Job Description

Role: Technical Designer

Location: New York City (Central)

Role Summary: We are seeking an experienced Technical Designer to join our team based in New York City, USA. The ideal candidate will possess a wealth of knowledge in garment production, testing and quality control.

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all technical aspects of garment production to ensure high quality and functional products.
• Responsible for the following KPI’s – reduced defect rate, increased first time pass rate, production efficiency, compliance rate and reduced returns rate.
• Management of the end-to-end QC process. Inclusive of fabric testing, audits and the management of safety standards.
• Delivering continuous creative solutions to support long term compliance with manufactures.
• Effectively liaising with manufactures ensuring cohesive process control throughout production.
• Manage and conducting in-house fit sessions whilst taking steps to proactively prevent technical issues
• Management of sampling processes ensuring accuracy, speed and compliance.
• Liaising with the Designers, Buyers and Suppliers to offer technical guidance on new product development and garment construction.
• Management of grading and tolerance rules.
• Implement solutions from analysing returns and faults to reduce.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 4 years’ experience in a similar role (including multi-product experience)
• Exceptional understanding of garment construction, quality control and fabric technology/testing
• Experience of working directly with manufactures
• A positive attitude towards challenges and implement solutions
• Strong time-management skills; able to prioritise tasks & be flexible
• Clear concise communication is a must both written and verbally
• Confident using Outlook and Excel

Salary: $80,000-$90.000

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