Requirements
The role requires close coordination with designers and merchandisers, development of spec sheets, conducting fit sessions, and reviewing lab reports. Candidates must be proficient in factory audits, guiding the QA team, addressing technical queries, managing software data, and developing quality standards. Experience in risk management, SOP operation, vendor analysis, and collaborating on new garment specs is essential.
Description
Job description / Role
Job Type
Full Time
Job Location
Dubai, UAE
Nationality
Any Nationality
Salary
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Arabic Fluency
Not Specified
Job Function
Creative Arts & Design
Company Industry
Retail
Job Description
Responsibilities:
Work in close coordination with designer for facilitating design related discussion and merchandiser for approval related discussion.
Develop sample specified (spec) sheet while finalizing trims with designer along with tech pack for each style to review and approve packing details against product categories.
Conduct the fit session of development/fit and PP sample/dress forms with designer, buyer, and merchandiser and ensure amendments.
Check lab reports of each individual style and give approval and conclusion based on results.
Factory audits: perform factory audits for new vendors before starting operations with them and conduct random factory audits of existing vendors periodically.
Facilitate periodic review of PP meeting report, provide guidance to QA team while ensuring quality for incoming products from all vendors.
Interface with QA and vendor for addressing technical queries and keep a check on customer feedback while ensuring customer complaints level is reduced to below 1%.
Communicate technical requirements and changes to internal teams during collection pre-production stage.
Administer accurate management of software admin and data input – fit, construction comments, and size charts.
Facilitate ongoing review and development of quality lead construction standards.
Contribute to developing technical team ways of working and support business in more efficient processes.
Determine management of risk attributes within garments while organizing fit meetings to achieve required critical path.
SOP operation: create complete process from design to dispatch to troubleshoot operational flaws and minimize lead time and cost.
Vendor analysis: analyze and rate vendor performance on various quality parameters and production efficiency.
Work with buyers and designers to create new garment specs and collaborate to determine best fabric and trim combinations, participate in pre-production fittings and management of comments and size charts to pattern and production team.
Manage workload in an organized manner and maintain a central filing system which interlinks with other members of the team.
Identify opportunities to improve technical performance of product area through simplified ways of working.
Take care of employee performance development reviews and personal development plans.
Improve the customer proposition through the implementation of a gated development process.
About the Company
The Apparel Group is a global fashion and lifestyle brand conglomerate residing on the crossroads of a modern economy - Dubai, UAE. The mercurial growth in the last 17 years has been by acquiring a host of world class fashion labels from around the world - Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Aldo & Tim Hortons just to name a few.
Today the group caters to thousands of eager shoppers through its over 1530 stores, 75 International brands and employing 12,000 multi cultural staff in over 4 continents. Apparel believes in turning dreams in to reality and we give everyone - our customers, our stakeholders, our employees - an equal opportunity to do so.
Apparel group has carved its strong presence not only in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia but opened thriving gateways to market in India, South Africa, Poland, Singapore, Jordan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Additionally, clear strategies are in place to enter emerging markets such as Hungary, Pakistan, Egypt and Philippines.
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