Fabric Development Manager — Global Sourcing & PLM

URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc.; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Employee discounts

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. seeks an Associate Manager of Fabric to facilitate and execute Design’s vision through sourcing and developing brand-appropriate fabrics from global markets. The role serves as a liaison among U.S.

home offices, HK fabric office, and global mills, reporting to the Fabric Director, Urban Outfitters. Responsibilities include facilitating mill meetings, collaborating with design on fabric development, and maintaining PLM with fabric POs, charts, and libraries to support

Qualifications

• Textile/fashion degree.
• 7-10 years of textile experience.
• Textile technical knowledge.
• Experience with PLM and common office software (Excel, PowerPoint, Google Docs).

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.

Skills

Textile technical knowledge

Education

Textile/fashion degree

Tools

PLM

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Google Docs

Photoshop/Illustrator

Job description

URBN Urban Outfitters, Inc. seeks an Associate Manager of Fabric to facilitate and execute Design’s vision through sourcing and developing brand-appropriate fabrics from global markets. The role serves as a liaison among U.S.

home offices, HK fabric office, and global mills, reporting to the Fabric Director, Urban Outfitters. Responsibilities include facilitating mill meetings, collaborating with design on fabric development, and maintaining PLM with fabric POs, charts, and libraries to support