Textile Development & Sourcing Specialist

Premier Brands Group Holdings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Premier Brands Group Holdings, a global leader in apparel, denim, and jewelry, seeks a Textile Associate in New York. The role focuses on fabric development, sourcing, and maintaining fabric libraries, collaborating with Design and Production to ensure timely production.

Responsibilities include maintaining fabric charts in Excel, coordinating with mills for lab dips and strike-offs, ensuring on-time approvals and shipments, and addressing test results with Fabric Directors to determine next

Qualifications

• Degree and/or equivalent work experience.
• Be very organized and detail oriented.
• Time management and ability to multi-task.
• Aesthetic and brand understanding.
• In woven and knit construction and development.
• 2 to 3 years of experience with fabric sourcing and development.
• MS Office proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Maintain fabric charts in MS Excel.
• Coordinate with mills to confirm T&A for lab dips and strike-offs.
• Check in submissions for approval.
• Provide color standards to suppliers to start development.
• Follow up with vendors to ensure on-time approval and shipment of fabrics.
• Review testing reports and work with Fabric Directors on failures and next steps.
• Oversee bulk shipments, ensuring ETD/ETA, and coordinate with factories to obtain inspection reports.
• Maintain quality standards for Fabric Directors to compare with bulk fabrics.
• Organize bulk lots.
• Maintain seasonal fabric library records for sourcing.
• Collaborate with Design and Production to establish fabric production flow.
• Answer daily emails and coordinate with fabric partners.

Skills

Organized

Detail-oriented

Time management

Aesthetic & brand understanding

Fabric development

Fabric sourcing

Education

Degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

MS Excel

MS Office

Job description

Premier Brands Group Holdings, a global leader in apparel, denim, and jewelry, seeks a Textile Associate in New York. The role focuses on fabric development, sourcing, and maintaining fabric libraries, collaborating with Design and Production to ensure timely production.

Responsibilities include maintaining fabric charts in Excel, coordinating with mills for lab dips and strike-offs, ensuring on-time approvals and shipments, and addressing test results with Fabric Directors to determine next