Fabric Manager, Outerwear & Men's Swim

GIII Apparel Group is a leading manufacturer and distributor of apparel and accessories under licensed brands, owned brands and private label brands with an entrepreneurial culture that flows throughout the comprehensive portfolio of over 30 licensed and proprietary brands, including Andrew Marc, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Kenneth Cole, Cole Haan, Tommy Hilfiger, Karl Lagerfeld, Levi's, Dockers, Vince Camuto, Kensie, and G.H. Bass, among others.

GIII also has licenses with the four major professional sports leagues, as well as over 100 U.S. colleges and universities. In addition, G-III currently designs, manufactures and markets an extensive range of apparel, including outerwear, dresses, sportswear, beachwear, women's suits and women's performance wear, as well as luggage and women's handbags, small leather goods and various accessories.

GIII Apparel Group is currently seeking a Fabric Manager to join its Calvin Klein & Donna Karan team based in New York City!

Position: Fabric Manager – Outerwear & Men Swim

Position Objective:

The Fabric Manager is responsible for fabric R&D and Pre & Post production setup stages within a product to production lifecycle. This role will work directly with VP of Textiles and design team. This is a great opportunity to work with leading global brands.

The ideal candidate will need strong aesthetic for color, monitor product integrity in keeping with timely delivery. The successful individual must be a textile professional and have sound fabric knowledge and good knowledge of managing textile quality. Knowledge of Outerwear / Swim fabrication is a plus

Skills and Experience:

• Work with Design and VP of Fabric R&D to initiate and drive fabric adoption process for various product categories. Kickstart seasonal sourcing for the division.

• Work with production team to kickstart pre-production fabric inquiries. Communicate production and materials technical quality standards to both mills and vendors.

• Review and approve all fabric-shipping samples for the division assigned. This includes but not limited to: lab-dips, handlooms, strike-off and final bulk cut review.

• Partner with production team to analyze fabric test reports to ensure company guideline/standards are met and send approval comments.

• Offer expertise on fabric construction, component/fabric innovation and technical aspects to internal team, suppliers and factories.

• Regular communication/touch bases with management to review issues, challenges and directives as it relates to all fabric facets of the product.

• Daily updating, maintaining of the Fabric production cost chart, PLM data entry and Fabric Development WIP Charts.

• Organization and maintain fabric library & resources in respective area.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in textiles or design or equivalent experience preferred

• Minimum 8-10 years in apparel industry and/or in textiles industry working with fabrics

• Very detail oriented and ability to drive to completion with strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills

• Clear understanding of general fabric development and quality processes in the overall product development lifecycle.

• Solid fabric construction knowledge across a specialized area (i.e. woven, knit, yearn, trim) and general fabric construction understanding across woven and knits

• Clear understanding of dyeing, printing, and finishing techniques

• Outerwear fabric background is a plus.

• Proficient in Microsoft excel is a must

• Computer literate in Microsoft office programs and fashion base computer applications (e.g. MS Teams, PDM, etc..)

The pay range for this position is: $75k per year - $80k per year.

Please note that the foregoing compensation information is a good-faith assessment associated with this position only and is provided pursuant to the New York City Salary Transparency Law.