Objective:
This position is responsible for leading the end-to-end technical development and fit approval process across all categories, ensuring product consistency, quality, and fit alignment with brand standards and customer expectations. This role acts as a key link between design, buying, and suppliers to deliver commercially viable, technically sound garments ready for bulk production.
Key Responsibility:
- Oversee the creation and approval of technical packs, including size specifications, block details, construction methods, and graded measurements.
- Lead and manage fit sessions from development to pre-production (PP), ensuring product fit consistency across collections.
- Review and approve development, fit, and PP comments, ensuring clarity and technical accuracy for vendor execution.
- Collaborate closely with buying, design, and quality teams to troubleshoot fit, construction, and material issues during the development cycle.
- Review patterns and proactively correct fit issues; propose block improvements and implement grading standards.
- Conduct wearer trials to evaluate comfort, functionality, and sizing feedback for refining garment fit.
- Calculate fabric consumption and assist with cost optimization through technical solutions.
- Validate GPT (Garment Performance Testing) reports and participate in commercial discussions with the department head to approve or reject batches.
- Liaise with vendors and factories, offering technical guidance to ensure timely resolution of development or production issues.
- Review production and shipment samples to confirm adherence to agreed specifications for fit, quality, labeling, and packaging.
- Monitor compliance with brand and industry standards in workmanship, construction, and size grading across all regions.
- Lead innovation initiatives in garment construction and fit, including the development, upkeep, and refinement of fit block libraries to support consistency, efficiency, and product evolution across collections.
Desired Experience:
- 5-7 years of progressive experience in garment technology, pattern making, or technical design within a retail or sourcing environment.
- Strong expertise in garment construction, grading, and fit across multiple categories.
- Experience in vendor management, fit approvals, and garment testing procedures.
- Proficiency in pattern design software and technical documentation.