APPAREL MERCHANDISER (Knitwear / Activewear)

SRG Financial Placements; Ladysmith; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

SRG Financial Placements is seeking a textile merchandising professional in Ladysmith, BC. You will analyze tech packs, coordinate with product developers, and manage client relations while supporting factory-floor timelines.

The role requires 2–5 years in textile merchandising, strong analytical skills, and solid Excel capabilities. Applicants should be resilient in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and comfortable with cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Textile Technology, Clothing & Textile Technology, Fashion Design.
• 2–5 years merchandising experience within the textile or garment manufacturing industry.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an eye for fabric defects and manufacturing friction points.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for client-facing and factory-floor interactions.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel proficiency (data sorting, formulas, lookups).
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced, high-output manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Analyze tech packs, yarn properties, fabric construction, and trim requirements alongside product developers.
• Build and maintain day-to-day client relationships, providing clear updates on sample status and order progress.
• Participate in commercial negotiations on unit pricing, credit terms, and shipping schedules under senior guidance.
• Track daily production and quality progress across the factory floor against brand benchmarks.
• Maintain accurate order, inventory, and sample-approval records using internal systems and spreadsheets.
• Partner with production planners to convert buyer order sheets into executable factory floor timelines.
• Act as frontline support resolving production bottlenecks, documentation errors, or volume changes.
• Conduct ongoing research into regional fashion trends, fabric innovations, and raw material pricing.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Excel proficiency

Adaptability

Attention to detail

Education

Textile degree

Fashion design diploma

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze tech packs , yarn properties, fabric construction, and trim requirements alongside product developers
• Build and maintain day-to-day client relationships , providing clear updates on sample status and order progress
• Participate in commercial negotiations on unit pricing, credit terms, and shipping schedules under senior guidance
• Track daily production and quality progress across the factory floor against brand benchmarks
• Maintain accurate order, inventory, and sample-approval records using internal systems and spreadsheets
• Partner with production planners to convert buyer order sheets into executable factory floor timelines
• Act as frontline support resolving production bottlenecks, documentation errors, or volume changes
• Conduct ongoing research into regional fashion trends, fabric innovations, and raw material pricing

Must Have:

• Degree or Diploma in Textile Technology, Clothing & Textile Technology, Fashion Design
• 2 5 years merchandising experience within the textile or garment manufacturing industry
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills , with an eye for fabric defects and manufacturing friction points
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for client-facing and factory-floor interactions
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel proficiency (data sorting, formulas, lookups)
• Resilience and adaptability in a fast-paced, high-output manufacturing environment

Correspondence will only be conducted with short listed candidates.

Should you not hear from us within 14 days then please consider your application as unsuccessful