Product Development Coordinator Knitwear

**Position**:
**Main Responsibilities**
- Prepare and monitor development to achieve target seasonal timelines;
- Participate in technical meetings with style, modelling and product management team;
- Communicate with all teams involved in product development process to ensure steps are effectively executed to track and approve development during all sample stages: these include initial prototypes, line review, fit & wear test and finally, pre-production confirmation samples;
- Ensure all prototypes and sample delivery dates confirmed are monitored and input into critical path, highlighting any potential problems that may affect sample delivery dates;
- Review initial prototypes and conduct fit testing. Provide pattern corrections and revised specs during each phase of the development cycle;
- Ensure both the technical superiority and product quality/integrity of all products;
- Monitor quality control activities;
- Create seasonal specifications and tech packs for all products and maintain records, style files, and sample library;
- Make sure that all the documentation is correctly inserted into the system from the technical data sheets to the renderings and photos of the finished garments.

**Profile**:

- University Degree;
- 8-10 years of knitwear product development experience within the Fashion Industry;
- Strong knowledge of modeling, garment construction, pattern cutting and fabric construction in world of knitwear;
- Excellent knowledge of yarns;
- Good knowledge of English;
- Excellent skills with MS Office (Excel, Power Point);
- Time and process management abilities;
- Ability to work successfully in a cross functional team setting, as well as independently;
- Attention to detail with an emphasis on accuracy and quality;
- Excellent interpersonal relationship skills;
- Availability for business trips within the national territory.