Job Description

• Oversee tailors and other employees in the fashion manufacturing department
• Ensure that all outgoing products pass company standards and that the products meet customer satisfaction by maintaining quality at a reasonable cost
• Ensure that the product is always the best in the market in terms of durability, attractiveness, and affordability
• Oversee production and curtail unnecessary wastage
• Approve procurement/market shopping list for funding and procurement
• Assign designs to tailors in a task sheet with the prices of each outfit placed on each design
• Supervise each task sheet daily and ensure all processes for production are agreed upon based on tailors’ price list
• Document all challenges and comments for each outfit produced by each tailor in the task sheet
• Supervise the sample making
• Send in the sample for fitting, approval, correction, reproduction, and alterations
• Supervise the alterations
• Supervise the line production
• Liaise with the quality control officer and ensure quality control is carried out on each piece and the overall production batch
• Oversee finishing
• Recommend tailor timetable and work deliverables
• Manage tailors task sheet, provide feedback and calculate tailors’ tasks daily
• Strive to reduce expenses and increase productivity across all product lines
• Establish workflow policies that enhance speed and efficiency without compromising product safety or integrity
• Create mood boards to show to clients, negotiate with customers and suppliers
• Keep up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics, colours, and shapes
• Liaise closely with sales, buying, and production teams on an ongoing basis to ensure items suit the customer, market, and price points
• Understand design from a technical perspective, i.e. producing patterns and technical specifications for designs
• Visit trade shows and manufacturers to source, select and buy fabrics, trims, fastenings, and embellishments ‡
• Adopt existing designs for mass production
• Prepare launch events to coincide with consumers buying patterns
• Work with models to try out your designs and also to wear them on the catwalk at fashion shows 
• Study fashion trends and anticipate designs that will appeal to consumers
• Decide on a theme for a collection
• Use computer-aided design (CAD) programs to create designs(Not compulsory)
• Select fabrics, embellishments, colors, or a style for each garment or accessory
• Work with pattern makers or designers or team members to create prototype designs
• Present design ideas to the creative director or showcase them in fashion or trade shows

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Merchandising or a related degree required
• A minimum of 5 years of fashion industry experience 
• Must possess a full understanding of garment construction including pattern, fit, and sewing details
• Must have firm understanding of various fabric types and how each fabric type applies to different products
• Must be able to develop sourcing strategies based on the company’s demographic, buying capacity plans, and different product categories such as apparel and accessories
• Must have full understanding of social compliance standards for supply chains to minimize risk to the company
• Must have a strong capacity for multi-tasking, organization, working independently and time management.
• Must be able to prioritize and maintain a high level of accuracy doing multiple tasks in a fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Must know how to use Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, etc.