delivery, which may impact customer deliveries. Review pre-production and shipment samples for bulk production, including production reports from suppliers. Review faulty returns and formalize the information for the Sales Team to communicate to the relevant departments and customer. Setup of embellishment and digitizing of customer logos for placement for both local and offshore vendors. This will also include color matching of threads and adjustment to plot sheets for embroidery and matching of pantone to Supacolour suite. Ensure consistent sizing and fit across product ranges. Be flexible to execute the above tasks across departments where necessary. Maintain the Product Development WIP on a daily basis.
Meeting key deadlines from handover of design to final shipping sample approval.
Key Performance Indicators: Achieve the number of RFD's (Requests for Development) successfully created and delivered within the 72-hour timeframe. 100% Accuracy of technical packages for offshore and local production. Garment Construction: Ensuring that the construction methods are practical and result in durable, high-quality garments. Cost Effective approach from initial stages to production for viable outcome. Internal and External Collaboration: Effectively communicating with designers, production teams, and manufacturers to ensure that the vision is executed correctly. Qualifications: A demonstrated background in Apparel and Textile degree with specific in-depth knowledge of garment construction, fabrications, fit, shape, and trims. Comprehensive Adobe Suite Knowledge, proficient in Illustrator. Grading knowledge across junior and adult sizing. Intermediate Excel experience. A strong sense of initiative with exceptional time management skills. A thirst for high-pressure situations with an ability to prioritise conflicting demands and adapt to meet regularly changing needs. Foster and manage positive working relationships across departments. Minimum three years experience in a related role. Qualifications in Fashion Design or a related field. Accuracy. Excellent Communication skills (verbal and written). Ability to work within a team and autonomously. Solution finding. Patience and determination. A knowledge of garment production methods. A good understanding of manufacturing processes and textile properties. #J-18808-Ljbffr