What are the responsibilities and job description for the Textile Associate, Wholesale Apparel position at The Kasper Group?
The Kasper Group is an apparel industry leader, offering women wardrobe solutions for their wear-to-work and special occasion dressing needs. Driven by excellence and exceptional talent, The Kasper Group has remained a forerunner in fashion for over 30 years. We are committed to delivering iconic brands (Kasper, Anne Klein, LeSuit, Kenneth Cole), relevant fashions and trusted, quality products to our consumers.
The Kasper Group has exciting opportunity for a Textile Associate to join our team. If you have a passion for textiles and a desire to contribute to our design process, this is a great role for you!
- Own and manage the creation of the team's fabric charts in Excel
- Negotiate target pricing and shipment delivery with factory mill/vendor agents to meet divisional goals
- Review and trouble shoot potential issues with vendors to ensure quality control on bulk fabrics
- Ensure and maintain color standard matching records from lab dips, strike offs approval through production dye lots. Approve quality of bulk fabric goods and dye lots
- Review bulk fabric test and approve fabric content, pricing in PLM database
- Review and comment fabric defects; Settling issues and problems with vendors, mills, and factories
- Establish and maintain seasonal fabric library record for effective sourcing/counter sourcing of variety of fabrics
- Assist the textile manager; working closely with Design and Production teams to establish and facilitate fabric production flow, counter sourcing, and stock distribution and completion
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- College degree and/or equivalent work experience
- Must be very organized and detail oriented
- Great time management and ability to multi-task
- Great aesthetic and brand understanding
- Background in woven and knit construction and development
- Minimum 2 to 3 years of experience with fabric sourcing and development
- Knowledge of MS Office.
Salary Range: 70-80K *Actual base salary for this role within the above range will be based upon experience, qualifications and/or assigned unit.
An EEO/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, nation origin, disability or protected veteran status.