Textile Coordinator

Job Title: Textile Coordinator

Location: Manhattan, NY 10038

Duration: 2 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Hybrid (3 days in office 2 days WFH)

Payrate:$ 35.00 - 38.00/hr.

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. The below job opportunity is to one of Our clients who is the world's largest intimates specialty retailer offering a wide assortment of modern, fashion-inspired collections including signature bras, panties, lingerie, casual sleepwear, swim and athleisure, as well as award-winning prestige fragrances and body care.

Job Descriptions:

• 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.

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.