Job Description
Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets, and sells high-quality products across various segments. They are seeking a Sourcing and Product Development Coordinator to collaborate with the design team, coordinate fabric development activities, and ensure product development timelines are met.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with design team to ensure that the vision and objectives are understood and executed and prior to new season for the development of new trends (Style, fabric, washing, trimsβ¦etc.)
- Coordinate fabric development activities from concept through order placement
- Track fabric development timelines, including lab dips, strike-offs, sampling, testing, and approvals
- Maintain and organize fabric libraries, swatches, and development records
- Track product development timelines, milestones, and deliverables to ensure deadlines are met
- Ensure vendor fill up T&A as soon as salesman sample order is confirmed and updated during production development cycle
- Ensure meeting company margin set goal
- Margin report maintenance
- Update SAP and IBT
- Attend certain merchandising, design and tech meetings
- Raise questions when foreseeing potential problems and develop actions to solve them
- Participate and monitor activities related to sample production activities
- Coordinate in the approval of colors, fabrics and accessories as defined by the design team and keep records up to date to ensure the accuracy of all approvals
Skills
- 1-3 years of experience in overseas product development/sourcing (apparel)
- Thorough understanding of fashion apparel retail merchandising
- Proficient knowledge of fabrics including fabric, color, yarn, garment construction, fit and specifications
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to work well in a team environment and a strong team player
- Established relationship building skills with cross-functional team
- Detail oriented and able to handle multiple tasks
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong math skills
- Problem solving skills
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision)
- Matching 401(k)
- Summer Fridays
- Generous PTO
- Merchandise discounts
- Excellent career development opportunities
Company Overview
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