Operations Production Officer (RTW) needed at Myrtle Management Consultants

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Job title : Operations Production Officer (RTW)

Job Location : Abuja

Deadline : November 29, 2024

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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. 

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