Sr. Manager, Technical Design

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Sr. Manager, Technical Design RTW

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: Snr Manager Technical Design, RTW

Primary Purpose: Snr Manager Technical Design is a strategic partner responsible for the execution of RTW product from development to commercialization. They are responsible for analyzing and evaluating garments to deliver the correct fit specifications and brand aesthetic. Cross functional partner to the Design, Product Development, and Atelier and Regional Support teams.

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

• Support and collaborate with factory technical teams with the concept of continuous improvement.
• Oversee development and production process ensuring all approvals lead to on time delivery
• Lead research, development, and the standardization of techniques to support Design and elevate quality.
• Quality and Risk 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.
• Review and manage bulk production reports and work with cross-functional team to create corrective action plans.
• The Senior Technical Designer will support the seasonal design and merchandising process by partnering with the Design, Product Development, Patternmaking and Merchandising teams.
• Lead, Oversee and communicate garment specifications from initial concept to production.
• Has expertise in garment construction, patternmaking, global sizing, and industrialization.
• Highly solution oriented.

An outstanding professional will have...

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

Our Competencies for All Employees

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• 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.

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. Visit Coach at www.coach.com.

BASE PAY RANGE $98,800.00 TO $158,000.00 Annually
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