What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Designer position at 2.7 August Apparel, Inc.?
The Fit Technician role is key to developing and producing a top-quality product at a competitive cost for the company. Technical Designers should inspire innovation within construction / fit and work closely with product development to collectively make great apparel. This person must embody a balance of hard and soft skills needed to scale the department for growth : oversee grade standards, monitor vendor quality / consistency, fit cadence to ensure calendar dates are met and facilitate individual development plans within the team.
Duties / Responsibilities :
- Guides and monitors the fit process to ensure “intended fit” is met.
- Proactive approach to QC and evaluates potential QC issues pre-season and again at sample stages.
- Attending and leading fit sessions to relay fit comments to our overseas factories and ensure it is accurately executed.
- Involved in the final development stage of the products daily, checking the garments' fitting, measurements, and workmanship.
- Communicates daily with domestic & international vendors to supplement sourcing strategy, enhancing respected relationships for combined growth.
- Assesses vendor base performance related to fits to allocate appropriately based on strengths and quality.
- Tracks fit evolutions from factories.
- Works to improve fit and quality through review of customer’s comments, sales feedback, and understanding of competition.
- Collaborate with the merchandising team to analyze return rate reports and enhance carry-over products if necessary.
- Work closely with the Designer to ensure great-fitting products reflect the design intent.
- Create and maintain technical packages in company standard format with data accuracy in a neat and organized manner.
- Send tech packs to the corresponding vendors, including detailed garment measurements, construction, and BOM.
- Responsible for sending clear fit comments with illustrations to factories from 1st fit through TOP.
- Execute fit comments in a timely manner to ensure the fit sample review process stays on time with production timelines.
- Spec garments before all fittings. Take and track notes to ensure final fit, quality, and construction meets brand quality standards.
- Cross-examine the sample against style Tech Pack and previous fit samples to ensure comments have been corrected.
- Perform accurate measurements to ensure size grading standards are within tolerance levels for specific fabric types.
- Participate in fit sessions by fitting on a live model, recording comments, and communicating with the team and vendors.
- Maintain a shared file of all fit tech packs for design and production.
- Track and monitor execution to time-and-action calendar; record and track all packages, track fit and pre-production (PP) samples or other reference samples as required; keep an archive of fit samples.
- Analyze fit, construction, and workmanship issues and accurately communicate all PP and TOP corrects to factories overseas.
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