Luxury Alterations Specialist - Expert Tailor

Saks Fifth Avenue; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Employee discount

Job summary

Saks Fifth Avenue is seeking an Alteration Staff member to join the tailoring team, delivering expert alterations, customer service, and tailoring guidance during fittings.

The role requires 3+ years of fitting/tailoring experience on luxury garments, proficiency with specialty machines, and a strong technical background in leather, knits, and fine tailoring. An on-site position with generous employee benefits is offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years’ fitting and tailoring experience in high-end merchandise.
• Ability to fit and perform alterations on a wide range of garments.
• Possession of strong technical background in specialty skills such as leather, knits, double face, beading, fine tailoring, buttonholes etc. is desired and a benefit.
• Ability to use all standard sewing, pressing & spotting equipment.
• Ability to use specialty machines: Double-blind, Buttonhole, Cover-stitch, Leather.
• Knowledge of Alterations industry includes fabrication and styling of luxury merchandise.
• High school graduate or equivalent preferred.

Responsibilities

• Model all Saks Fifth Avenue Customer Service Principles.
• Focus on achieving and exceeding individual performance and productivity goals.
• Maintain a consistent high level of customer service by creating and developing excellent customer relationships.
• Follow all Saks Fifth Avenue policies and procedures.
• Follow all alteration workroom policies and Tailor procedures.
• Ability to utilize expertise to make alterations decisions during customer fittings.
• Focus on all efforts on providing an exceptional customer experience.
• Maintain a clean and safe work environment.
• Support company/store and department initiatives.
• Ad hoc responsibilities as needed.
• A towering strength at winning over an audience with their perspective.
• You are a respected and proven thought leader with a quantifiable track record of success in delivering results within a large complex organization.
• Generates a variety of approaches to problem solving including new and novel ideas.

Skills

Fitting experience

Tailoring

Leather know-how

Knitwork knowledge

Fine tailoring

Education

High school graduate or equivalent

Tools

Sewing equipment

Double-blind machine

Buttonhole machine

Cover-stitch machine

Leather sewing tools

Job description

Saks Fifth Avenue is seeking an Alteration Staff member to join the tailoring team, delivering expert alterations, customer service, and tailoring guidance during fittings.

The role requires 3+ years of fitting/tailoring experience on luxury garments, proficiency with specialty machines, and a strong technical background in leather, knits, and fine tailoring. An on-site position with generous employee benefits is offered.