Sourcing and Product Development Coordinator
Centric Brands is a leading lifestyle brand collective that designs, sources, markets, and sells high-quality products across various segments. The Sourcing and Product Development Coordinator will collaborate with the design team, coordinate fabric development activities, and track product timelines to ensure timely delivery of new trends and products.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with design team to ensure that the vision and objectives are understood and executed and prior to new season for the development of new trends (Style, fabric, washing, trims…etc.)
- Coordinate fabric development activities from concept through order placement
- Track fabric development timelines, including lab dips, strike-offs, sampling, testing, and approvals
- Maintain and organize fabric libraries, swatches, and development records
- Track product development timelines, milestones, and deliverables to ensure deadlines are met
- Ensure vendor fill up T&A as soon as salesman sample order is confirmed and updated during production development cycle
- Ensure meeting company margin set goal
- Margin report maintenance
- Update SAP and IBT
- Attend certain merchandising, design and tech meetings
- Raise questions when foreseeing potential problems and develop actions to solve them
- Participate and monitor activities related to sample production activities
- Coordinate in the approval of colors, fabrics and accessories as defined by the design team and keep records up to date to ensure the accuracy of all approvals
Skills
- 1-3 years of experience in overseas product development/sourcing (apparel)
- Thorough understanding of fashion apparel retail merchandising
- Proficient knowledge of fabrics including fabric, color, yarn, garment construction, fit and specifications
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to work well in a team environment and a strong team player
- Established relationship building skills with cross-functional team
- Detail oriented and able to handle multiple tasks
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong math skills
- Problem solving skills
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision)
- Matching 401(k)
- Summer Fridays
- Generous PTO
- Merchandise discounts
- Excellent career development opportunities
Company Overview
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