Manager, Technical Design

1 month ago

Atlanta, Georgia, United States Carter's Full time

Serving the needs of all families with young children, Carter's Inc. is the largest North American apparel retailer exclusively for babies and young children, encompassing Carter's, OshKosh B'gosh, Skip*Hop and Little Planet brands. Meaningful work, constant learning, genuine people, and a community guided by core values that promote inclusion and innovation is in everything we do. There are many reasons to build your career at Carter's.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT:

This TD Manager is responsible for the accuracy and relevance of fit standards, processes and tools used by the Technical Design Team. This includes management of blocks and grades, process evolution, and skills development as well as continuously analyzing market trends that impact fit and sizing. In this role, the TD Manager will need to work across brands throughout the company to ensure alignment with brand definitions, consumer segments and products strategies. This role is based in our Buckhead corporate office in our hybrid work environment (4 days a week on-site)

This position requires an advanced level of technical design, organizational and problem-solving skills. Project management experience is highly preferred as well.

Duties include but not limited to below details:

Standards and Process Oversight- 65%

Oversee technical design standards, process adherance, market trends, training and development

Block/Grade/Management

  • Lead block/standards relevancy project
  • Oversee maintenance and governance of blocks and grades in an on-going state
  • Correlate blocks and grades with brand & consumer definitions to ensure TD practices align with business strategies
  • Apply fabric and performance knowledge to block, grades and fit libraries as appropriate
  • Provide tools, processes and training necessary for Technical Design team to utilize blocks and standards as intended for fit consistency and workload efficiency

Technical Design Process Development and Adherence

  • Update and maintain end-to-end technical design processes to ensure design partnership, Technical Services partnership, tech pack consistency and workload efficiency
  • Correlate technical design processes with brand & consumer definitions to ensure TD practices align with business strategies
  • Ensure Technical Design team is following processes and best practices
  • Assess and rate innovation opportunities related to process improvement

Market Trend

  • Identify and analyze market trends relevant to the brand and its competitors
  • Research new trends from diverse sources i.e. tradeshows, social media, and other relative platforms
  • Gather market information and samples to inform design decisions and future product development
  • Assist in the development of a market research toolkit and the processes for sharing with team members

TD Skills Development and Training

  • Develop assessment methodologies to support skills training
  • Create roadmap and coordinate training identified through assessments

Seasonal Tech Pack Development- 35%

Oversee tech pack development for direct reports including tasks below:

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Interpret design fit intention and apply market trend POV
  • Cost Engineering / Manufacturing knowledge
  • Fabric knowledge and application

Tech Pack Development

  • Specification Development include Measurements and Construction
  • Creative POV to execute fit consistency across sizes where applicable
  • Provide constructions options for the right value equation of the product
  • Workload management and KPIs

Sample Review and Collaboration

  • Ensure design and fit intent execute as desired and to tech pack specifications
  • Influence decisions to maintain fit integrity & manufacturing efficiency while supporting business needs
  • Lead fit sessions & discussions as needed, analyze fit and accurately communicate corrections of assigned product area

Establishing Technical Design Standards

  • Lead fit sessions & cross-functional discussions as needed for alignment on standards

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IF:

Must have:

Technical skills

  • Expert Understanding of Grading, and ASTM Standards
  • Expert Patternmaker Across Multiple Categories- Basics and Fashion
  • Advanced Market Trend Awareness
  • Extensive Production Manufacturing/Construction Knowledge
  • Fabric Knowledge- Fit to Fabric Performance Impacts

Leadership Skills

  • Internal and Cross-functional Leadership Relationship Building
  • Strategic Cross-Functional Collaboration and Decision Making
  • Excellent Verbal and Written Communication
  • Mentoring, coaching, developing technical skills, assessing opportunity and developing growth plan
  • Proactive Collaborative Problem Solving
  • Adaptive to Shifting Business Strategies
  • Management of Process Evolution
  • Conflict Management

Technology Skills

Extensive Data Analytics and Interpretations

Software Skills:

  • 3D skills- CLO, Browzwear, Optitex
  • Gerber Accumark- 2D
  • PLM Software
  • Adobe Suite Software, including Illustrator, Acrobat and Photoshop
  • Microsoft 365 including Excel, Word and PowerPoint
  • Excellent Verbal and Written Communication

Education

  • 15+ Years Apparel Technical Design and Product Development + associate's degree- Related Field
  • 10 Years Apparel Technical Design and Product Development Experience + bachelor's degree - Related Field
  • Minimum 2-4 Years TD Manager or Sr. TD Experience - Multiple Categories

OUR TEAM MEMBERS:

  • Lead Courageously: Have a strong sense of personal values that align with our Company values
  • Collaborates Broadly: Build cooperation, trust, and thrive in a consensus driven environment
  • Customer Focus: Proactively seek opportunities to leverage data and fact-based insights to serve customers and/or internal clients
  • Drive Growth: Set aggressive goals and implement plans precisely
  • Cultivates Innovation: Respectfully challenge the "we've always done it this way" mentality and explore new ways to achieve desired outcomes
  • Recruit and Grow Talent

MAKE A CAREER AT CARTER'S:

  • Career Development: Success starts from within, and we have several paths from which you can choose to enhance your career evolution. From Carter's University to Toastmasters to mentorship programs and more, we encourage you to utilize these tools to elevate your professional prowess.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties described may be changed or reassigned at the discretion of management, and the employee may be required to perform duties that are not listed in the job description.

Carters is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

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