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Job title : Head Tailor
Job Location : Lagos
Deadline : November 21, 2024
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Job Summary
- As Head Tailor, your role is to oversee all tailoring operations, ensure the garments meet the highest quality standards, provide expert alterations, and manage a team of tailors. The ideal candidate must have a keen eye for detail and understand current fashion trends, fabrics, and garment construction.
Responsibilities
- Perform complex tailoring tasks, including fitting, cutting, sewing, and altering garments to customer specifications.
- Interpret fashion sketches and create garment patterns.
- Conduct detailed garment fittings and consultations to understand clients’ needs.
- Ensure all garments are finished to the highest standard and delivered on time.
- Supervise and guide junior tailors and seamstresses, ensuring their work meets company standards.
- Train and mentor team members, improving their technical skills and knowledge.
- Organize workflow to ensure efficiency and manage workload distribution among the team.
- Inspect finished garments to ensure quality, accuracy, and consistency in alterations and bespoke creations.
- Address and resolve any issues related to garment production or alterations.
- Ensure all materials used are of high quality and appropriate for the task.
- Handle client complaints or concerns related to alterations or tailoring work.
- Maintain equipment, such as sewing machines, and ensure they are in working order.
- Ensure smooth integration of tailoring services with sales within the business.
- Implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality and efficiency.
Person Specification
- Formal training or certification in tailoring or fashion design.
- Experience working in high-end fashion or bespoke tailoring.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in tailoring, with at least 2 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
- Expertise in garment construction, alterations, and fabric handling; ability to work with different types of fabrics (e.g., wool, silk, cotton).
- Exceptional precision and attention to detail to ensure the highest quality of workmanship.
- Up-to-date knowledge of fashion trends, styles, and tailoring techniques
- Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends.
How to Apply for this Offer
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.
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