REQUIRED EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: College degree or equivalent work experience
• Experience: Minimum 4 years Technical Design within the apparel industry

CRITICAL SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES

• Strong communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal
• Consistently demonstrated strong leadership within live fit sessions & other cross-functional team meetings
• Leverages strong understanding of garment engineering, apparel factory operations & patternmaking to achieve business goals
• Models agility/ability to multitask & adapt to change
• Proven ability to independently, consistently & appropriately manage risk at all stages of product development
• Proven ability to independently lead and influence through clear and consistent actions in a cross-functional team environment
• Ability to manage & follow through on a task from start to finish within a specified timeline without supervision
• Experience with Yunique, Adobe Illustrator CS6, Accumark 10.3, Outlook, Excel and Word

• Collaborates with Designers and Merchants to understand the design concept/vision and influence changes as needed to help endure the product, fit, function, price & delivery goals can be successfully achieved in a bulk production scenario
• Establishes & records all technical owned garment specifications within Yunique to direct & enable our world-wide technical partners to develop & produce high quality & appropriately engineered products
• Leads fit sessions with Designers & Merchants by adhering to the established EXP fit roles & responsibilities guidelines
• Evaluate product to predict and manage risk from design concept through final production approval
• Records fit session comments & ensures plan of action including product status are clearly understood & aligned upon all CF teams
• Utilizes Gerber Accumark, Illustrator & Vendor virtual sampling capabilities as needed to expedite & clearly communicate garment specifications & changes
• Tracks and manages all fit samples/packages
• Collaborates to arrange & manage all outlook planners for each fit session
• Calibrates new vendor technical partners
• Determines when a product fit, use & application of trims & all other engineering is commercially approvable & ready for mass production
• Ensures content of all final Tech packs including labeling, marketing and packing requirements are compliant with Express category standards and/or Merchant approved expectations
• Upholds & improves department specific technical standards, record keeping, process, procedures & tools