Seasonal prep
- Send key dates per development calendar and blanket development PO to each factory prior to each seasonal launch
- Distribute digital and physical color palette to yarn suppliers and factories
- Coordinate reference sample loans including communication, shipments, payments, and budget
Swatches
- Ensure knit-down swatches are launched in timely manner and track ETA for on-time receipt
- Scan all knit-down swatches and upload to shares drive for record keeping
Yarn and Lab Dips
- Place seasonal yarn POs to mills and ship swatch yarns to factories or dye houses.
- Once swatches are approved and yarns confirmed by design, launch yarn orders and place POs for proto and SMS yarns
- Launch lab dips with dye house for SMS if timing allows
- Launch lab dips with yarn mills for production
- Track lab dip submissions, revisions, and approvals. Check Production and SMS lab dips against approved fabric strike-offs if possible, as this will take precedence over Pantone references. Send approved fabric strike-off to yarn mills if needed
WIP Management, Invoicing, & Sketch Updates
- Track seasonal development in WIP across styles, trims, and yarns. Ensure details are always up-to-date in the WIP with new sketches, revised launches, tracking details, etc.
- Follow up with factories and update proto and SMS x-dates
- Create style numbers and ensure updated sketches are saved in the shared drive
- Track invoices to ensure the details remain updated across finished goods, yarns, raw materials, etc., and ensure adherence to seasonal budget.
Design Pass-Off and Tech Pack Launch Management
- Ensure on-time design pass off to TD with design direction, sketches, and references, and on-time tech packs launch to factories; ship all necessary raw materials for each proto and SMS
- Request target prices from merch immediately once seasonal styles are confirmed. Partner with design and production teams to calculate target prices per cost template; send targets to Italian factories along TP/BOM launch
- Partner with wovens PD team to coordinate trim development. Ensure labels, hangtags, hanger loops, and related components are shipped to each factory for protos and SMS; create and upkeep accurate BOMs for each style.
Fittings
- Flag weekly fit list of protos to wovens PD team to coordinate fittings and book model accordingly
- Receive and formally check in protos or SMS, ensure TD measures samples before passing off to wovens PD for fitting or styling.
- Take fit notes, then send to design and TD for validation
- Take fit photos and upload to both the shared drive and WhatsApp group immediately after each fitting
Styling & Industrialization
- Distribute alteration notes to design, merch, and production at the end of each styling day to ensure costing is accurately calculated prior to market
- Oversee and manage SMS alterations in the atelier
- Communicate any relevant revision notes to production team at industrialization meeting (formal handoff to production)
New Vendor Onboarding (All categories)
- Manage onboarding process across all categories (RTW, knits, accessories, fabrics) and act as a liaison between vendor and HQ teams
- Ensure onboarding is completed in a timely manner and vendor profile is added to the necessary systems
A reasonable estimate of the current hourly rate is $30/hour - $40/hour USD.