Textile Specialist

Title: Textile Coordinator

Location: Manhattan, NY (Hybrid- 3 days in office 2 days WFH)

Duration: 3 Month Contract Possibility of Extension

Shift: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Monday to Friday

Note: Those Candidates who can work on W2 basis without any sponsorship are encouraged to apply.

Description:

• The Associate Textile Technologist will be the junior coordinator with Stylists, regional offices, and printers to execute the patterns to meet design intent and make sure to meet milestone deadlines.
• They will communicate with Stylists, Designers, and Merchants on specific design details and merchandising issues, including callouts to meet deadlines for strike off approvals and timing for expedited samples.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure all prints, patterns, and graphic packages/artwork are valid and viable for each region and vendor. Develop graphics according to seasonal sourcing strategy provided by Graphic partners.
• Ensure strike offs, handlooms, knit-downs are received in preparation for milestone meetings.
• Meet with Stylist and Design teams to review print, pattern, and graphics submits and partner with manager to provide comments on correction. Ensure prints, engineered graphics, and pattern placements are reviewed and approved in a timely manner with team managers and stylists team.
• Ensure all prints, patterns, and graphics are captured and tracked via seasonal PLM/Centric tracking chart (our main communication tool with global partners).
• Ensure all print, pattern, and graphic approvals are made by the drop-dead dates provided by seasonal calendar and production partners. If deadlines cannot be achieved, partner with manager on recommendations and clearly communicate with cross-functional partners.
• Follow up with textile technologist to ensure cross functional communication is appropriate and timely to avoid delivery, price, or quality issues.
• Follow up with Stylists, CAD artists, and vendors for printing techniques and limitations based on repeats, special layouts for the raw materials, and machine limitations.
• Support with Stylists and Managers to get final alignment for special strike offs for the prints.
• Manage fabric library for strike offs and reference files.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree with a preferred concentration in apparel production management or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience in print pattern, graphic product development, and/or sourcing.
• Experience in approving colors and layout for pattern and graphic strike offs.
• Prior knowledge of repeat of artwork, fabric content, printing machine type, and basic testing for QA.
• Prior knowledge of printing, yarn dyes, and graphic manufacturing.
• Prior knowledge of garment washing, garment dyeing, and fabric finishing.
• Working knowledge of printing process (understanding how print pattern and graphic development impacts the product development process through commercialization and applies knowledge to ensure business objectives are achieved).
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Excellent organizational skills and highly detail oriented.
• Excellent computer skills – Excel, Word, Outlook, PLM/Centric, and basic skills for Photoshop.
• Self-starter with ability to self-manage, and work in a team environment.
• Proactive and solution oriented.
• Domestic travel as required.