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Be your best self join the team at Coldwater Creek!
At Coldwater Creek, we believe that every woman at every stage should look and feel her very best. Like her, our brand is rich with spirit and promise. We re committed to bringing her unexpected and extraordinary styles that fit her life, so she can always be her best self.
We feel the same way about our team. At Coldwater Creek, we have many exciting and rewarding career opportunities at all levels. We re an omnichannel retailer serving customers online and through our catalogs. Together with our talented team, we continue building on our rich history of unique style and outstanding customer service.
Working at Coldwater Creek
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance first of the month following start date
- Hybrid work schedule
- Competitive salaries
- 401(k) Retirement Plan Match
- Employee discounts
- Generous PTO, paid holidays, and sick leave
Responsibilities:
- Create, own, and maintain physical fabric library to insure consistency of quality across all vendors.
- Source fabrics and yarns with mills and vendors.
- Approve all fabrics & yarns for appearance, quality, weight, and hand-feel, using formal guidelines and technical knowledge.
- Responsible for all fabric information in PLM in the BOM and the library.
- Partner with vendors, Technical Design & Quality Control Director on fabric testing and resolution.
- Partner with & guide Design toward proper fabric selection for style and color, dye, wash, print execution at needed price point.
- Partner with Sourcing for best vendor/mill allocation for best fabrication and execution.
- Partner with Vendors, Sourcing and Quality Control for resolution of bulk fabric, print, wash, dye execution issues.
- Must fully understand fabric development and manufacturing process to ensure compliance to all lead times as set by Coldwater Creek company calendar.
- Manage fabric liability.
- Leverage buyer s knowledge to learn about customers likes and dislikes and identify key fabrications. Strong awareness concerning returns reporting.
- Daily communication with all overseas offices.
- Possible travel overseas.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- 7-10 years of experience in Product Development with expertise in Fabric Development and Execution.
- Must have strong knowledge around fabric/garment print, dye, and wash execution.
- A team player with a demonstrated ability to problem solve and partner with appropriate Merchants, Sourcing, Design, Technical Design team members and others to effect solutions.
- Strong verbal & written communication skills.
- Knowledge of competitive intelligence for awareness of global fabric competencies.
- College Degree or equivalent experience.
- Computer proficiency in MS Word and Excel is required software. PLM, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator experience strongly preferred.
- Must be able to read, write, and speak English fluently.