Details:
- Salary: £35,000 - 45,000 - Annum
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Annum
- Location: B69 Oldbury Sandwell
- Date: 14 hours ago
Description:
Position Details
Job Purpose:
In conjunction with the Group Design & Technical Manager, drive the strategic agenda and manage all design requirements for the business and its clients using internal and external resources and presenting creative ways to present client image and brand reflecting up to date trends. To ensure that Incorporatewear builds on its reputation as a design-led company.
Duties & Responsibilities:
* Responsibility for outputs on all assigned design projects including designs, presentation packs, design samples and design presentations.
* In conjunction with the Group Design & Technical Manager, ensure that the design departments strategic objectives directly contribute to the overall company objectives.
* To ensure all fashion and fabric trends are understood and communicated.
* To manage the design team’s resources to deliver new design initiatives and ranges in line with critical path dates.
* To work with technical team creating innovation in fabrics, cost reduction engineering, technology, fit and constructional improvements.
* To work with the wider supply chain to identify and create enhancements in the design function.
* To generate design specifications in an efficient and effective manner whilst achieving right first-time disciplines in information transference and to a level a sufficient technical detail.
* To control the customer brand colour in the development process to ensure the lab dips are reviewed/ approved.
* To generate the costing board for the product/ range to provide the accurate information for the costing purpose.
* To support the account management with focus groups and design related tasks in conjunction with client’s requirements and business operational parameter.
* To create speculative design initiatives to expand within and outside our current client base.
* To re assess all specification standards with a view to delivering an improved product in terms of quality and speed.
* To establish and standardise all pattern blocks to drive consistency and speed of development.
* To constantly review the new block for the key garment category to be in line with the fashion trend and customer need.
* Innovative ways to present designs to clients or potential clients.
* To manage the design costs in line with budget parameters.
Other project-based tasks as defined from time to time by senior management.
Qualifications
Experience Required:
* A minimum 5 years’ experience within a similar designer position
* Knowledge of Critical Path and PLM systems.
* Pattern knowledge ideal.
* Factory process knowledge essential.
* Garment technical knowledge essential.
* Fabric technical knowledge ideal.
* Excellent communication skills including customer presentations.
* People management and collaboration
* Ability to manage own workload and be a team player.
* Excellent level of IT knowledge especially Excel, Word, Illustrator & photoshop.
Minimum Education Requirements:
* Design Related degree.
* Good level of spoken and written English