Technical Designer

Coach is a leading design house of modern luxury accessories and lifestyle collections, with a long-standing reputation built on quality craftsmanship. Defined by a free-spirited, all-American attitude, the brand approaches design with a modern vision, reimagining luxury for today with an authenticity and innovation that is uniquely Coach. All over the world, the Coach name is synonymous with effortless New York style.

Coach is part of the Tapestry portfolio – a global house of brands powered by optimism, innovation, and inclusivity.

Title:  Technical Designer, RTW

Primary Purpose: Technical Designer is a strategic partner responsible for the execution of product from development to commercialization.  He/She is responsible for analyzing and evaluating garments with correct fit specifications and brand aesthetic.  Critical cross functional partner to the Design, Atelier, Regional Support and Product Development teams.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Technical Design to...

• Oversee and communicate development and fit specifications from initial concept to the end product.
• Create development tech packs for direct launches with draping’s and muslins to achieve Designer’s aesthetic when needed.
• Manage production fit and confirm approval process ensuring all fit approvals are within production calendar time and action plan.
• Review bulk production reports and work with cross-functional team to create corrective action plans.
• Support and collaborate with factory technical teams.
• Participate in research and development of new techniques and fits where applicable to support Design and Product Development.
• Risk Assessment Management on a seasonal basis working closely with RM partners to mitigate product risk at an early stage in development process
• Establish strong relationships with cross functional and global partners.
• Highly solution oriented.

An outstanding professional will have...

• Strong knowledge in pattern making and garment construction.
• Good eye for proportion and design aesthetic. Attention to detail.
• Self-motivated with a strong sense of urgency.
• Proficiency in WebPDM, PLM, Illustrator and Outlook, pattern making, sewing, garment construction and engineering. 
• Good verbal and written communication and influencing skills.
• Product risk mitigation.

Our Competencies for All Employees

• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
• Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.

Our Competencies for All People Managers

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
• Managerial Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

Coach is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions (including recruitment, hiring, promotion, compensation, transfer, training, discipline and termination) are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration. These decisions are made without regard to age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic characteristics, race, color, creed, religion, ethnicity, national origin, alienage, citizenship, disability, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or any other legally-recognized protected basis prohibited by applicable law.#LI-JV1 Visit Coach at www.coach.com.