Performa as the lead of sweater technical services team to provide end-to-end solutions and supports to Global Sweater Category Leader on Fit, Yarn and Quality issues.
Translate business strategy into directions / actions of the Technical Services team so as to provide solution based advice to drive business growth
Develop and maintain strategic working partnership with key customers and serve as an reliable and integrated technical consultants to elevate the business engagement for further penetration to customer business
Engage with respective customer technical design teams to manage the end to end process, including but not limited to getting fit approval, TOP approval etc.
Provide market intelligence and best practice. Actively monitor and benchmark the marketplace to incorporate latest practice to streamline and enhance our working process to achieve efficiency
Continuously enhance technical capabilities of the team so as to enhance the support provided to the business and customer
Develop and drive the implementation of category based initiative to enhance the product development and/or execution process
Engage in all new factory sourcing strategy, from providing inputs and advise on selecting new vendors up to potential onboarding to accelerate the transition process
Monitor overall development and production performance and proactively implement measures to sustain the score card result
Requirements:
Relevant academic qualification in apparel / garment design / manufacturing
10 years of experience in Sweater technical design
Experience in managing teams across regions/ countries preferred
Sound knowledge of sweater manufacturing technology and trends
