Fabric Development Lead — Global Textiles

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

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,