Menswear Technical Designer and Sample Room Coordinator

Menswear Technical Designer and Sample Room Coordinator, 85-95k

You Will be the central point of accountability for the development cycle from design sketch hand-off through Proto creation, SMS refinement to hand off to production team. This role requires a highly organized professional who thrives in a fast-pacec

environment and has both technical design expertise and sample room coordination experience.

Key Responsibilities

You will work closely with design, product development, pattern maker, in-house sample-making team, and oversea factories to ensure ft sewing construction, and sample quality alianed with Corp. standard.

Own and manage the development process from initial sketch pass-off to proto sample approval and Salesman samples for Global line opening.

Act as primary liaison between Merchandise, Design, Product Development, Fabric, Pattern makers, and in house sample room throughout development stage.

• Own and coordinate for sample room planning and execution, including pattern making, cutting, and saming for development needs such as wear testing fabric tacting Proto dovelenment and SMS for presentation

• Lead development fittings across all categories: Jacket, Outerwear, Pant, Woven Tops and C&S.
• Identify fit and construction issues; provide precise technical solutions.
• Create, revise, and maintain comprehensive and accurate tech packs.
  Clearly document fitting comments with actionable pattern amendment instruction.
  Communicate directly with overseas suppliers to troubleshoot pattern corrections and construction related issues.
• Maintain and update development on PLM system, ensuring real-time visibility of sample progress, fit approvals and milestone tracking.
  Provide hands-on leadership and training to junior team members throughout the product development cycle.
  Support Tech Design Director in all relevant and related tasks

5+ years of technical design experience with strong development background across all major categories (Jacket, Outerwear, pants, woven top, and C&S)

Proven experience in sample room coordination or domestic production management.

Highly proficient and comfortable writing detailed tech packs including:

1.     Construction call outs

2.     Spec sheets

3.     Pattern amendment instruction

4.     Visual/physical mockup and technical sketches

Strong ability to communicate technical related issues clearly to overseas suppliers to ensure accurate pattern and fit correction.

Deep understanding of garment construction and pattern.

Excellent organizational skills and ability to work with cross-functional team and manage multiple milestones simultaneously.

Comfortable working hands-on in-house sample making teams.

Solid working knowledge of PLM, Adobe Illustrator, MS offices: Outlook, Excel and Word

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