Anthropologie Temporary Associate Fabric Manager

URBN; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Employee discounts

PTO

Retirement savings

Job summary

Anthropologie, part of URBN, seeks an Associate Manager of Fabric to translate Design’s vision into fabric development and global sourcing, supporting brand goals and business initiatives. You’ll serve as the one-voice liaison among U.S.

home offices, the HK fabric office, and global mills. Reporting to the Fabric Director, Urban Outfitters, the role requires 7–10 years in textiles, a textile/fashion degree, and technical knowledge, plus PLM and design tools like Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs,

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of textile experience
• Textile/fashion degree
• Textile technical knowledge

Responsibilities

• Facilitate mill meetings and mill days
• Collaborate with design and PD on fabric development and sampling
• Attend weekly fabric meetings to process fabric development and sample yardage requests
• Follow up on fabric requests from design with suppliers
• Maintain fabric chart with ready dates and report in weekly meetings
• Maintain fabric library and PLM with fabric POs

Skills

Textile technical knowledge

Education

Textile/fashion degree

Tools

PLM

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Google Docs

Photoshop/Illustrator

Job description

Role Summary

Anthropologie is looking for anAssociateManagerof Fabric. This indicidual facilitates and executes Design’s vision through sourcing and developing brand appropriate fabrics originating fromglobal markets supporting brand goals and business initiatives. Provides “one-voice” communication to mills andsuppliers acting as a liaison between, U.S. home offices, HK fabric office, and global market mills and suppliers, andworld-wide manufacturing partners. Reporting into the Fabric Director, Urban Outfitters.

Role Responsibilities

• Help facilitate mill meetings and mill days.
• Work with design and PD on all fabric development and sampling needs.
• Attend weekly fabric meetings to receive fabric development and sample yardage requests.
• Follow up on fabric requests from design with suppliers.
• Maintain fabric chart with ready dates and report to design and PD teams in weekly meetings.
• Maintain the fabric library.
• Maintain PLM with fabric POs.

Role Qualifications

• Textile/fashion degree.
• 7-10 years of textile experience.
• Textile technical knowledge.
• PLM, MICROSOFT EXCEL, POWERPOINT, GOOGLE DOCS, PHOTOSHOP/ILLUSTRATOR.

The Perks

URBN offers comprehensive Perks & Benefits to employees. Availability and eligibility to specific benefits may be subject to your location and employment status. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, PTO, generous employee discounts, retirement savings and much more! For additional information visit www.urbn.com/work-with-us/benefits

EEO Statement

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